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2 puzzles by Molly Young
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My top three apple products are, in order: apple crisp, apple strudel, and apple pie. My top three Apple products are…none, actually. I have a pretty hate-hate relationship with my iPhone, which has ruined my attention span and made it possible for my office to contact me at any hour. This Apple-themed puzzle is an exercise in (mild, mischievous) revenge.
I tend to have a lot of fun coming up with themes and a lot of difficulty constructing the actual grids, which I do by hand. Thankfully this one passed muster!
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DAVID: Molly attended one of my crossword programs at the 92nd Street Y in NYC a few years ago and won the crossword-solving contest at the end of the program. We've been brainstorming a bit since for good theme ideas and this puzzle is the result ... and Molly's first in the NYT!
MOLLY: I met David at the 92Y and he was kind enough to tutor me on my puzzlin'. A couple of previous submissions to Will Shortz on my part had been rejected (for sound reasons), so I thought it would be funny to submit a puzzle with the theme of rejection. (Har har.) In a confounding twist of events, this one was accepted. I'm grateful to Mr. Kahn for schooling me the dark arts of crossword puzzles!