GUEST CONSTRUCTOR COLLAB:
This week’s puzzle is a collaboration with the great Jeff Chen. Jeff wears many hats in the crossword universe: he is first and foremost a top-level constructor who won my old Crossword of the Month award twice in the three years it ran, and was nominated many other times.
He’s also an author, who took over the outstanding site xwordinfo.com from Jim Horne after Jim stepped down from his lead role there a few years ago. Jeff blogs the New York Times crossword there every day, with insights that only a top-tier constructor can give. Imagine Wes Anderson writing weekly movie reviews…that’s pretty close.
He’s also a mentor, having collaborated with an incredible number of constructors, both experienced and just-getting-started. As you can see here, he’s by far the person who’s co-written the most NYT crosswords with another constructor.
In non-crossword life, Jeff lives in Seattle with kiddos Tess and Jake and wife Jill, with whom he has also collaborated on a number of NYT puzzles. And finally. he’s also an accomplished author of young adult novels such as this.
Glad to add my name to the list of Jeff’s coauthors! Here’s what we came up with…
THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:
This week’s contest answer is what you might find the META ANSWER to be.
NOTE: Contest deadline for this puzzle is Wednesday, October 26th at noon ET. Since I’m announcing this deadline very late, please e-mail me (crosswordcontest@gmail.com) if you rushed an incorrect solution because you thought the deadline was Tuesday at noon.
Solve well, and be not led astray by words intended to deceive.
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