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3 puzzles by Jess Shulman
with Constructor comments

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Jess Shulman
Wed 4/1/2026
BLAMECASHVISA
BOGIEOHIOEGOS
QUICKSTARTGOSH
SILKOTSDOGTOY
SEESTOTACIT
YOUNGATHEART
DOWDYRTESSUE
ETASIKEASTAMS
NOTANNECRYPT
SECONDINLINE
HITITOHNEAT
LETLIEECOFLEA
ASHEPAYUPFRONT
STIRORESROUST
SASSPESTOGDEN
Mon 2/12/2024
BACKSTAGSPEAT
OBOEIONICOUCH
NUDGENUDGETREE
ETAMCSANYBODY
BIELNEAR
PAPERESTNOVAS
ATEASEWINKWINK
TROTPEACENOTI
HINTHINTTOILED
SASHASHEREADS
ETCHNODS
SOIHEARITOLOP
LACECOUGHCOUGH
IKEAHUGMELARD
PSSTEDGARDUES
POW Thu 3/24/2022
CFOSPAMBOSOM
URDUURSAINTRO
RAINBRELSREECE
SUSHIMATHCLASS
EDTSHINAHEM
STYXEMBGOED
TAPTAPTASKPUR
ICONEBERTPERU
EATARONEGGNOG
DISEMBKSARA
MINILOKIUSC
PROTECTEDPINTA
SIKHSRAISETHEB
SLEETISUPDIVE
TERRYOHMYPET

My super smart and very punny grandfather, K.C. Angus, lived to 98 and did every NYT puzzle right up until the day he died in late 2019. I'd never even attempted the NYT until mid-2020; now I'm hooked, and I so wish I'd discovered it sooner so we could have shared it. He would have loved to see my debut in the Times today, even if he was mostly a Saturday guy — and was really not a fan of the rebus. :) This is for him.

I was thrilled to see two of my favourite clues make the cut (7-Down and 18-Down), and I'm grateful to the editing team for letting me reinstate my wee little bit of cluing CanCon (i.e., Canadian content) in 23-Across. Thanks to Robyn Weintraub for her mentorship (including gently but definitively steering me away from an early stab at a 21x version of this puzzle that had 148 entries...), and to puzzle pals Sara, Carly, Turbs, and Max for all of your testing, suggestions, and general awesomeness.

I've been a freelance editor since 2016, editing fiction/non-fiction for publishers and indie authors and doing a fair bit of corporate writing and editing — a beloved career I've finally landed on after an electrical engineering degree and seventeen years of various corporate jobs. For fun, I sing in a (very casual) folk/rock/country cover band, I play guitar and a bit of mandolin, and I like reading, hiking, fitness, and yoga. And crosswords! I live in Toronto with my husband, two teenage kids, a cat, and a dog.

P.S. For some bonus CanCon, and a great pick-me-up any time, look up Bhangra dancer (per my clue to 57-Across) Gurdeep Pandher in the Yukon. You won't regret it.

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