Alex Silverman author page
1 puzzle by Alex Silverman
with Constructor comments
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I got interested in trying to construct a crossword after seeing the movie "Wordplay" and thinking, "I can do that." My first several attempts taught me that it is a lot harder that it looks. At some point my brother-in-law in New York told me, "Someday you're going to have a puzzle published in the Times." I'm glad he was right!
Special thanks to my friend Pavel of Pavel's Puzzles for great advice on how to improve my construction and for encouraging me to submit to the Times the puzzle that is now before you. And thanks to Will Shortz for saying he liked the theme the first time I submitted this puzzle, even though CRXS and MOKSA were not acceptable entries, and for accepting the rewritten version the second time.
Aside from constructing crosswords, I am a patent attorney in the Seattle area and like to play the piano.