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Hi Crossworld! It's just MAGICAL to be making my NYT debut and even more so to be back-to-back with Robyn Weintraub, a constructor whose puzzles I've admired for years.
I'm a composer and musician based in NYC and I owe my interest in puzzles to both my grandmother, with whom I regularly solved puzzles when I was a child, and my father Richard, my most dedicated test solver (he said this one flowed nicely for him — hopefully it does for you too!).
I'm excited that I was able to squeeze in a bunch of debuts here, especially MOUSEKETEER (As a child of the 90s whose first two CDs were In The Zone and No Strings Attached, I'm glad I could honor Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake with that clue!).
I'll leave you with one fun fact about the edit: I submitted the puzzle with the clue for LAS being [Much of "Deck the Hall"], which is the original title and lyric of the carol, as opposed to the now-ubiquitous "Deck the Halls." The editing team went with the latter, and I certainly can't argue with the change, but for the purists out there, know that I tried!