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I'm a 28-year-old PhD student in Baltimore, MD finishing up a degree in Astrophysics. I've been doing the NYT puzzle everyday for many years now, so it seemed like a natural jump to start writing them, and this puzzle was my first shot at it.
The constructors who play with the symmetry and the physical structure of the grid are always my favorite, and I had this idea for a rebus that (I think) I hadn't seen before. Hope to have my name keep showing up every once in a while here.