Nathan Hasegawa author page
2 puzzles by Nathan Hasegawa
with Constructor comments
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Hello everyone! I am a senior at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay in San Francisco, and I will be a freshman at Harvey Mudd College next year. At my school, every senior pursues a year-long project in which they get to compose a product around a topic of their choice. I devoted my project toward the goal of getting a crossword published in the New York Times, something I doubted I could do at first. It is an incredible honor for me to realize this in front of my teachers, many of whom are prolific solvers, and I am eternally grateful to everyone who helped me get here.
I got the idea for this puzzle when I was thinking about how to combine crosswords with my lifelong love of numbers. This puzzle invites people not to look for a consistent set of symmetric theme answers but rather to find them in improbable locations. It is also a pleasure to be the first to use BONE WEARY and the second to use FLAMBOYANT and LAMBO in a Will Shortz crossword. I love these answers, and I always enjoy seeing other constructors embellish their work with their own style.
I will be donating all of the proceeds from this puzzle to the St. Anthony's Foundation. They are a fantastic organization that provides meals, clothes, technology, and other essentials to San Franciscans in need. If you would like to join me in supporting them, you can do so here.