“Thinking Inside the Box”: A Constructors’ Conversation
Today we’re talking about a recent puzzle that’s pretty special to me: “Thinking Inside the Box” by Henry Lin-David & Frank S. David, published September 13, 2026 in the New York Times. (That’s me and my dad!) For this post, we sat down and talked about different aspects of how this crossword came to be…
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