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...event, Mahowald gave each participant a partially completed copy of a crossword he had recently constructed for the July-August in-flight magazine of Spirit Airlines, which commissioned Mahowald to create a puzzle after reading about him in a Miami newspaper. The finished puzzle contained the answer to Mahowald??s challenge: the best clue for a “no wine situation?” “A teetotalers’ dinner party...
Kyle A. Mahowald ’09 is a cruciverbalist who publishes his crosswords in the Times as well as other publications, including the Wall Street Journal. Mahowald??s first Sunday puzzle was published in September 2004; 17 years old at the time, he became the youngest constructor to publish a Sunday Times crossword puzzle. Mahowald remains modest about his achievement. “It was pretty cool. I didn’t know it when I sent it in that I would be the youngest...
...experts agree, at least in Mahowald??s case. In an interview with CBS News, Will Shortz said of Mahowald, “His puzzles are ambitious and well-crafted. He uses interesting, long, colorful answers with no obscurity at all. They’re all familiar words and phrases, but they are challenging...
...this isn’t idle flattery. Mahowald??s puzzles made such a strong impression on Shortz that he landed an internship more exclusive than any consulting or investment banking job—he was Will Shortz’s only intern...
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