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Join me on weekly deep dives into my favorite words and phrases from <em>Atlantic</em> crosswords.
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I’ve been writing and editing crossword puzzles since I was a teenager, for publications ranging from to . I worked at the Oxford English Dictionary for three summers. Placed in a few spelling bees here and there. I promise I’m not sharing this to bait you into going back in time and bullying me. It may come as no surprise that I and unpacking what makes it so fascinating to me.

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