In addition, a reporter from The Philadelphia Inquirer contacted me and Bernice about the collaboration and wrote about it in an article, which you can read here. Deb Amlen wrote up the puzzle and interviewed us about the collaboration for Wordplay to read her piece, click here. Bernice knew many older things that I didn't, and she wasn't familiar with some modern terms I used. Bernice was excited about the idea, so we began constructing the puzzle that appeared on June 26 in the Times.īecause of the 83-year age difference, our collaboration was very interesting. At 99, Bernice is the oldest New York Times constructor at 16, I am currently the youngest (though I wasn't the youngest ever to publish a crossword in the Times-pre-Shortzian constructors Artie Bennett and Mike Miller were both younger than I was-14 1/2-when my first puzzle was published, as was Shortz-era constructor Ben Pall). While I was corresponding with her about the interview, it occurred to me that a collaboration between us might be not only fun but historic. Bernice is 99 and has been an active New York Times constructor since the Margaret Farrar days! I published that interview on April 19, and you can read it by clicking here or on the Pre-Shortzian Constructor Interviews tab above and then scrolling down. In other news, some time ago I contacted pre-Shortzian and Shortz-era crossword legend Bernice Gordon about doing an interview for this blog.
(one minute before midnight) Pacific Time on Saturday, July 6.
So sharpen your pencils (or limber up your typing fingers) and see if you can conquer Metaleska! All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m.
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