The New York Times crossword just hit a whole new level of epicness. Fast Company has a profile of Anna Shechtman, the new assistant to Will Shortz, resident puzzlemaster for the Times. Shechtman works with Shortz to refine the crosswords sent in by constructors, the people who design and submit puzzles. A 23-year-old Swarthmore grad, Shechtman began solving crosswords nine years ago, and has lately been helping modernize the 61-year-old Shortz’s references and word choices. With Shechtman’s input, recent crosswords have features clues like State of being awesome, in modern slang (epicness), and Preppy, party-loving, egotistical male, in modern lingo (bro).
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