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The Cruciverbalist

WMRA's Martha Woodroof chats with Staunton's Matt Gaffney, whose puzzles have been published by the New York Times, Newsday, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, GAMES Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and others.  More publication credits and of course many word puzzles are on at xwordcontest.com.  A Gaffney meta-crossword named "Moving Day" won the title of 2011's Puzzle of the Year. You can have a go at solving "Moving Day" here. Commentary about the puzzle's pleasing features is at the bottom of this CrosswordFiend page (spoiler alert: it has the answers filled in).