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Natan Last - crosswords for the texting generation

WAMC's Ian Pickus speaks with Natan Last, a Brown student and three-time intern under New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz who has assembled a new book of crosswords by young constructors called Word: 144 Crossword Puzzles That Prove It’s Hip to be Square.

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