NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer plays the puzzle with KAMW listener Daniel Abramson of Albuquerque, N.M, and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

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FRIEND OF DOROTHY is an extremely “me” entry that perfectly suits my style and interests as a constructor. But it’s not where this puzzle started, and I don’t remember adding it to my word list. I must have done so at some point. But I can’t recall it ever explicitly occurring to me to use in a puzzle.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KNPR listener Calvin Siemer of Henderson, Nev., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

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Every month, The New York Times publishes a bonus crossword puzzle for subscribers. The puzzles are designed to have the difficulty of an early-week puzzle and to use the theme throughout. The theme of this month’s puzzle is game shows. It was constructed by Rena Cohen.