Placing a Sunday crossword in the Times is an achievement for anyone, but it’s particularly impressive when you’re in high school. realaxelfoley spoke with 18-year-old Garrett Chalfin about winning over editors — and the jocks at camp — with wordplay
last weekend and doesn’t plan to stop there. I spoke to him about his preternatural crossword talent, the limitations of pop-culture references, and bonding with jocks through the power of language.It was actually my second puzzle. My first ran in August on a Monday. But those don’t have bios on them, so you wouldn’t have really known who I was. It would just say “by Garrett Chalfin” in small font in the corner.
And it took a while. I got rejected probably 15, 16-plus times — it’s about a 3 percent acceptance rate to get published there. They get 200 submissions a week for seven spots. Eventually, last year, they accepted the Monday puzzle, which ran in August. And then, in October, they wrote back, and we worked on this Sunday puzzle together. So it took some time. And I also got some help.
What’s been the reaction of your classmates and teachers? Are you the king of Riverdale Country School now? Is it like a parade when you walk down the hall? At my school, there is a pretty solid contingent of crossword solvers, yeah. You would be surprised.Are you planning on keeping up the cruciverbalism in Chicago?
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