February’s Indie Spotlight travels to California to interview Paolo Pasco, a high school senior who has made quite a mark on the puzzling community. Paolo debuted in the New York Times in 2015 (on a Friday), and at the American Values Club, where he has been a frequent guest and is now a regular, in 2016. He has constructed for both Lollapuzzoola (where he won both the Rookie and Local divisions in 2016) and Indie 500. Since last summer, he’s been publishing puzzles on his own site, Grids These Days. I caught up with Paolo in between his school trips to chat about creative control, the indie community, and the links between crosswords and improv comedy.
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This week’s Fireball will appear on Friday and is a contest. We’ll have a review posted once the contest closes.