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Joon PAHK

Joon Pahk started constructing in 2008. He has had several puzzles published by the New York Times and his byline has also appeared in the NY Sun, Newsday (Saturday Stumper), Wall Street Journal and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

He is also an excellent speed solver, finishing 15th in this year's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.

Interview with Joon Pahk in L.A. Times Crossword Corner.

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Rex PARKER

See Michael Sharp.

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Timothy PARKER

Timothy Eric Parker (born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1960) is a U.S. puzzle editor and constructor. He is currently the crossword editor of USA Today.

Parker is the founder and senior editor of the Universal line of crossword puzzles and games, which are syndicated around the world in print by Universal Press Syndicate, and online by Uclick. The Universal Crossword is featured on hundreds of sites including MSNBC, CBS News, The Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, New York Daily News.

He is the founder of the Puzzle Society, one of North America's largest paid subscriber puzzle clubs.

In addition to crosswords, Parker also creates and edits trivia games, mazes, word searches, cryptic crossword puzzles, and others. Parker's puzzles and games have been published in over 100 countries.

Wikipedia page for Timothy Parker

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Gregory E. PAUL

Gregory E Paul is a crossword constructor whose puzzles have appeared in the New York Times from 1994 to 2005.

New York Times crosswords by Gregory E Paul at XWord Info

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Trip PAYNE

Norman "Trip" Payne (born August 7, 1968 in Rock Hill, South Carolina) is an American cruciverbalist living in Florida. He has been making puzzles professionally since publication in GAMES magazine in November 1983 and has published over 4,000 crosswords and variety puzzles.

He is also an excellent speed solver, winning the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament three times: in 1993, 1998 and 2004.

Wikipedia page for Trip Payne

Trip Payne's website, Triple Play Puzzles

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Mike PELUSO

Mike Peluso is a crossword constructor whose puzzles, since January 2008, have appeared in the L.A. Times, USA Today and GAMES magazine.

Interview with Mike Peluso in L.A. Times Crossword Corner.

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Doug PETERSON

Since he started constructing in 2003, Doug Peterson's puzzles have been published by Newsday, NY Times, New York Sun, LA Times, etc. He is also a member of the CrosSynergy syndicate.

Interview with Doug Peterson in L.A. Times Crossword Corner.

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Michelle PFEIFFER

In the 1999 film The Story of Us Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Katie Jordan, a professional crossword constructor. There is no evidence, however, to suggest that Ms Pfeiffer is a crossword constructor in real life.

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Garison PIATT

Since 1998 Garison Piatt has constructed crosswords for Hana Hou!, the in-flight magazine of Hawaiian Airlines. He also formerly constructed puzzles for the travel website Hawaii.com. That's right, he specializes in Hawaiian crosswords.

Garison Piatt's website

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Henri PICCIOTTO

With his partner in puzzling, Joshua Kosman, Henri Picciotto constructs the weekly cryptic crossword puzzles in The Nation and publishes the official Nation crossword blog, Word Salad.

Kosman and Picciotto have also served as cryptic crossword editors for The Enigma, the publication of the National Puzzlers’ League, and edited The National Puzzlers’ League Cryptic Crosswords (free download here).

Henri Picciotto teaches math at The Urban School of San Francisco and has taught at every level from counting to calculus. He hails from the Bay Area.

Henri Picciotto's puzzle website

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Fred PISCOP

Fred Piscop has been a crossword constructor since 1995 when he was laid off as a computer tech support specialist. His puzzles have been published in the New York Times and in Newsday.

Fred was formerly crossword editor of Washington Post Magazine.

When he's not puzzling, he plays keyboards at several jam sessions a week, samples microbrews, runs, and plays senior (60+) softball.

Fred Piscop's website, MacNamara's Band

New York Times crosswords by Fred Piscop at XWord Info

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David POOLE

David Poole started constructing crosswords in 2008. He has had puzzles published by the L.A. Times and the New York Times.

Interview with David Poole in L.A. Times Crossword Corner.

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