Ok um sooooo why didn’t anyone tell us it’s already 2021??? In honor of the [belated] New Year of the Ox, we mic’ed up Milo Beckman (<a href= "https://twitter.com/milobela" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@milobela</a>), constructor of the January 1, 2021 New York Times crossword puzzle; author of the new book <a href= "http://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609844/math-without-numbers-by-milo-beckman/"> Math Without Numbers</a>; and card-carrying try-hard (his words, not ours). Observed: <ul> <li> Singaporean chicken-rice is tasty</li> <li>Math is about to get schooled</li> <li>And more!</li> </ul> Milo’s comparison of accepted vs. changed clues: <a href= "https://twitter.com/milobela/status/1346893142210076672">https://twitter.com/milobela/status/1346893142210076672</a>.

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