"I try to put family members names in all the time, but the carnal rule is that the puzzle has to operate as normal," he says. "So if I have a chance to put Joan of Arc in a clue or my dad's name is Thai, T-A-I, so it might be Mai Thai or something ... you can't mess with something that millions of people are going to solve."

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