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L.A. Times Festival of Books 2023 by Patrick Hruby, from Nautilus. 418 pieces. (See also blog announcement.) (Is Hruby the poster designer, or the puzzle designer?)
Described as a “Level 3” … I don’t actually remember what the levels mean? if I ever knew. (Just looked it up — three levels, level 3 is the hardest.) But this was a pleasingly efficient solve, very little tricky, just offering an opportunity to focus, with little stress or agonizing over false fits. Hooray!
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