With gratitude to @powerlanguish for creating such a lovely game

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But this one is best on good old-fashioned paper (in honor of all those mail-in ballots!)

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I started working on this puzzle in the summer of 2019, when I happened to both read a book by Lisa Tetrault and do a puzzle by Evan Birnholz (here’s the solution to that puzzle). Thanks to both for the inspiration! And thanks to Veronica Chambers, whose Finish the Fight I discovered after the puzzle was constructed, but not yet fully clued. If you want to learn more, the NYT’s Suffrage at 100 collection is a good starting point.

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“While my time here has now come to an end, I want you to know that in the last days and hours of my life you inspired me.”

Representative John Lewis wrote this essay shortly before his death. @NYTOpinion is publishing it today, the day of his funeral. https://t.co/kAms0ogrCU

— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 30, 2020