{"id":95837,"date":"2016-03-22T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T21:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=95837"},"modified":"2016-03-22T17:28:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T21:28:53","slug":"paris-match-the-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/22\/paris-match-the-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Match: The Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ed. Note: yesterday\u2019s puzzle<\/a>\u00a0contest<\/a> is officially over\u2014thanks to all who entered. Our winner this time is Shalina Sandran, who gets a free subscription to<\/em><\/em>\u00a0the<\/em> Review. Congratulations, Shalina! Below, t<\/em>he solution to Dylan\u2019s puzzle.\u00a0<\/em>
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    Dylan Hicks is a writer and musician. His second novel,\u00a0<\/em>Amateurs<\/a>, comes out in May. He contributes a monthly puzzle<\/a> to the\u00a0<\/em>Daily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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