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This month’s puzzle is our fourth from University of South Carolina junior Chris King, who’s shown a deft hand at developing themes and fitting them to grids. This theme is in the same category as his previous three puzzles and concerns, in this case, a certain rivalrous struggle in these parts, one that gets renewed each November and really heats up from, oh, about January through mid-March…
