"Shortzian" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Shortz + -ian.",
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      "form": "more Shortzian",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2013 May 1, T. Campbell, On Crosswords: Thoughts, Studies, Facts and Snark About a 100-Year-Old Pastime, Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN, page 139:",
          "text": "And yet the Shortzian spiral below is a far more recent example. Letters are arranged concentrically, with answers reading on inward and outward paths and no clear demarcation between answers in either direction.",
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          "ref": "2015 June 27, BJ Creighton, No Sanctuary, Scribl, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Or, maybe it was a crossword puzzle with some mis-numbered clues, some Shortzian red herrings.",
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          "ref": "2021 December 31, Hayley Gold, Letters to Margaret, Lone Shark Games, →ISBN, page 7:",
          "text": "The grandmaster has only appeared once in the Shortzian era in the debut puzzle of the now prolific David J. Kahn (no relation).",
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        "Of or pertaining to the style or tenure of New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz, featuring wordplay and colloquial vocabulary, especially in contrast to previous editors such as Eugene Maleska"
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      "related": [
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          "word": "Maleskan"
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          "text": "And yet the Shortzian spiral below is a far more recent example. Letters are arranged concentrically, with answers reading on inward and outward paths and no clear demarcation between answers in either direction.",
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