Newsday 7:54    (3.17 avg; 6 ratings)
NYT 6:03    (3.26 avg; 23 ratings)
LAT 3:17 (Andy)    (3.57 avg; 14 ratings)
CS 5:37 (Dave)    (2.44 avg; 9 ratings)

Today is “thank the whole Crossword Fiend crew” day! The smart and entertaining folks who are currently reviewing puzzles here regularly are pannonica, Gareth Bain, Matt Gaffney, Joon Pahk, Sam Donaldson, Dave Sullivan, Andy Kravis, and Janie Smulyan. Dave also holds down the fort as our capable webmaster. Past and future contributors include Jeffrey Krasnick, Doug Peterson, Neville Fogarty, Angela Halsted, T Campbell, Jared Hersh, Seth Grossinger, Wade Williams, and Sara Kaplan. (Who am I forgetting here?) I couldn’t maintain my sanity without everyone’s help. Let’s have a rousing round of applause for the entire corps de Fiend!

As of 11 am Central time on Saturday, there are 29 hours to go on Peter Gordon’s Kickstarter venture for Fireball Newsweekly Crosswords. A mere $5 will get you all 20 weekly puzzles for July to December! Peter’s close to the goal but still needs another $990 pledged to make the project a go. Think of all the disappointed backers who will get no puzzles if the $10,000 fund-raising goal isn’t met.
Continue reading →