Comments on: Favorite crosswords of 2009 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/12/favorite-crosswords-of-2009/ The best crosswords in newspapers and online Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:05:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Elizabeth Gorski http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/12/favorite-crosswords-of-2009/#comment-5712 Elizabeth Gorski Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:41:49 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4041#comment-5712 Amy . . . we should thank you! After all, you invented the daily crossword blog, and that made all the difference. Open discourse improves puzzles in every market. You're in a category that includes Washington, January, One, A and Adam . . . first in a series. Brava! Amy . . . we should thank you! After all, you invented the daily crossword blog, and that made all the difference. Open discourse improves puzzles in every market. You’re in a category that includes Washington, January, One, A and Adam . . . first in a series. Brava!

]]> By: Matt Ginsberg http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/12/favorite-crosswords-of-2009/#comment-5618 Matt Ginsberg Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:29:59 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4041#comment-5618 Aw, shucks! Thanks, Amy! I sent Will another takeaway puzzle in May of last year (give or take); hopefully, Amy, you'll see it in the vaguely near future! Matt Aw, shucks! Thanks, Amy!

I sent Will another takeaway puzzle in May of last year (give or take); hopefully, Amy, you’ll see it in the vaguely near future!

Matt

]]> By: Mitchs http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/12/favorite-crosswords-of-2009/#comment-5428 Mitchs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:57:01 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4041#comment-5428 Holy cow! I would never have got that - thanks much, Amy. (I didn't see your explanatory post before.) Also, kudos on this great summary - I'm looking forward to some great stuff I missed. I was just a(n?) NYT Thursday - Sun solver until I discovered Wordplay, Rex, Fiend, BEQ, Fireball, etc. Many thanks to all. Holy cow! I would never have got that – thanks much, Amy. (I didn’t see your explanatory post before.) Also, kudos on this great summary – I’m looking forward to some great stuff I missed. I was just a(n?) NYT Thursday – Sun solver until I discovered Wordplay, Rex, Fiend, BEQ, Fireball, etc. Many thanks to all.

]]> By: Amy Reynaldo http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/12/favorite-crosswords-of-2009/#comment-5424 Amy Reynaldo Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:41:55 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4041#comment-5424 Mitchs, did you read my post (linked in this write-up) explaining it? It was a hard one to explain. Mitchs, did you read my post (linked in this write-up) explaining it? It was a hard one to explain.

]]> By: Mitchs http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/12/favorite-crosswords-of-2009/#comment-5423 Mitchs Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:39:06 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4041#comment-5423 This is embarrassing, but I STILL don't get the BEQ Spoiler theme. This is embarrassing, but I STILL don’t get the BEQ Spoiler theme.

]]> By: One Is Not Enough - Wordplay Blog - NYTimes.com http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/12/favorite-crosswords-of-2009/#comment-5375 One Is Not Enough - Wordplay Blog - NYTimes.com Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:07:12 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4041#comment-5375 [...] solvers do them all. One such solver also blogs about most of them. Amy Reynaldo has announced her favorite puzzles of 2009. That’s just her opinion, of course, but it’s nice to see that The New York Times is [...] [...] solvers do them all. One such solver also blogs about most of them. Amy Reynaldo has announced her favorite puzzles of 2009. That’s just her opinion, of course, but it’s nice to see that The New York Times is [...]

]]> By: anon http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/03/12/favorite-crosswords-of-2009/#comment-5360 anon Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:44:27 +0000 http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/?p=4041#comment-5360 just curious, why no oryx awards? i waited all year for those. thanks for doing this in its place though. just curious, why no oryx awards? i waited all year for those. thanks for doing this in its place though.

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