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Amy Reynaldo, the author of How to Conquer the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, is a top-10 finisher at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Her first New York Times crossword byline appeared July 5, 2009. She solves at least three crosswords a day and writes about them here.
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Author Archives: Sam Donaldson
Wednesday, 6/23/10
NYT 6:47 (Sam) LAT 4:50 (Sam) Onion 8:51 (Sam) CS untimed Happy Hump Day, everyone. Sam Donaldson here to review three of this week’s Wednesday crosswords. As usual, Janie will drop in with her review of the CrosSynergy puzzle a … Continue reading
Sunday, 3/28/10
NYT 27:31 (Sam) Reagle 18:25 (Sam) BG 24:02 (Sam) LAT 15:57 (Sam) CS 12:15 (Sam) Hello, everyone! Sam Donaldson back for more, this time strictly from the perspective of a solver.
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Ed Sessa, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Merl Reagle, Pamela Amick Klawitter, Tyler Hinman
14 Comments
Saturday, 3/27/10
NYT Hours and hours! (Sam) LAT 9:15 (Sam) Newsday 48:17 (Sam) CS untimed Amy’s in transit from Chicago to a secret sunny destination for spring break, so it’s me, Sam Donaldson, sitting in for the weekend puzzles. Wait, that means … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Bob Klahn, Brad Wilber, Jeffrey Wechsler, Samuel A. Donaldson
30 Comments
Tuesday, 3/16/10
NYT 7:15 (Sam) Jonesin’ 5:15 (Sam) LAT 5:32 (Sam) CS Untimed (Janie) Happy St. Patrick’s Eve, crossword fans! Sam Donaldson here filling in for Amy while she completes her March Madness bracket. Now that we survived the Ides of March, … Continue reading
Sunday, 1/3/10
NYT 28:28 Reagle 25:43 BG 18:07 LAT 17:09 CS untimed Happy Sunday, crossword fans! Sam Donaldson here with a look at most of the Sunday puzzles. Janie will be by later to chat about the CrosSynergy puzzle. So let’s get … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Klahn, Dan Naddor, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Jeremy Newton, Merl Reagle
17 Comments
Monday, 12/28/09
NYT 4:29 (Sam) LAT 4:27 (Sam) (2 seconds faster!) BEQ 4:29 (joon–across lite) CS untimed
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Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Patrick Merrell, Sharon E. Petersen, Tyler Hinman
10 Comments