LAT 10:30 NYT 10:29 BG 9:01 Reagle 8:47 Post Puzzler 5:58 CS 3:21 The Crosswords LA tournament rocked Los Angeles today. Eric Maddy pulled out a narrow victory with the other two finalists raising their hands seconds later. More details here.
Tags: Henry Hook, Jared Banta, Karen M. Tracey, Kelsey Blakley, Merl Reagle, William I. Johnston
Eric Maddy squeaked out a win at the Crosswords LA tournament today. Here’s Eric’s recap: Damn near a photo finish, but I defended the title, winning by less than three seconds over John Beck and Jonathan Berman in the final. The five prelim puzzles were from Monday 5/3, Tuesday 5/4, Wednesday 5/12, Wednesday 5/5, and [...]
Newsday 10:13 NYT 7:24 LAT 4:06 CS 3:13 WSJ Saturday Puzzle (Mike Shenk’s “Spell Weaving”) — about 10 minutes
Tags: Anna Stiga, Mike Shenk, Paula Gamache, Robert H. Wolfe, Stanley Newman, Tyler Hinman
We had about 50 competitors at the April 17 Marbles Crossword Tournament in Chicago, twice as many as last year. For next year, the host, Marbles: The Brain Store, may well seek out a bigger space to hold the event, and might move to whiteboards for the finals for a more ACPT-like experience (and a [...]
Tags: Chicago Crossword Tournament, Marbles: The Brain Store
NYT 7:21 LAT 5:06 CHE 3:47 CS untimed BEQ 5:55 (grid only), about 30 seconds for meta WSJ 8:21 Look! I made a word square in Lexulous (Facebook’s Scrabble-like game). I played the ADZ going down and racked up 71 more points.
Tags: Brendan Emmett Quigley, Gareth Bain, Judith Seretto, Mike Shenk, Natan Last, Patrick Berry, Randolph Ross
NYT 5:05 Fireball 4:51 LAT 3:56 Tausig untimed CS untimed (J)/3:37 (A) Today is picture day! Here’s a photo from April 17′s Chicago Crossword Tournament. The event raised $735 for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (yay!). Midwesterners, keep April 2011 open for next year’s Marbles Crossword Tournament.
Tags: Ben Tausig, Bob Klahn, David J.W. Simpson, James Sajdak, Peter Gordon
Jonesin’ 4:05 NYT untimed LAT 3:02 CS untimed
Tags: Lynn Lempel, Matt Jones, Oliver Hill, Pete Muller, Sue Keeler
BEQ 7:52 LAT 3:00 NYT 2:43 CS untimed
Tags: Brendan Emmett Quigley, Donna S. Levin, Jeff Chen, Lynn Lempel
LAT 8:54 NYT 8:05 Reagle untimed BG untimed, and actually unsolved WaPo Puzzler 7:33 (.puz file here—newish themeless puzzle) CS 3:20
Tags: Doug Peterson, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Mark Bickham, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk
Newsday 6:52 NYT 5:46 LAT 3:51 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle (acrostic applet recommended) I dunno, 4 to 6 minutes, maybe Announcements, Category 1: Birthdays April 24 is the birthday of several friends of the blog who are pretty terrific people: My son Ben hits double digits, capping a decade of parenting by me and [...]
Tags: Barry C. Silk, Mike Shenk, Randall J. Hartman, Samuel A. Donaldson, Thomas Heilman
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