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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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Crosswords LA recap
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. … Continue reading
Saturday, 5/1/10
Newsday 10:13 NYT 7:24 LAT 4:06 CS 3:13 WSJ Saturday Puzzle (Mike Shenk’s “Spell Weaving”) — about 10 minutes
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Tagged Anna Stiga, Mike Shenk, Paula Gamache, Robert H. Wolfe, Stanley Newman, Tyler Hinman
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Marbles Chicago Crossword Tournament wrap-up
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, … Continue reading
Friday, 4/30/10
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Gareth Bain, Judith Seretto, Mike Shenk, Natan Last, Patrick Berry, Randolph Ross
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Thursday, 4/29/10
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Tausig, Bob Klahn, David J.W. Simpson, James Sajdak, Peter Gordon
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Tuesday, 4/27/10
Jonesin’ 4:05 NYT untimed LAT 3:02 CS untimed
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Tagged Lynn Lempel, Matt Jones, Oliver Hill, Pete Muller, Sue Keeler
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Monday, 4/26/10
BEQ 7:52 LAT 3:00 NYT 2:43 CS untimed
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Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Donna S. Levin, Jeff Chen, Lynn Lempel
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