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		<title>Sunday, 2/5/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Klahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles M. Deber]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Longo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Hook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Bickham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merl Reagle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Nothnagel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charles Deber&#8217;s New York Times crossword, &#8220;State Annexation&#8221; It finally happened. The Scowl-o-Meter went off too much and my face stuck that way. The theme entries all have cross-referenced clues, sending you on a wild goose chase to some small answer on the other side of the grid. Take the two-letter postal abbreviation for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 2/4/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:38:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brendan Emmett Quigley and Caleb Madison&#8217;s New York Times crossword Fun puzzle! I mean, sure. YO! MTV RAPS may now be an outdated pop-culture title, but doesn&#8217;t it look great in the grid? Note that YOM KIPPUR would have fit there, too. Highlights: You&#8217;ve got your full names, with enough people to play doubles tennis. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, 2/3/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ben Tausig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David J. Kahn]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joel Kaplow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Blindauer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Salitan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CHE tba Joel Kaplow&#8217;s New York Times crossword I don&#8217;t know how old Joel Kaplow is. My guess is 65+ based on the fill, because there are a lot of answers that felt pre-Shortzian to me. The six intersecting 15s were all fine, if not particularly exciting (though the SINGING TELEGRAM is fun). But then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday, 2/2/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Emmett Quigley]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[C.C. Burnikel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Gagliardo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stu Ockman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stu Ockman&#8217;s New York Times crossword A quote theme! We get one or two of those a year from Will Shortz &#38; Co. And that&#8217;s plenty if you ask me, though this particular quote is perfectly fine: Confucius said,&#8221;REAL KNOWLEDGE IS / TO KNOW THE EXTENT / OF ONE&#8217;S IGNORANCE.&#8221; This is more eloquent than [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Free Puzzle Contest &#8211; &#8220;My Big Fat Fun Wedding&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Donaldson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Samuel A. Donaldson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate my upcoming wedding this summer, I am pleased to offer a new puzzle contest, “My Big Fat Fun Wedding.” The puzzles are pitched at an easy-medium difficulty level, but I hope beginners and experts alike enjoy them. Solvers who submit the correct final answer by the end of the day on May 31, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday, 2/1/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth C. Gorski]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Celebrity untimed Elizabeth Gorski&#8217;s New York Times crossword This theme is being pulled in two different directions. You&#8217;ve got the word ladder that goes from HAWK to HARK to HARE to CARE to CORE to COVE to LOVE to DOVE (hang on, there&#8217;s no reason to pass through LOVE since COVE to DOVE is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MGWCC #191</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2012/01/31/mgwcc-191/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Gaffney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[greetings and welcome to the 191st episode of matt gaffney&#8217;s weekly crossword contest, &#8220;Depth Squad&#8221;. this week, matt goes extra-large (17&#215;17) for the grid, and challenges us to name a familiar Internet company. what are the theme clues? well, the long across clues in the grid are: {Vessel for James Bond} is a MARTINI GLASS. [...]]]></description>
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