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	<description>Reviewing the best crosswords in newspapers and on the Web</description>
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		<title>Saturday, May 18, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/17/saturday-may-18-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 03:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Arbesfeld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julian Lim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lester Ruff]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Ashwood-Smith&#8217;s New York Times crossword Wow! I … have not found a puzzle this unpleasant to work through in at least a year. Martin, you&#8217;re a nice guy, but this puzzle kept hitting me over the head with a &#8230; <a href="http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/17/saturday-may-18-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, May 17, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/16/friday-may-17-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Klahn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Fisher]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Chen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Josh Knapp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Loren Smith]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Josh Knapp&#8217;s New York Times crossword Well! Josh Knapp&#8217;s last appearance in the NYT was on Thursday, May 2. While it may seem a little soon to repeat a byline, I can&#8217;t complain too much about having another Knapp attack. &#8230; <a href="http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/16/friday-may-17-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday, May 16, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/15/thursday-may-16-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 02:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Emmett Quigley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caleb Madison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elizabeth Donovan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeffrey Wechsler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Blindauer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Gordon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Gordon&#8217;s launching a new (quasi-)weekly current-events crossword via Kickstarter. For a pledge of $5 or more, you&#8217;ll get a puzzle nearly every week from July to December, via email, full of topical references. This is similar to what Peter &#8230; <a href="http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/15/thursday-may-16-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday, May 15, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/14/wednesday-may-15-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Puzzles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Tausig]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Sullivan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Peterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Takaro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dave Sullivan&#8217;s New York Times crossword Hey, look! It&#8217;s our faithful webmaster, none other than Evad Navillus, or Dame Evadna, as I think of him. When he was putting this theme together last year, I helped him brainstorm potential theme &#8230; <a href="http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/14/wednesday-may-15-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MGWCC #258</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/14/mgwcc-258/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Matt Gaffney]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[hello and welcome to episode #258 of matt gaffney&#8217;s weekly crossword contest, &#8220;Site Unseen&#8221;. in this easy week 2 puzzle, matt challenges us to name a familiar website. what are the theme answers? {Quit receiving updates about one of Obama&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/14/mgwcc-258/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday, May 14, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/13/tuesday-may-14-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Lieb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Dewey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Orbach]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[John Lieb&#8217;s New York Times crossword — pannonica&#8217;s write-up Bear with me, people. After my mistaken assessment of last week&#8217;s Monday NYT and my feigned bewilderment at Sunday&#8217;s CRooked puzzle (yes, it was a joke), I fear I may not &#8230; <a href="http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/13/tuesday-may-14-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Monday, May 13, 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/12/monday-may-13-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/12/monday-may-13-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Puzzles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allan E. Parrish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Emmett Quigley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerome Gunderson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randall J. Hartman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Allan Parrish&#8217;s New York Times crossword Don&#8217;t waste your time trying to figure out how ROTTEN EGGS and BEAUTY SHOP (both terrific entries) figure into the theme, because I don&#8217;t think they do. The four even longer answers all begin &#8230; <a href="http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2013/05/12/monday-may-13-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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