About Me
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.
Tag Archives: Alan Olschwang
Saturday, 1/14/12
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Alan Olschwang, Lester Ruff, Mark Diehl, Randall J. Hartman, Stanley Newman
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Saturday, 4/2/11
You don’t mind if a crossword constructor toys with the symmetry rules on occasion, do you? I don’t. Patrick Blindauer‘s posted a new puzzle, “Campfire Meeting,” on his website. I just did it and loved the never-before-seen theme.
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Alan Olschwang, Lester Ruff, Mark Diehl, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer, Stanley Newman
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Wednesday, 5/5/10
BEQ 7:26 and then I gave up on those last squares Onion 4:28 NYT 4:23 LAT 4:14 CS untimed Happy arithmetic day! 5 + 5 = 10. My parents got married on 8 x 8 = 64, and I always … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Olschwang, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Bruce Venzke, Dan Schoenholz, Tyler Hinman
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Friday, 4/2/10
NYT 6:08 BEQ 5:00 LAT untimed CS untimed CHE 3:35 Tausig untimed Another Thursday night, blogging the Friday puzzle, looking at the lineup of other puzzles yet to solve and blog about…one gets burned out. I’m nearing the fifth anniversary … Continue reading
Friday, 2/12/10
NYT 7:36 BEQ 4:39 LAT 4:06 CHE 3:59 CS untimed WSJ 8:20 Happy Lincoln’s Birthday!