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	<title>Diary of a Crossword Fiend &#187; Barry C. Silk</title>
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		<title>Saturday, 9/4/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NY Times 8:54
LA Times 4:20
Newsday 10:20*
CS untimed
WSJ Saturday Puzzle 7:31—&#8220;Spell Weaving&#8221; by Mike Shenk (those tend to be not so tough)


Mark Diehl&#8217;s New York Times crossword
This is the sort of grid I typically like. Stacks of 10- and 11-letter answers in every corner: check. But my alertness was fading rapidly while I did the puzzle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 8/21/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 02:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsday 8:35
NYT 6:12
LAT 5:58
CS untimed
WSJ Saturday Puzzle, &#8220;Riding the Waves&#8221; 10:20 – Patrick Berry variety puzzle pdf


Barry Silk&#8217;s New York Times crossword
As we have come to expect from Mr. Silk, this puzzle is Scrabblicious up the wazoo: colorful words and phrases dish out four Zs, a Q, a couple Xs, and a J and K. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 8/14/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 04:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Donaldson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT 23:21
LAT 15:56
Newsday 38:13
CS untimed
Just got done baking a Spiderman cake and a magic hat cake for a birthday party tomorrow (two brothers). Fondant and sugar and homemade buttercream are all over the place! I hope my fingers don&#8217;t stick to the keyboard&#8230;.

John Farmer&#8217;s New York Times Crossword
Perhaps more than any other day, my solving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 7/31/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsday 9:03
NYT 7:43
LAT 4:27
CS untimed
WSJ Saturday Puzzle untimed—here&#8217;s the PDF of Hex&#8217;s cryptic


Barry Silk&#8217;s New York Times crossword
Omigod, really, Barry? TUZIGOOT? The [National monument near Flagstaff] (37d)? I had to play the alphabet game to get the Z (43a: [Word whose antonym is its own homophone] clues RAZE, which sounds like raise), and I couldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 7/24/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT 9:26
Newsday 6:21
LAT 5:26
CS untimed
WSJ Saturday Puzzle 16:30—it&#8217;s a Patrick Berry &#8220;Rows Garden&#8221;! (PDF link)


David Kahn&#8217;s New York Times crossword
What-what? A rebus on Saturday? You have to halfway suspect some mayhem could be afoot when you see Kahn&#8217;s byline on a Saturday. He likes to sneak in some mayhem, he does. This time, it ties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 7/17/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doug Peterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Lempel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT 9:52
Newsday 7:45
LAT 4:52
CS untimed


Mark Diehl&#8217;s New York Times crossword
If you spent 3½ hours in a kids&#8217; entertainment joint called Go Bananas and then came home to do the Saturday Times crossword, how do you think you&#8217;d feel about blogging right about now? I just want to lie down on the couch and enjoy the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 6/26/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT 5:55 (joon—across lite*)
LAT (untimed—PG)
CS untimed
ND 21:23 (Jeffrey &#8211; paper)
WSJ 7:37 (joon—paper)
yep, me again. i have no idea how many other bloggers you&#8217;ll be treated to tonight/tomorrow, but it&#8217;s at least three, i think.


Robert H. Wolfe&#8217;s New York Times crossword—joon&#8217;s review
i&#8217;m used to seeing this constructor&#8217;s name in the LA times, where he always does [...]]]></description>
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