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	<title>Diary of a Crossword Fiend &#187; Barry C. Silk</title>
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	<description>The best crosswords in newspapers and online</description>
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		<title>Friday, 2/10/12</title>
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		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CS tba CHE tba WSJ (Friday) tba Barry Silk and Brad Wilber&#8217;s New York Times crossword So, when Brad teams up with Doug Peterson to make a Newsday puzzle, their byline is &#8220;Lars G. Doubleday&#8221; (an anagram of Douglas and Bradley). I want to make a portmanteau name for Barry and Brad. Brady Swilberk? I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 1/28/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry Silk&#8217;s New York Times crossword Barry Silk&#8217;s got both the Saturday NYT and the LAT crosswords. The NYT is rather challenging, while the LAT is more like a breezy Friday NYT. The NYT is a 70-worder, the LAT 72. Despite my love of knotty crossword challenges, I actually preferred the LAT this time. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 1/7/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Krozel&#8217;s New York Times crossword 64 words, 19 black squares? Unusual grid pattern, with paired 15s framing all four sides, with mitered corners around them made of 7-letter answers. A fair number of answers in the &#8220;Wha…?&#8221; and &#8220;Eh&#8221; categories. I bungled 47a and had ANSWERED TO TO ONE crossing MITN, and it took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 12/17/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 04:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Heilman&#8217;s New York Times crossword Call me crazy, but my single most favorite thing in this entire puzzle is the bizarro clue for the humble word EATS. 26d: [Manducates]! You can faintly see the etymological connection to your chewing mouthparts, your mandible. (Not man education, no ducal mandates, not Manchurian dates.) But have you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, 12/16/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Blindauer sent out his &#8220;Musical Puzzlefest&#8221; crossword suite today. Fret not! If you didn&#8217;t get a chance to order it already, it&#8217;s not too late. There&#8217;s no prize for solving the 10 crosswords and submitting the correct meta answer fastest—the deadline is February 15. So visit Patrick&#8217;s website and buy your crossword set (or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 11/26/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WSJ (Saturday) tba Brad Wilber&#8217;s New York Times crossword This puzzle&#8217;s a bit nutty in that it&#8217;s got three answers that I&#8217;ve just plain never seen before, and I could scarcely believe they were right despite what the crossing answers suggested: 28a. OOFY? [Rich, in slang]? Cursory Googling suggests this is British or Wodehouse-influence. Have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 11/12/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry Silk&#8217;s New York Times crossword For a while there, I forgot about Barry Silk&#8217;s fondness for all things Philadelphia, and I was stumped by 36a: [Cheese __]. Even when I had the STE**  in place, I pondered cheese STEEL and a cheese STEIN. D&#8217;oh! The Philly cheese STEAK. Highlights: 16a. [One whose crush was [...]]]></description>
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