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	<title>Diary of a Crossword Fiend &#187; Daniel A. Finan</title>
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		<title>Thursday, 12/8/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:41:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel Finan&#8217;s New York Times crossword Cute theme, though to tell you the truth, I enjoyed the crackling fill more than the theme. The theme answers are self-clued by sounding out the two circled letters in each theme answer, though you&#8217;re not so likely to have just those two letters filled in and be able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, 9/23/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More linky goodness! Constructor Brad Wilber posted this month&#8217;s free themeless at his blog. You can opt for the smooth or the crunchy clues, depending on your preferred level of rigor. Now, I haven&#8217;t done the puzzle yet, but Brad&#8217;s a themeless specialist and his New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Newsday crosswords are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday, 7/17/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BG tba Everything is tba! My block just lost electricity, and I can&#8217;t really blog crosswords on my phone. We are at the mercy of the estimable Team Fiend, who may or may not be busy tonight. Gah! Daniel A. Finan&#8217;s New York Times crossword, &#8220;The End is in Sight&#8221;—joon&#8217;s review hi, i&#8217;m joon and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday, 5/8/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 09:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Mother&#8217;s Day! Daniel A. Finan&#8217;s New York Times puzzle, &#8220;Working in Opposition&#8221; — pannonica&#8217;s review The theme of this week&#8217;s puzzle is invented phrases that are&#8230; that are&#8230; what the heck are they? Quasicontradictory things. Let&#8217;s call them penoxymorons (even if it does sound like a new drug). They share the same structure, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday, 4/14/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pete Muller&#8217;s New York Times crossword Pete enhances the usual &#8220;all four theme entries have the same clue&#8221; by hiding the clue in a picture in the grid. When you finish the puzzle, trace the letters in the circled squares to spell out UMBRELLA and you&#8217;ve got a drawing of a bumbershoot. And those &#8220;[ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday, 2/10/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Derek Bowman&#8217;s New York Times crossword The famous people word ladder theme is placed in a 68-word grid with a ton of 7- and 8-letter answers in the fill (20 of &#8216;em). Given my fondness for themeless puzzles, you&#8217;d think this sort of grid would be right up my alley, but alas, there were too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, 11/19/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Salitan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT 5:16 CHE 4:01 LAT 3:59 CS untimed WSJ 9:45 Victor Fleming&#8217;s New York Times crossword This one almost felt like a Saturday puzzle, what with the tight squeeze by squares 27 and 36 nearly splitting the grid into two distinct puzzle and all sorts of clues that weren&#8217;t gimmes. Eventually it tumbled in a [...]]]></description>
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