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: Elizabeth C. Gorski
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Amy Johnson, Doug Peterson, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Henry Hook, Merl Reagle
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Amy’s ACPT wrap-up (no spoilers)
Hi! It’s me, Amy, back home from New York and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. I went into the weekend feeling like this would be my last year competing at ACPT—my heart just wasn’t in it, I have no interest … Continue reading
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Good news! If you’re am iPad/iPhone puzzle solver, the American Red Crosswords set of puzzles are now available for iOS via the Puzzazz app. Details here, along with links for those of you outside the U.S. who’d like to support … Continue reading
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Tagged Elizabeth C. Gorski, Frank Longo, Henry Hook, Matt Ginsberg, Merl Reagle, Samuel A. Donaldson, Tony Orbach
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Friday, March 1, 2013
Belatedly interjected second announcement! Matt Gaffney will have his review of Patrick Blindauer’s monthly website puzzle tomorrow. The puzzle is up today, here. Get on that! Announcement! The lineup of puzzle constructors for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament was announced … Continue reading
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Tagged Brad Wilber, Dan Margolis, Doug Peterson, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Jeffrey Harris, Lynn Lempel
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Check out Noah Veltman’s data-crunching using a database of NYT crossword entries from 1996-2012 and the Google Books Ngram tool. Right there at the top of the list of “crosswordiest” fill is ASEA. We may think it’s a super-common word … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Klahn, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Jeff Chen, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk
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