Posted on October 1st, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo
If you enjoy learning about the etymology of various idioms and words, you’ll like the word game Orijinz: Words & Phrases. A Seattle tech consultant named Brad Chase runs the game company Entspire as a side gig (the profits go to charity, supporting such organizations as Reading Is Fundamental), and he sent me three games [...]
Tags: Doug Peterson, Eric Berlin, Henry Hook, Jim Leeds, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Orijinz
Posted on August 5th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo
I caught up on some puzzles this morning while getting an oil change. My favorite was the “Double or Nothing” variety crossword by Eric Berlin and Patrick Berry. You can download the easier version (PDF) and get instructions for the puzzle, or take the harder one (PDF) and figure it out yourself. (I kinda had [...]
Tags: Brad Wilber, Eric Berlin, Henri Picciotto, Joe Krozel, Joshua Kosman, Lester Ruff, Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer, Stanley Newman
Posted on December 24th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
NYT 4:41 LAT 4:09 Newsday 8:11 CS untimed NYT Second Sunday: 7 minutes, 15 minutes—Eric Berlin’s “Wry Tangles” (PDF) Merry Christmas! And Happy Hanukkah-was-weeks-ago! Diary of a Crossword Fiend will adhere to a holiday blogging schedule for the next week that may be haphazard, inattentive, or scattered at times. At the very least, my share [...]
Tags: Bob Klahn, Brad Wilber, Doug Peterson, Eric Berlin, Stanley Newman
Posted on May 29th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
BG 9:19 Reagle 8:14 NYT 7:51 LAT 7:14 CS 28:03 (Evad, yeah, I’m not proud!)/7:41 (Amy) WaPo Puzzler 8:01
Tags: Bob Klahn, Eric Berlin, Harvey Estes, Henry Hook, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk
Posted on April 15th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
NYT 6:00 BEQ 4:46 LAT 3:51 CS untimed CHE tba—Is there a CHE puzzle this week?
Tags: Brendan Emmett Quigley, Dan Naddor, Eric Berlin, Randolph Ross
Posted on February 20th, 2010, by SethG
NYT 16:34 (SethG) Reagle Untimed LAT 17:44 (SethG) BG Untimed CS 6:59 (SethG) And…it’s ACPT Day 2. Amy and the gang are still in Brooklyn, one more SethG day. See the current standings here .
Tags: Eric Berlin, Henry Hook, Merl Reagle, Mike Peluso, Randolph Ross
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