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	<title>Diary of a Crossword Fiend &#187; Fred Piscop</title>
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	<description>The best crosswords in newspapers and online</description>
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		<title>Sunday, 10/30/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[* &#8220;Hex/Hook&#8221; is the same thing as &#8220;BG.&#8221; Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer&#8217;s New York Times crossword, &#8220;Hollywood From Right to Left&#8221; A delightful puzzle. Some folks grouse that letter-change (or drop-a-letter or add-a-letter) themes are intellectually arid but you know what? When done well, they can be amusing diversions. And isn&#8217;t that what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday, 1/24/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Randall J. Hartman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Reminder: ★★★★★ = A++. ★★★★ = solid A. ★★★ = B. ★★ = C. ★ = D/F. I look askance at most of the 5-star votes and all of the 1-star votes I see here. Really, who gave 1 star to Patrick Berry&#8217;s WSJ variety puzzle?! I think it was the same person who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday, 11/17/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Raymond Hamel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert W. Harris]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Onion 4:57 NYT 3:07 LAT 4:30 CS untimed Robert Harris&#8217;s New York Times crossword How on earth did Will Shortz manage to run back-to-back puzzles with Estonia in the grid? He was recently in Estonia for a puzzle event and appeared on Estonian TV, and then yesterday we had ESTONIAN and today ESTONIA, [Where Skype [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday, 10/19/10</title>
		<link>http://www.crosswordfiend.com/blog/2010/10/18/tuesday-101910/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 02:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anna Gundlach]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gail Grabowski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Jones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jonesin&#8217; 4:54 LAT 3:13 NYT 3:06 CS 5:31 (Evad) Fred Piscop&#8217;s New York Times crossword Today&#8217;s theme is a sound-based one: Various &#8220;X or Y&#8221; phrases turn into &#8220;Xer Y.&#8221;  &#8221;Make or break&#8221; becomes a MAKER BREAK. &#8220;Hit or miss&#8221; is a baseball HITTER MISS. &#8220;Boom or bust&#8221; is a hypothetical statue that&#8217;s a BOOMER [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tuesday, 7/20/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fred Piscop]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonesin&#8217; 4:27 NYT 3:03 LAT 2:57 CS untimed Ed Sessa&#8217;s New York Times crossword Has anyone seen a BILLY theme like this before? I like it. BILLY is clued as [Name associated with the starts of 17-, 27-, 48- and 64-Across], and those four answers begin with the last names of famous guys named Billy: 17a. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday, 6/21/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gareth Bain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEQ 10:17 LAT 2:52 NYT 2:29 CS untimed Do you like themeless crosswords? Do you admire Frank Longo&#8217;s work? Do you like crosswords edited by Peter Gordon? Did you miss yesterday&#8217;s Washington Post themeless? If the answer to any of these questions is &#8220;yes,&#8221; hie thee to Puzzle Pointers and download the June 20 puzzle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday, 3/15/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lila Cherry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Norris]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEQ 5:39 NYT 2:53 LAT 2:45 CS untimed Fred Piscop&#8217;s New York Times crossword Today&#8217;s theme entries turn &#8220;pair of&#8221; into the similar sounding PARA: 17A. [Two steeds?] are PARAMOUNTS. That word looks weird in the plural, and the idea of a &#8220;pair of mounts&#8221; seems weird too. 57A. PARACHUTES are [Two water slides?]. This [...]]]></description>
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