Posts Tagged ‘Henry Hook’

Sunday, 2/5/12

Posted on February 4th, 2012, by Amy Reynaldo

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Sunday, 1/22/12

Posted on January 21st, 2012, by Amy Reynaldo

Hey, folks! Got a touch of that winter cabin fever? Looking for ways to pass the time between now and February 15? You’ve still got plenty of time to wrestle with Patrick Blindauer’s newest suite of crosswords, Musical Puzzlefest. Each puzzle has a hidden answer to figure out, and then there’s a final challenge that [...]

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Sunday, 1/8/12

Posted on January 7th, 2012, by Amy Reynaldo

I made my travel arrangements the other day for the upcoming American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, March 16-18 in Brooklyn. For more info about the weekend’s events and to register, click here.

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Sunday, 12/11/11

Posted on December 10th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo

Puzzle announcement: Peter Gordon’s weekly crossword for The Week is now available in Across Lite. Go to http://theweek.com/puzzle and click the relevant link (e.g. “Crossword – December 16, 2011″). That takes you to a page with a puzzle you can click on. Click on that and it takes you to a page where you can [...]

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Sunday, 11/27/11

Posted on November 26th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo

The Trip Payne puzzle cited above is a variety cryptic called “Minefield,” posted in PDF form last month at Triple Play Puzzles.

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Sunday, 11/13/11

Posted on November 12th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo

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Sunday, 10/30/11

Posted on October 29th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo

* “Hex/Hook” is the same thing as “BG.”

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Sunday, 10/16/11

Posted on October 15th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo

Mr. Doug Peterson, themeless-crossword specialist (you may know him from such venues as the NYT, LAT, Newsday, and Washington Post Puzzler) and man about town, had been blogging the syndicated Sunday Los Angeles Times crossword for PuzzleGirl over at L.A. Crossword Confidential. Please give a warm welcome to Doug, who will rock on with his [...]

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Sunday, 10/2/11

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 [...]

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Sunday, 9/18/11

Posted on September 17th, 2011, by joon

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