Posts Tagged ‘Henry Hook’
Sunday, 1/22/12
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 [...]
Tags: Adam Fromm, Doug Peterson, Henry Hook, Jeff Chen, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle
Sunday, 1/8/12
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.
Tags: Gail Grabowski, Henry Hook, Merl Reagle, Tony Orbach, Trip Payne, William I. Johnston
Sunday, 12/11/11
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 [...]
Tags: Alex Boisvert, Henry Hook, Jayne Boisvert, Merl Reagle, Mike Selinker, Mike Shenk, Timothy Polin, Tony Orbach
Sunday, 11/27/11
The Trip Payne puzzle cited above is a variety cryptic called “Minefield,” posted in PDF form last month at Triple Play Puzzles.
Tags: Ed Sessa, Henry Hook, Jeff Chen, Mark Halpin, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Trip Payne
Sunday, 11/13/11
Sunday, 10/30/11
* “Hex/Hook” is the same thing as “BG.”
Tags: Andrea Carla Michaels, Fred Piscop, Henry Hook, Jonathan L. O'Rourke, Lynn Lempel, Merl Reagle, Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer
Sunday, 10/16/11
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 [...]
Tags: Gareth Bain, Henry Hook, Joel Fagliano, Merl Reagle, Trip Payne, Tyler Hinman
Sunday, 10/2/11
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
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