BG 8:08
Reagle 7:49
NYT 7:47
LAT 7:19
WaPo Post Puzzler 4:04 (if you haven’t been doing these themelesses, catch up at Puzzle Pointers)
CS – 9:37 (Evad)
Tags: Alan Arbesfeld, Frank Longo, Henry Hook, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Nora Pearlstone, Rich Norris
BG 8:04
Reagle 7:37
NYT 7:02
LAT 6:42
WaPo Post Puzzler 4:00
CS – 35:58 (Evad, with a break before finishing the NE)/5:34 (Amy)
NYT second Sunday puzzle 7:06—BEQ’s “Marching Bands”
Tags: Bob Klahn, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Ed Sessa, Henry Hook, Karen M. Tracey, Merl Reagle, Pamela Amick Klawitter
NYT (untimed—PG)
WaPo 13:11 (Sam—paper)
LAT 15:18 (Sam—paper)
BG 17:10 (Jeffrey—paper)
Reagle 6:35 (joon—across lite)
CS 7:47 (Evad)
I think this is your last day of of us benchwarmers, so let’s just make the best of it.
Tags: Ed Sessa, Henry Hook, Merl Reagle, Michael J. Doran, PuzzleGirl, Randolph Ross, Trip Payne
NYT 14:22
Reagle 7:29
LAT 6:58
BG no time at all
CS 11:01 (Evad)
WaPo Post Puzzler 6:02
NYT second Sunday puzzle: diagramless 16 minutes
Oh, dear. I’m not prepared to celebrate this blog’s fifth birthday. I’m posting without even doing any crosswords this evening. What kind of crossword blogger am I, anyway? One with an out-of-town guest to entertain. And sadly, [...]
Tags: Francis Heaney, Henry Hook, John Lampkin, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Michael Shteyman, Patrick Berry
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
NYT untimed…21 minutes but not exactly speed solving
NYT cryptic 9:03
BG 7:43 (joon—across lite)
LAT 7:35
Reagle 6:18
WaPo Puzzler 5:29
CS 8:45 (Evad)
Looking for the PDF of the Sunday NYT crossword? Click here to download.
If you want to do the puzzle on your computer rather than printing out, even though it will make for a subpar theme experience, Jim [...]
Tags: Bonnie Gentry, Doug Peterson, Emily Cox, Frank Longo, Henry Hook, Henry Rathvon, Matt Ginsberg, Merl Reagle
LAT 10:30
NYT 10:29
BG 9:01
Reagle 8:47
Post Puzzler 5:58
CS 3:21
The Crosswords LA tournament rocked Los Angeles today. Eric Maddy pulled out a narrow victory with the other two finalists raising their hands seconds later. More details here.
Tags: Henry Hook, Jared Banta, Karen M. Tracey, Kelsey Blakley, Merl Reagle, William I. Johnston
NYT 8:52
Reagle 7:48
LAT 6:53
BG 9:53 (Black Ink)
WP Post Puzzler 4:35 (here’s the Across Lite file; just change the file extension to .puz)
CS 4:17
More to come tomorrow(ish) on the Second Annual Chicago Crossword Tournament, but for now I’ll tell you who won. William Hall qualified for the finals by finishing first in round 2 (next Tuesday’s [...]
Tags: Henry Hook, Kathleen Fay O'Brien, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Randolph Ross, Trip Payne
New York Times – 23:53 (yikes!)
Reagle – 10:33
Boston Globe – 12:50 (with mistakes)
Los Angeles Times – 12:35
CrosSynergy – 7:59
Sudoku Puzzle Grid of the Week
Big Announcement! - now posted!!!!
Welcome to Jeffrey’s Crossword Central! It has been great having Amy blog about crosswords the last 5 years, but now it is time to take crossword commentary to the [...]
Tags: Bob Klahn, Dan Naddor, Doug Peterson, Henry Hook, Merl Reagle
NYT 8:56
BEQ 5:01
LAT 3:53
CHE 3:46
CS untimed
Tags: Annemarie Brethauer, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Donna S. Levin, Gary Steinmehl, Henry Hook
 |
Category: