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
Crossword Fiend commenter Bananarchy, a.k.a. Peter Broda, has a new puzzle blog called Cross Nerd. He’s constructing crosswords over there, both themed and mini-themeless (11×11? 11×13? Why not?), all in the Onion A.V. Club vein (i.e., be prepared for salty language). The emphasis is on freshness of fill rather than impressiveness of grid design (which [...]
Tags: Donna S. Levin, Jeff Chen, John Dunn, Matt Jones, Peter Broda
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
Rerun announcement from yesterday: A little advance heads-up from the Times gang: The Friday episode of Patrick Berry’s New York Times Crossword Contest Weekstravaganza will be an unusual one in that it’ll only be available in the newspaper and as a .pdf to print out. No applet, no Across Lite, no smartphone/iPad version. Plan ahead [...]
Tags: Ben Tausig, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Jeff Chen, Patrick Berry, Raymond Hamel
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