Posted on October 19th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo
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
Posted on October 9th, 2011, by pannonica
Posted on September 18th, 2011, by pannonica
Posted on September 13th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo
Would you like a sneak peek at how Will Shortz edits a crossword? The Atlantic gets an inside look as Will wrangles a recent Elizabeth Gorski puzzle into its final form, in “How Will Shortz Edits a New York Times Crossword Puzzle.” I’ve never laid eyes on a crossword manuscript as edited by Will (though [...]
Tags: C.C. Burnikel, Don Gagliardo, Jeff Chen, Lynn Lempel, Matt Gaffney
Posted on August 14th, 2011, by pannonica
Posted on July 13th, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo
Oh! Did you look at T Campbell’s post last Saturday? I hadn’t, not until Matt Jones shared T’s webcomic on Facebook. The entire comic’s laid out like a crossword grid, and the answers in the small crossword that’s included are to be found in the corresponding spot of the comic grid. And! There’s a character named [...]
Tags: Ben Tausig, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Ian Livengood, Jeff Chen, Peter Gordon, Raymond Hamel
Posted on June 12th, 2011, by pannonica
Posted on May 15th, 2011, by pannonica
Posted on May 3rd, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo
Posted on May 2nd, 2011, by Amy Reynaldo
3:56 (Neville)/2:55 (Amy) Good news! If you’re one of the millions who missed out on the Crosswords LA tournament yesterday (congrats to winner Jordan Chodorow and runners-up Eric LeVasseur and Eric Maddy), you can still do the event’s puzzles. I test-solved them and liked the whole batch, especially Tyler Hinman’s über-tricky one. And you know [...]
Tags: Bob Klahn, Jeff Chen, Kevan Choset, Matt Jones
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