About Me
Amy Reynaldo, the author of How to Conquer the New York Times Crossword Puzzle, is a top-10 finisher at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Her first New York Times crossword byline appeared July 5, 2009. She solves at least three crosswords a day and writes about them here.
Tag Archives: Joon Pahk
Friday, 6/25/10
NYT 6:09 (joon—across lite) WSJ untimed (PG) CS untimed LAT untimed (PG) CHE not this week, i think the scoobies are out in full force this week, so i decided to pitch in even though i’ve been on blogging paternity … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrea Carla Michaels, Byron Walden, Joon Pahk, Mark Feldman, PuzzleGirl, Randall J. Hartman, Robin Schulman
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Friday, 5/21/10
BEQ 6:12 NYT 5:09 CHE 4:16 (long theme clues—might want to print this one out) LAT 3:54 CS 5:15 (Evad)/2:52 (Amy)
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Joon Pahk, Mike Peluso, Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer
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Thursday, 4/15/10
NYT 4:36 (40 seconds to find my typo!) LAT untimed (PuzzleGirl) CS untimed (Janie) Tausig 9:19 (Jeffrey) Fireball 8:26 (Jeffrey) Happy Tax Day, and Happy Birthday to Ellen Ripstein! Edited to add: Jeffrey and perhaps another member of Team Fiend … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Tausig, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Joon Pahk, Nancy Salomon, Peter Gordon, Tyler Hinman
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Wall Street Journal, 3/19/10
“Pontification” by Joon Pahk – 14:08
Favorite crosswords of 2009
Rex Parker and I aren’t compiling an official set of 2009 Oryx Awards (we hope to do it up big for 2010, though), but I wanted to spotlight the puzzles that enchanted me last year. This list will be heavily … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Tausig, Brad Wilber, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Byron Walden, Dan Naddor, David Chapus, David J. Kahn, Donna Hoke Kahwaty, Donna S. Levin, Doug Peterson, Ed Stein, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Emily Cox, Francis Heaney, Frank Longo, Henry Rathvon, Joon Pahk, Mark Diehl, Matt Gaffney, Matt Ginsberg, Matt Jones, Nancy Salomon, Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer, Paula Gamache, Randall J. Hartman, Randolph Ross, Sarah Keller, Stanley Newman, Tony Orbach, Trip Payne, Will Nediger
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Super Bowl Sunday, 2/7/10
NYT 10:14 BG 7:25 Reagle 6:34 LAT untimed CS 3:59 NYT diagramless untimed—available in Across Lite via this link Placeholder post published before I’d actually done any of the puzzles in case you’re looking for Joon Pahk’s NYT diagramless in … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Naddor, Henry Hook, Joon Pahk, Merl Reagle, Patrick Berry, Tyler Hinman
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Sunday, 12/13/09
LAT 8:13 BG 7:45 NYT 7:26 Reagle 6:20 CS 3:12