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: Kevin G. Der
Amy’s ACPT wrap-up (no spoilers)
Hi! It’s me, Amy, back home from New York and the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. I went into the weekend feeling like this would be my last year competing at ACPT—my heart just wasn’t in it, I have no interest … Continue reading
Sunday, 9/9/12
Congrats to the winners at Saturday’s BACFill crossword tournament in the Bay Area! I hear that Jordan Chodorow won, thanks to nipping Eric Maddy by 2 minutes on puzzle #2 (which we’ll see as the Tuesday NYT). Team Fiend’s very … Continue reading
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Tagged Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Kevin G. Der, Marti DuGuay-Carpenter, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Randolph Ross
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Sunday, 7/29/12
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Tagged Bruce Venzke, Emily Cox, Gail Grabowski, Henry Rathvon, Kevin G. Der, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Patrick Jordan
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Sunday, 4/15/12
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Tagged C.C. Burnikel, Don Gagliardo, Doug Peterson, Henry Hook, Kevin G. Der, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Tony Orbach
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Thursday, 2/9/12
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Tagged Ben Tausig, Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Don Gagliardo, Jim Hilger, Kevin G. Der, Randolph Ross, Stanley Newman
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Friday, 10/7/11
Shoot! I wasted my time blogging the puzzle that was in the applet, only to find out that it was supposed to have been replaced at the last minute with another puzzle. Hang on. Let me blog the Across Lite … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan Fisher, Kevin G. Der, Patrick Berry, Pete Muller, Raymond Hamel
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Sunday, 3/27/11
WaPo tba You can download the Sunday CrosSynergy puzzle in Across Lite at the Island of Lost Puzzles. Red alert! Red alert! The Sunday NYT is a crazy size (17×29) that won’t work with the applet. The applet works fine—but … Continue reading
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Tagged Emily Cox, Frank Longo, Henry Rathvon, Kevin G. Der, Matt Skoczen, Merl Reagle, Patrick Jordan, Victor Fleming
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