Posts Tagged ‘Matt Ginsberg’
Sunday, 9/4/11
Sunday, 4/17/11
Quick recap of the Marbles Chicago Crossword Tournament: Eric Maddy took first place, Marty Howard placed second, and Kent Brody came in third. Congrats, gentlemen! Anne Erdmann was Chief Paper Collector and Bob Petitto was Head Clock-watcher—thanks to Anne and Bob for judging, thanks to Marbles: The Brain Store for hosting, and thanks to Will [...]
Tags: Bruce Venzke, Dan Naddor, Henry Hook, Matt Ginsberg, Merl Reagle, Patrick Berry
Thursday, 3/10/11
Thursday, 2/3/11
Too many puzzles on Thursdays omg I’ve been awake since 4:15 this morning and would like very much to lie down now. Mind you, it’s just past 7 pm as I write this. Will go ahead and post the Fireball write-up, plus an NYT placeholder, and if I conk out before 9 pm (when the [...]
Tags: Annemarie Brethauer, Ben Tausig, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Lynn Lempel, Matt Ginsberg, Peter Gordon
Friday, 12/3/10
NYT 5:28 CHE 3:25 LAT 3:08 CS untimed WSJ 6:57 (crossword only)
Tags: Ken Fisher, Matt Ginsberg, Michael Ashley, Pamela Amick Klawitter, William I. Johnston
Sunday, 5/16/10
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 [...]
Tags: Bonnie Gentry, Doug Peterson, Emily Cox, Frank Longo, Henry Hook, Henry Rathvon, Matt Ginsberg, Merl Reagle
Friday, 5/14/10
NYT 5:14 CHE 4:38—I suggest you solve this one on paper (long theme clues) LAT 4:27 BEQ Marching Bands 5:09 CS untimed WSJ 8:29
Tags: Barry C. Silk, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Gail Grabowski, Marie Kelly, Matt Ginsberg, Mike Shenk, Pete Muller, Steve Atwood
Thursday, 4/8/10
NYT 4:51 Fireball 4:50 LAT 4:16 Tausig untimed CS untimed
Tags: Ben Tausig, Jascha Smilack, Matt Ginsberg, Patrick Blindauer, Peter Gordon
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 weighted towards the types of puzzles I like best (twisty gimmicks! themeless!) and light on [...]
Tags: 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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