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	<title>Diary of a Crossword Fiend &#187; Merle Baker</title>
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		<title>Saturday, 7/16/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 03:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Berry&#8217;s New York Times crossword I didn&#8217;t really have fun doing Patrick&#8217;s puzzle, but part of that is that the arrow and letter keys were lagging the whole time and you can&#8217;t really coast in a Csíkszentmihályiesque sense of flow when you&#8217;re staring at the screen, waiting for the cursor to get where you sent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 5/14/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 02:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Nothnagel&#8217;s New York Times crossword I struggled on both the NYT and LAT crosswords tonight. Both tougher than usual, or just an instance of Crossword Mind Failure? The trouble zones in Mike&#8217;s puzzle stretched from the lower left corner diagonally upwards. It all came together eventually, but not without extracting a pound of flesh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 1/15/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 03:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barry Silk&#8217;s New York Times crossword Oof! Killer of a puzzle, no? When the answer parked in the middle of the grid is something wildly unfamiliar, there may be grumbles of &#8220;How are we supposed to know that?&#8221; Well, that&#8217;s the Saturday puzzle for you. This is the day for learning oddball things you may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 11/27/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:25:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsday 13:05 NYT 6:44 LAT 4:18 WSJ Saturday Puzzle 22:27*—Patrick Berry variety grid, &#8220;In Boxes&#8221; pdf CS untimed (Janie) Xan Vongsathorn&#8217;s New York Times crossword I dunno. Xan Vongsathorn&#8217;s a young (still in college, I think) constructor, but a lot of this puzzle skews old. TARE and SNEE in a one-two punch? ECARTE and ELIA? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 9/25/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 02:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsday 7:32 NYT 5:06 LAT 4:58 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle 15:02—It&#8217;s a Hex cryptic (PDF here) Patrick Berry&#8217;s New York Times crossword This one&#8217;s a 64-worder with attractively daunting corners of white space. Don&#8217;t let a grid psych you out, though—only the clues and any unfamiliar answers should be daunting. That being said, 1a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 6/19/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:08:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsday 10:45 NYT 6:25 LAT 4:23 CS untimed Sam Donaldson&#8217;s New York Times crossword Now that&#8217;s a solid 1-Across to start the game with—CRAPS TABLE is a [Place to use a rake]. It sits at the top of a 4&#215;10 stack, and the adjacent corners have 4&#215;9 stacks. Nearly all the 9s and 10s are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 4/17/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT 8:36 Newsday 6:57 LAT 4:35 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle (Snake Charmer) 2:57 It&#8217;s here! April 17 is here! Saturday afternoon, I&#8217;ll be at the Marbles Chicago Crossword Tournament. Anne Erdmann, Katje Sabin, and Bob Petitto plan to volunteer their time as officials, and Anne&#8217;s noncompetitor status opens the path to the finals for [...]]]></description>
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