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	<title>Diary of a Crossword Fiend &#187; Nancy Salomon</title>
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	<description>The best crosswords in newspapers and online</description>
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		<title>Wednesday, 1/25/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gareth Bain&#8217;s New York Times crossword Wait, what&#8217;s this? A rebus puzzle on a Wednesday? Well, I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s of Wednesday difficulty, but if you don&#8217;t catch onto the rebus right away it might wallop you like a Thursday puzzle. So, Gareth interprets TREE RINGS, those botanical [Indicators of age], as ample reason to put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday, 8/30/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernice Gordon&#8217;s New York Times crossword Today&#8217;s constructor is 97 years old, which means there&#8217;s an 83-year spread in NYT crossword constructors&#8217; ages. Isn&#8217;t it cool to have an ageless hobby? The theme&#8217;s a little hazy to me. It appears to be a vowel-progression theme, but the vowels aren&#8217;t in alphabetical order and the words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday, 6/28/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Baring&#8217;s New York Times crossword Were you paying attention in your high school and college science classes? Because every so often, there will be a quiz. The Tuesday crossword is that quiz: 17a. 3.14159 is your friendly neighborhood PI APPROXIMATION. I got the PI part right off, but the second word took a lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday, 4/14/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pete Muller&#8217;s New York Times crossword Pete enhances the usual &#8220;all four theme entries have the same clue&#8221; by hiding the clue in a picture in the grid. When you finish the puzzle, trace the letters in the circled squares to spell out UMBRELLA and you&#8217;ve got a drawing of a bumbershoot. And those &#8220;[ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday, 2/18/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Berry&#8217;s New York Times crossword So, I&#8217;m several puzzles into Patrick Berry&#8217;s latest splashy puzzle book, Adventures in Puzzling. I&#8217;ve already encountered a couple types of puzzles that vex me (I reserve the right to just peek at the answers when I find a puzzle variety I don&#8217;t enjoy at all), but also did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday, 12/18/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:48:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NYT 7:47 Newsday 5:45 LAT 5:00 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle too long—Cox/Rathvon cryptic Brad Wilber&#8217;s New York Times crossword Tactical error! I was so sleepy an hour before puzzle kickoff that I decided to take a nap. I forgot that I am constitutionally incapable of taking a restorative nap. My kid woke me up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wednesday, 10/13/10</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 02:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Reynaldo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAT 3:50 NYT 3:28 CS untimed Onion 3:06 Alan Arbesfeld&#8217;s New York Times crossword This theme is not for those who don&#8217;t follow football. Did you know that the CENTER, TACKLE, END, and GUARD are all LINEMAN varieties? I sure didn&#8217;t. I would&#8217;ve said that &#8220;offensive lineman&#8221; and &#8220;defensive lineman&#8221; were specific positions on a [...]]]></description>
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