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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.
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Friday, 11/26/10
NYT 5:15 LAT untimed (Jeffrey) CHE 4:50 CS untimed (Janie) WSJ 12:25 (Jeffrey) Hmm, I am wiped out after a long day of cooking and eating. Not sure I’ll actually get to all of the Friday puzzles this week. We … Continue reading
Wednesday, 11/10/10
Onion 4:33 NYT 3:15 LAT 3:04 CS untimed Hey, did you all figure out the New York Times crossword contest last week? The trick was to punch out the {HOLE} rebus squares in Mike Nothnagel’s Thursday puzzle, overlay the grid … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Doug Peterson, Pamela Amick Klawitter, Samuel A. Donaldson
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Saturday, 6/5/10
Newsday 6:38 NYT 6:33 LAT 4:38 CS untimed WSJ Saturday puzzle 19 minutes—whoo-hoo, it’s a Hex cryptic! (PDF here) Did the rest of you watch the Scripps spelling bee on TV tonight? There were some crazy-hard words in the mix, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Anna Stiga, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Randall J. Hartman, Robert H. Wolfe, Samuel A. Donaldson, Stanley Newman
22 Comments
Saturday, 3/27/10
NYT Hours and hours! (Sam) LAT 9:15 (Sam) Newsday 48:17 (Sam) CS untimed Amy’s in transit from Chicago to a secret sunny destination for spring break, so it’s me, Sam Donaldson, sitting in for the weekend puzzles. Wait, that means … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Bob Klahn, Brad Wilber, Jeffrey Wechsler, Samuel A. Donaldson
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Thursday, 12/17/09
NYT 5:28 LAT 4:02 CS untimed Tausig untimed Edited to add links to a bonus puzzle: Patrick Blindauer and Michael Sharp (a.k.a. Rex Parker) teamed up on “20 Years of Detention,” available in Across Lite and as a PDF. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Tausig, Francis Heaney, Nancy Salomon, Patrick Blindauer, Samuel A. Donaldson
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