Posted on July 15th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
CHE 5:15
NYT 4:51
LAT 3:45
Tausig untimed
CS untimed
WSJ 9:01
Chicagoans! I’ve got a hot entertainment/arts tip for you. Ameba Acrobatic & Aerial Dance gets modern dance off the stage and into the air, with a trapeze, Lyra hoop, lycra sling, bungees, silks, and gymnastic moves. Some of the dances mesmerize; some amuse; most all of them will amaze [...]
Tags: Ben Tausig, Colin Gale, Jeffrey Harris, Joon Pahk, Mel Rosen, Mike Shenk, Tyler Hinman
Posted on June 29th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
Onion 3:59
LAT 3:42 (while multitasking by listening to Ryan & Brian’s “Fill Me In” podcast)
NYT untimed
CS untimed
Tags: Kristian House, Mike Peluso, Raymond Hamel, Tyler Hinman
Posted on June 19th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
Reagle 9:44 (sooo tired)
NYT 8:45
LAT 8:15
BG 7:42
CS 15:37 (Evad)/4:02 (Amy)
WaPo Post Puzzler tba—Oh, no! My post on this vanished! I forgot to publish it! Um, it took me 7:something, and I loved the puzzle! Frank Longo’s themeless puzzles are so great. The fill! The clues! The delightful AHA moments all over! One of my favorite [...]
Tags: Ashish Vengsarkar, Emily Cox, Frank Longo, Henry Rathvon, Julian Lim, Merl Reagle, Todd Gross, Tyler Hinman
Posted on June 6th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
Posted on May 17th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
Jonesin’ 4:55
NYT 3:22
LAT 3:22
CS 4:52 (Evad)/3:33 (Amy)
I’ve been cheating on crosswords with jigsaw puzzles in the last couple weeks. What do you think—is it time for a jigsaw puzzle blog? No?
Tags: Matt Jones, Peter A. Collins, Timothy L. Meaker, Tyler Hinman
Posted on May 6th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
Posted on May 4th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
BEQ 7:26 and then I gave up on those last squares
Onion 4:28
NYT 4:23
LAT 4:14
CS untimed
Happy arithmetic day! 5 + 5 = 10. My parents got married on 8 x 8 = 64, and I always thought that was cool.
P.S. Caleb Madison constructs a puzzle for the Bard Bulletin, his school publication. You can solve it [...]
Tags: Alan Olschwang, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Bruce Venzke, Dan Schoenholz, Tyler Hinman
Posted on April 30th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
Newsday 10:13
NYT 7:24
LAT 4:06
CS 3:13
WSJ Saturday Puzzle (Mike Shenk’s “Spell Weaving”) — about 10 minutes
Tags: Anna Stiga, Mike Shenk, Paula Gamache, Robert H. Wolfe, Stanley Newman, Tyler Hinman
Posted on April 14th, 2010, by Amy Reynaldo
NYT 4:36 (40 seconds to find my typo!)
LAT untimed (PuzzleGirl)
CS untimed (Janie)
Tausig 9:19 (Jeffrey)
Fireball 8:26 (Jeffrey)
Happy Tax Day, and Happy Birthday to Ellen Ripstein!
Edited to add: Jeffrey and perhaps another member of Team Fiend will finish the Thursday write-up for me. Family duties call me elsewhere in the morning. Thanks, Team!
Tags: Ben Tausig, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Joon Pahk, Nancy Salomon, Peter Gordon, Tyler Hinman
Posted on March 27th, 2010, by Sam Donaldson
NYT 27:31 (Sam)
Reagle 18:25 (Sam)
BG 24:02 (Sam)
LAT 15:57 (Sam)
CS 12:15 (Sam)
Hello, everyone! Sam Donaldson back for more, this time strictly from the perspective of a solver.
Tags: Ed Sessa, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Merl Reagle, Pamela Amick Klawitter, Tyler Hinman
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