About Me
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.
Tag Archives: Tyler Hinman
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Bizzy-bizzy-bizzy! Amy’s three reviews will be short. Expect sentence fragments.
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Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Jeffrey Wechsler, Samuel A. Donaldson, Tyler Hinman
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Usually the Fireball puzzle arrives during the day on Wednesday. This week, it didn’t. Thursday’s a travel day, so I don’t know if/when I will get to the puzzle if/when it is sent. I appreciate your forbearance.
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Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Doug Peterson, Jim Page, Joel D. Lafargue, Tyler Hinman
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Have you heard? Registration is open for the 36th American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. March 8-10, a little earlier than last year. Brooklyn, same as usual (but last year, Panera opened up just down the block, freeing us all from highway-robbery … Continue reading
Wednesday, 9/26/12
Last week’s Chronicle of Higher Education crossword has been posted now. Head over there to get David Steinberg’s puzzle.
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Tagged Donna S. Levin, Jeffrey Wechsler, Peter A. Collins, Tyler Hinman
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Wednesday, 8/8/12
Spent all my crosswordfiend.com time today rooting out malefactors in the forum. Did you get an “account suspended” message when you tried to load this page? Yeah. That was the result of the bad eggs. If you should try to … Continue reading
Wednesday, 6/13/12
Happy bloggiversary to me! Diary of a Crossword Fiend began on this date in 2005. Only one person knows how many puzzles I’ve reviewed since then, and it isn’t me. (Jeffrey keeps spreadsheets of such things. Ask him.) Many thanks … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce R. Sutphin, Doug Peterson, Matt Jones, Randolph Ross, Susan Gelfand, Tyler Hinman
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