If you haven’t gotten around to subscribing to the Fireball Crosswords series and you like tough puzzles, I encourage you to sign up now! Editor Peter Gordon handed out advance copies of this week’s Fireball (a themed puzzle by Julian Lim) at the ACPT and I gotta tell you, it blew me away. I’ll be [...]
Tags: Ben Tausig, Frank Virzi, Matt Jones, Raymond Hamel, Will Nediger
New feature we’re trying out at Diary of a Crossword Fiend: star ratings! Let the world know how you feel about each crossword. We’re counting on everyone to be decent and just rate each puzzle once rather than stacking the vote. Thanks to Pete Muller for the suggestion. My suggested ratings rubric, as a starting [...]
Tags: Doug Peterson, Harvey Estes, Mike Shenk, Patrick Jordan, Will Nediger
NYT 10:18 BG 20:23 (Sam) LAT 8:13 Reagle 7:38 WaPo 8:20 CS 7:58 (Evad)
Tags: Emily Cox, Frank Longo, Henry Rathvon, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Verge, Will Nediger
Newsday 8:06 NYT 5:12 LAT 4:39 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle 28 minutes, two answers missing—cryptic crossword PDF
Tags: Doug Peterson, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, R.M. (Bob) Peoples, Randolph Ross, Will Nediger
NY Times 7:43 Reagle about 9 minutes Boston Globe 20:23 (Sam)/6:54 (Amy) LA Times 6:41 WaPo Post Puzzler 6:14 CrosSynergy 8:15 (Evad)
Tags: Bruce Venzke, Henry Hook, John Lampkin, Merl Reagle, Trip Payne, Will Nediger
NYT 4:41 Onion 3:48 LAT 3:00 CS tba
Tags: Deb Amlen, Donna S. Levin, Gareth Bain, Will Nediger
Newsday 9:59 NYT untimed LAT 4:45 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle—a Hex cryptic! (PDF here) 22 minutes ’til I got too sleepy to unravel the last corner, 3 more minutes Saturday a.m.
Tags: Anna Stiga, Bruce Venzke, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Joe Krozel, Stanley Newman, Will Nediger
Newsday 9:18 NYT 6:39 LAT 4:20 CS 4:36 (Evad)
Tags: Donna S. Levin, Doug Peterson, Victor Fleming, Will Nediger
NYT 7:23—no, make that 6:58, because my browser spun its wheels until 25 seconds had elapsed Newsday 6:23 LAT 3:14 CS untimed (Janie) WSJ Saturday Puzzle about 6 minutes
Tags: Doug Peterson, Joe Krozel, Mike Shenk, Randolph Ross, Will Nediger
Rex Parker and I aren’t compiling an official set of 2009 Oryx Awards (we hope to do it up big for 2010, though), but I wanted to spotlight the puzzles that enchanted me last year. This list will be heavily weighted towards the types of puzzles I like best (twisty gimmicks! themeless!) and light on [...]
Tags: Ben Tausig, Brad Wilber, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Byron Walden, Dan Naddor, David Chapus, David J. Kahn, Donna Hoke Kahwaty, Donna S. Levin, Doug Peterson, Ed Stein, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Emily Cox, Francis Heaney, Frank Longo, Henry Rathvon, Joon Pahk, Mark Diehl, Matt Gaffney, Matt Ginsberg, Matt Jones, Nancy Salomon, Patrick Berry, Patrick Blindauer, Paula Gamache, Randall J. Hartman, Randolph Ross, Sarah Keller, Stanley Newman, Tony Orbach, Trip Payne, Will Nediger
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