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: Xan Vongsathorn
Thursday, 8/2/12
Patrick Blindauer posted his monthly puzzle for August on the 1st. Have you done it yet? Available in .puz and .pdf formats here. Matt Gaffney’s review appears below.
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Tagged Ben Tausig, Gail Grabowski, Jack McInturff, Patrick Blindauer, Peter Gordon, Xan Vongsathorn
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Sunday, 6/10/12
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Tagged Henry Hook, John Lampkin, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Xan Vongsathorn
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Sunday, 5/1/11
Well! The last thing I want to do now is solve more and more puzzles. DASH was a lot of fun, but the puzzle hunt was basically an 8-hour outing. Meals and walking time didn’t count toward the solving time, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Venzke, Chris A. McGlothlin, Henry Hook, Karen M. Tracey, Merl Reagle, Xan Vongsathorn
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Saturday, 11/27/10
Newsday 13:05 NYT 6:44 LAT 4:18 WSJ Saturday Puzzle 22:27*—Patrick Berry variety grid, “In Boxes” pdf CS untimed (Janie)
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Tagged Merle Baker, Patrick Berry, Randolph Ross, Victor Fleming, Xan Vongsathorn
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Saturday, 8/28/10
Newsday 5:15 with one error NYT 5:13 LAT 4:24 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle 26:30—ooh, is it Hex cryptic week? It is!
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Tagged Brad Wilber, Doug Peterson, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Joe DiPietro, Xan Vongsathorn
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Thursday, 1/7/10
NYT 6:06 LAT 3:49 CS untimed Tausig tba There’s a lovely obituary for Dan Naddor in the L.A. Times. Astonishingly, there are 20 more of his crossword puzzles in the LAT pipeline, with the next one coming out this Friday.