Monthly Archives: January 2010

Sunday, 1/10/09

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 10:51 BG 9:33 Reagle 8:04 LAT 7:10 CS 3:32 NYT cryptic 9:15

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Saturday, 1/9/10

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Newsday 5:33 NYT 5:30 LAT 3:57 CS untimed

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Daily Beast – 1/8/10

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

“Elvis at 75”  – Daily Beast by Matt Gaffney  – 9:37 (AL) Today’s topical puzzle from Matt Gaffney celebrates the election of Montreal Expo legend Andre Dawson into the Baseball Hall of Fame. It is cleverly disguised as a tribute … Continue reading →

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Friday, 1/8/10

Posted on January 7, 2010 by joon

NYT 10:11 (joon–paper) BEQ untimed (joon) CHE 7:55 (Jeffrey – paper) LAT 7:07 (Jeffrey-AcrossLite) CS untimed (janie) WSJ untimed (PuzzleGirl) our beloved hostess is laid up with an extremely painful foot injury of some sort, so she’s begged off blogging … Continue reading →

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One week to detonation

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Peter Gordon’s launching his Fireball Crosswords on January 14. If you haven’t subscribed yet—$10 a year for one puzzle a week, usually a tough themeless—head here to sign up. You can even pay extra to have Peter include the answer … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 1/7/10

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

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.

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Wednesday, 1/6/10

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

BEQ 5:10 NYT 4:09 Onion 4:03 LAT 3:17 CS untimed

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MGWCC #83

Posted on January 5, 2010 by joon

crossword 11:47 (paper) puzzle negative 1 day

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Tuesday, 1/5/10

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Jonesin 5:04 NYT 3:02 LAT 3:01 CS untimed Warm birthday greetings to Merl Reagle, who turns 60 on January 5! To fete the man Andrea Carla Michaels calls the “cruciverbalisto di tutti cruciverbalisti,” Andrea and Michael Blake constructed a fun … Continue reading →

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Monday, 1/4/10

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

BEQ 5:02 NYT 3:03 LAT 3:02 CS untimed

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