Monthly Archives: April 2010

Saturday, 5/1/10

Posted on April 30, 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

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Marbles Chicago Crossword Tournament wrap-up

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

We had about 50 competitors at the April 17 Marbles Crossword Tournament in Chicago, twice as many as last year. For next year, the host, Marbles: The Brain Store, may well seek out a bigger space to hold the event, … Continue reading →

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Friday, 4/30/10

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 7:21 LAT 5:06 CHE 3:47 CS untimed BEQ 5:55 (grid only), about 30 seconds for meta WSJ 8:21 Look! I made a word square in Lexulous (Facebook’s Scrabble-like game). I played the ADZ going down and racked up 71 … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 4/29/10

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:05 Fireball 4:51 LAT 3:56 Tausig untimed CS untimed (J)/3:37 (A) Today is picture day! Here’s a photo from April 17’s Chicago Crossword Tournament. The event raised $735 for the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (yay!). Midwesterners, keep April 2011 … Continue reading →

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Wednesday, 4/28/10

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

BEQ 4:07 Onion 3:36 NYT 3:28 LAT …betweem, um, 3:05 and 4:10, I think CS untimed

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MGWCC #99

Posted on April 27, 2010 by joon

crossword 8:22 (across lite) puzzle 0:30 or so

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Tuesday, 4/27/10

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Jonesin’ 4:05 NYT untimed LAT 3:02 CS untimed

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Monday, 4/26/10

Posted on April 25, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

BEQ 7:52 LAT 3:00 NYT 2:43 CS untimed

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Sunday, 4/25/10

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 8:54 NYT 8:05 Reagle untimed BG untimed, and actually unsolved WaPo Puzzler 7:33 (.puz file here—newish themeless puzzle) CS 3:20

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Saturday, 4/24/10

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Newsday 6:52 NYT 5:46 LAT 3:51 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle (acrostic applet recommended) I dunno, 4 to 6 minutes, maybe Announcements, Category 1: Birthdays April 24 is the birthday of several friends of the blog who are pretty terrific … Continue reading →

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