Monthly Archives: April 2010

Wall Street Journal 4/16/10 and Saanich News 4/9/10

Alice Long’s “Joint Accounts” Wall Street Journal Puzzle – 8:03 Hello again. I’ve got a bonus “puzzle” after we look at today’s Wall Street Journal. Parental discretion advised.

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Friday, 4/16/10

NYT 6:00 BEQ 4:46 LAT 3:51 CS untimed CHE tba—Is there a CHE puzzle this week?

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Thursday, 4/15/10

NYT 4:36 (40 seconds to find my typo!) LAT untimed (PuzzleGirl) CS untimed (Janie) Tausig 9:19 (Jeffrey) Fireball 8:26 (Jeffrey) Happy Tax Day, and Happy Birthday to Ellen Ripstein! Edited to add: Jeffrey and perhaps another member of Team Fiend … Continue reading

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Wednesday, 4/14/10

Onion 5:49 (Black Ink) BEQ 5:28 (Black Ink) NYT 5:12 (Jeffrey)/3:43 (Amy) LAT 3:15 (Black Ink) CS untimed Shhh!!! Amy’s sleeping. This is Jeffrey, sort of awake on Pacific Daylight Time, filling in.

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MGWCC #97

crossword 4:02 (across lite) puzzle 15 minutes or 2 days, depending on how you count

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Tuesday, 4/13/10

LAT 3:08 Jonesin’ 4:50 NYT 2:36 CS untimed This winter, I edited T Campbell’s huge (50×50) crossword, the Ubercross “Fiddy.”. You can solve it online at that link if your monitor is biiig, or you can set yourself up with … Continue reading

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Boston Crossword Puzzle Tournament wrap-up

thanks to all who came to the 2010 BCPT today at harvard. the event ran with nary a hitch, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. certainly i did. congratulations to our overall champion, eric maddy, who came all the way … Continue reading

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Monday, 4/12/10

BEQ 4:50 NYT 3:10 LAT 3:04 CS untimed

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Sunday, 4/11/10

NYT 9:41 LAT 9:13 Reagle 8:35 BG 7:43 shiny new WaPo themeless 7:58—in Java w/link to printable version or download for Across Lite (downloads as csserve.cgi; Across Lite can open it or you can rename it with a .puz extension) … Continue reading

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Saturday, 4/10/10

Newsday 11:04 NYT 6:43 LAT 4:00 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle 16 minutes—it’s a Hex cryptic!

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