Monthly Archives: September 2010

Bay Area Crossword Tournament this Saturday

Northern Californians, take note: The Bay Area Crossword Puzzle Tournament takes place Saturday, September 11, in Alameda. Competitors will solve three upcoming New York Times crosswords and a 21×21 puzzle constructed by Tyler Hinman. On-site registration is $30. Proceeds benefit … Continue reading

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Wednesday, 9/8/10

Onion 3:50 NYT 3:30 LAT 3:00 CS untimed Patrick Berry’s Rows Garden #5 19:54—get the PDF

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MGWCC #118

crossword 3:38 (paper) puzzle -3:00 (approx)

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Tuesday, 9/7/10

NYT 3:10 Jonesin’ 3:05 LAT 2:54 CS untimed

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Monday, 9/6/10

BEQ 5:34 LA Times 2:58 NY Times 2:27 CrosSynergy untimed

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Sunday, 9/5/10

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)

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Saturday, 9/4/10

NY Times 8:54 LA Times 4:20 Newsday 10:20* CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle 7:31—“Spell Weaving” by Mike Shenk (those tend to be not so tough)

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Wall Street Journal, 9/3/10

“Sets in Order” by Joe DiPietro – 11:58

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Friday, 9/3/10

N.Y. Times 5:18 L.A. Times 4:23 Chronicle of Higher Ed 3:09 CrosSynergy untimed This weekend will be uncharacteristically puzzly for me. Friday, my son and I will be lunching with crossworder Katie Hamill and her family. (Our kids don’t start … Continue reading

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Thursday, 9/2/10

NY Times 6:16 Fireball 4:23 BEQ 4:14 LA Times 2:55 CrosSynergy untimed Tausig untimed

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