Monthly Archives: December 2010

Friday, 12/10/10

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 6:53 LAT 3:40 CHE 3:32 CS untimed WSJ around 13 minutes (Jeffrey)

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Don Gagliardo, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Mark Feldman, Mike Shenk, Natalia Shore, Tony Orbach | 29 Comments

Thursday, 12/9/10

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Fireball 5:36 NYT 5:24 LAT 5:03 (Jeffrey) Tausig 7:45 (Jeffrey) BEQ 4:24 CS untimed

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Ben Tausig, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Byron Walden, Caleb Madison, Kurt Mueller, Peter Gordon, Tyler Hinman | 17 Comments

Wednesday, 12/8/10

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Onion 4:25 NYT 3:34 LAT 2:59 CS untimed

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Dan Naddor, Matt Jones, Mike Nothnagel, Patrick Blindauer | 10 Comments

MGWCC #131

Posted on December 7, 2010 by joon

crossword 4:48 (paper) puzzle 0:12

Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 20 Comments

Tuesday, 12/7/10

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Jonesin’ 3:31 NYT 3:18 LAT 3:51 (Jeffrey) CS 4:29 (Evad) If you haven’t seen the NYT video of David Kwong constructing a crossword and doing a magic trick at the same time, scroll down to the next post.

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Andrea Carla Michaels, Kent Clayton, Mark Bickham, Matt Jones, Randolph Ross | 11 Comments

When magicians construct crosswords

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Whoa! Check out today’s TimesCast video at the New York Times website. Magician and crossword constructor David Kwong does a card trick that involves constructing a crossword on a whiteboard, and the denouement will absolutely blow you away. How did … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged David Kwong, magic | 4 Comments

Monday, 12/6/10

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:36 NYT 2:33 CS 5:29 (Evad) BEQ 6:15

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Donna S. Levin, Patrick Jordan, Richard Chisholm | 10 Comments

Sunday, 12/5/10

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 8:02—use the PDF if you haven’t done it already Reagle 8:40 LAT 8:12 BG 17:15 (Sam) WaPo 4:34 CS 10:12 (Evad)

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Ben Pall, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Nora Pearlstone, Patrick Berry, Rich Norris | 21 Comments

The Seed Patch Crossword (CTS, Pt. 4)

Posted on December 4, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Researching this piece, I asked Brendan Emmett Quigley how he built his themelesses. From the bottom, he told me– pick a neat bottom-right word, like HACK-A-SHAQ, then stack two more on top of it. Then do a similar stack from … Continue reading →

Posted in Callin' Them Squares | 3 Comments

Saturday, 12/4/10

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Amy Reynaldo

Newsday 17:25 NYT 5:35 LAT 4:00 CS untimed

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Anna Stiga, Bruce Venzke, Doug Peterson, Randall J. Hartman, Stanley Newman | 12 Comments

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