Monthly Archives: May 2011

Sunday, 5/8/11

Happy Mother’s Day!

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CTS #12: Splice, Twice and Slice

Last two times out, we dwelt upon the algebraic crosswords, which involved altering naturally-occuring phrases by the addition, subtraction or swapping-out of strings, and camouflage crosswords, which involved the concealment of strings. But a few aspects of said puzzles went … Continue reading

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Saturday, 5/7/11

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Guest puzzle at BEQ’s house in .jpz format

Hey! Did you see Brendan Quigley’s blog post today? Occasionally he posts a crossword from a guest contributor on Fridays. Today, there’s a funky puzzle by Alex Boisvert called “Through the Looking Glass.” Some of the thematic stuff may be … Continue reading

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Friday, 5/6/11

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New CrosSynergy PDF option (and NYT too)

At the Washington Post’s puzzle page, the “Print This Crossword” link now gives you a PDF with the grid at the bottom right (so your solving hand doesn’t cover the clues) and with gray blocks (so your printer uses less … Continue reading

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Thursday, 5/5/11

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Wednesday, 5/4/11

Tausig tba

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MGWCC #152

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Tuesday, 5/3/11

3:56 (Neville)/2:55 (Amy) Good news! If you’re one of the millions who missed out on the Crosswords LA tournament yesterday (congrats to winner Jordan Chodorow and runners-up Eric LeVasseur and Eric Maddy), you can still do the event’s puzzles. I … Continue reading

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