Hearty congratulations to Evan Birnholz, who will be taking his puzzlemaking skills to the Washington Post next month, making Sunday crosswords every week and working on filling Merl Reagle’s shoes. That is a mighty tall order, but Evan is super-talented … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Barry C. Silk, Ed Sessa, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Frank Longo | 15 Comments

Friday, November 6, 2015

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Andrew Ries, Bruce Venzke, Ian Livengood, Victor Barocas | 15 Comments

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Daniel Landman, Gerry Wildenberg, Harold Jones, Jeff Chen, Mary Lou Guizzo, Samuel A. Donaldson | 18 Comments

MGWCC #387

Posted on November 4, 2015 by joon

Posted in Contests | Tagged Henry Hook, Matt Gaffney | 26 Comments

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bob Klahn, Elizabeth A. Long, Kurt Krauss, Ruth B. Margolin, Tyler Hinman | 33 Comments

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

I hopped from a link Deb Amlen posted on Facebook to Noah Veltman’s list of the “Crosswordiest Words” in the 1996–2012 New York Times crossword. The frequency of the crossword entries (excluding proper nouns and multi-word answers) were measured against … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Bruce Haight, Doug Peterson, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Joel Fagliano, Matt Jones, Mel Rosen, Patti Varol, Theresa Schmidt | 17 Comments