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Saturday, 4/24/10

Newsday 6:52 NYT 5:46 LAT 3:51 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle (acrostic applet recommended) I dunno, 4 to 6 minutes, maybe Announcements, Category 1: Birthdays April 24 is the birthday of several friends of the blog who are pretty terrific … Continue reading

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Friday, 4/23/10

BEQ 6:14 CHE 6:00 NYT 4:21 CS untimed (Janie)/3:36 (Amy) LAT 3:30

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Sunday, 4/18/10

NYT 8:52 Reagle 7:48 LAT 6:53 BG 9:53 (Black Ink) WP Post Puzzler 4:35 (here’s the Across Lite file; just change the file extension to .puz) CS 4:17 More to come tomorrow(ish) on the Second Annual Chicago Crossword Tournament, but … Continue reading

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Saturday, 4/17/10

NYT 8:36 Newsday 6:57 LAT 4:35 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle (Snake Charmer) 2:57 It’s here! April 17 is here! Saturday afternoon, I’ll be at the Marbles Chicago Crossword Tournament. Anne Erdmann, Katje Sabin, and Bob Petitto plan to volunteer … Continue reading

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Blog contest, Ubercross Fiddy edition

The Challenge: The recent newspaper profile of T Campbell reminded me that I have been remiss in launching that blog contest T and I had discussed. In keeping with the epic size of his Ubercross Fiddy puzzle, this contest is … Continue reading

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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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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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Friday, 4/9/10

NYT 11:26 (no, really!) BEQ 5:30 LAT 3:45 CHE 3:25 CS untimed

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Thursday, 4/8/10

NYT 4:51 Fireball 4:50 LAT 4:16 Tausig untimed CS untimed

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