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Monday, March 28, 2022

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 4:58 (Matthew)

LAT 1:46 (Stella)

NYT 2:52 (Sophia)

The New Yorker untimed (Rebecca)

Universal untimed (pannonica)

USA Today untimed (malaika)

WSJ untimed (Jim P)

NEWS
The New Yorker just announced that it will be adding two more daily crosswords to its schedule, occupying the full weekday slate. “Monday through Thursday, the puzzles will be themeless and will decrease in difficulty each day, with a new beginner-friendly puzzle on Thursdays. For the first time, Friday’s puzzle will be themed, of light to moderate difficulty.” There will be an expanded roster of constructors.
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Elizabeth Goodney, Hoang-Kim Vu, Karen Steinberg, Leslie Rogers, Lynn Lempel, Paul Steinberg, Prasanna Keshava, Will Nediger | 21 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, March 25th, 2022

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Conrad

Grid: 15 minutes; meta: an hour or so

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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 12 Comments

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Posted on March 26, 2022 by Nate Cardin

LAT 9:10 (Gareth, 1 error)

NYT untimed (Nate)

Universal tk (Jim Q)

Universal (Sunday) untimed (Jim P)

USA Today 4:56 (Darby)

WaPo untimed (Jim Q)

For those of you who haven’t heard the exciting news, Patti Varol has taken over as the new editor of the LA Times, with Christina Iverson as assistant editor! They’ve just released their updated submission guidelines and pay rate, which can be found in her recent Tweet. Check it out!

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amy Ensz, August Lee-Kovach, Emet Ozar, Evan Birnholz, Gary Larson, Matthew Stock, Zhouqin Burnikel | 25 Comments

Saturday, March 26, 2022

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Sophia Maymudes

LAT 2:49 (Stella)

Newsday 17:20 (pannonica)

NYT 16:40 (Sophia)

Universal untimed (Jim Q)

USA Today 2:04 (Matthew)

WSJ untimed (pannonica)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amanda Rafkin, Ashton Anderson, Brooke Husic, Carly Schuna, Catherine Cetta, James Mulhern, Jesse Goldberg, Matthew Sewell, Will Nediger | 24 Comments

Friday, March 25, 2022

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Jenni Levy

Inkubator untimed (Jenni)

LAT untimed (pannonica)

The New Yorker 8:01 (malaika)

NYT 3:35 (Matthew)

Universal untimed (Jim P)

USA Today untimed (Darby)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Allegra Kuney, Angela Pai, Chase Dittrich, Evans Clinchy, Hoang-Kim Vu, Jeff Chen, Jeffrey Wechsler, Robyn Weintraub | 26 Comments

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Amy Reynaldo

BEQ untimed (Darby)

LAT 4:54 (GRAB)

NYT 10:10 (Ben)

Universal untimed (Jim Q)

USA Today 4:26 (Sophia)

WSJ untimed (Jim P)

Fireball untimed (Jenni)

If you’re a first-timer attending the ACPT next weekend, I enthusiastically recommend signing up for the Cru Dinner. It’s a great way to start your ACPT weekend and meet lovely people. The Cru is nothing more than “the community of crossword solvers who met via the internet,” so that’s you, Fiend readers! The dinner buffet includes salad, vegan pasta with roasted veggies, roast turkey, bruschetta, rolls, and dessert. It’s $45 per person–hotel catering is never cheap, but on the plus side, the 6 to 8 p.m. dinner is on-site at the Stamford Marriott, so you it’s effortless to get there and you’re assured of not missing the Friday evening puzzle events. Reservations required. Details here.–Amy

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