Tuesday, May 24, 2016

CS tk (Ade) 

 


Jonesin' 5:02 (Derek) 

 


LAT 3:28 (Derek) 

 


NYT 3:04 (Amy) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 


Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 

 


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AV Club Contest – Wednesday, May 18, 2016

untimed (Ben) 

 


Remember last week’s AV Club contest puzzle?
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WSJ Contest – Friday, May 20, 2016

untimed (Evad) 

 


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Monday, May 23, 2016

BEQ 4:23 (Amy) 

 


CS tk (Ade) 

 


LAT untimed (pannonica) 

 


NYT untimed (pannonica)  

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

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Fireball Contest – Friday, May 20, 2016

9:08 (Jenni) 
Meta: DNF 

 

Yes, once again, I am tasked with reviewing a meta. I at least had a vague idea what was going on this time, and I’m grateful to Erin for connecting the dots for me. I’m getting closer! I’ll get one soon! I will! Since there was apparently some distress about this last time, I will be clear: I really like metas. I just don’t do them well. Hey, I take tap dancing classes, too. I’m better at metas.
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Sunday, May 22, 2016

CS untimed (Ade) 

 


Hex/Quigley untimed (pannonica) 

 


LAT 5:43 (Andy) 

 


NYT 8:32 (Amy) 

 


WaPo 8:31 (Jenni) 

 


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Saturday, May 21, 2016

CS 8:30 (Ade) 

 


LAT 6:58 (Derek) 

 


Newsday 18:35 (Derek) 

 


NYT 8:15 (Amy) 

 


WSJ untimed (pannonica) 

 


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Friday, May 20, 2016

CS 8:12 (Ade) 

 


LAT 6:51 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 4:44 (Amy) 

 

The Chronicle of Higher Education has moved to its summer schedule of every-other-week publishing.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

CS 6:39 (Ade) 

 


LAT 6:40 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 7:32 (Amy) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 


BEQ 8:54 (Ben) 

 

Fireball’s a contest puzzle this week.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

CS 8:11 (Ade) 

 


LAT 3:58 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 5:56 (Erin) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

According to Ben Tausig, there’s a “light meta” in today’s AV Club crossword that’s worth a 3-month subscription extension for one lucky solver who sends the correct answer in.  Come back on Monday (once the contest is closed) for the write-up on this week’s puzzle.

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