AV Club Contest – 3/23/16

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Ben Smith

AV Club untimed (Ben) 

 


Remember last week’s AV Club contest puzzle?
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WSJ Contest – Friday, March 25, 2016

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Evad

untimed (Evad) 

 


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Monday, March 28, 2016

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Ben Smith

BEQ 5:38 (Amy) 

 


CS 8:58 (Ade) 

 


Fireball 6:22/DNF meta (Jenni) 

 


LAT 5:39 (Ade) 

 


NYT 3:50 (Ben) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

Great news! Thanks to a donation from PuzzleSocial Inc. (my employer! a fun company), the ACPT’s pool of prize money has doubled to $15,000. Top 10 solvers who aren’t finalists will leave with checks in addition to trophies. #2 and #3 get a lot more for their great performances. The Division B finalist pockets a cool thou! And all sorts of other prizes have been increased or added.
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Sunday, March 27, 2016

Posted on March 26, 2016 by Amy Reynaldo

CS 16:58 (Ade) 

 


Hex/Quigley 8:48 (Jenni) 

 


LAT 6:23 (Andy) 

 


NYT 8:57 (Amy) 

 


WaPo 12:03 (Jenni) 

 


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Saturday, March 26, 2016

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Amy Reynaldo

CS 6:19 (Ade) 

 


LAT 7:30 (Derek) 

 


Newsday 22:29 (Derek) 

 


NYT 4:59 (Amy) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

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Friday, March 25, 2016

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Amy Reynaldo

CHE untimed (pannonica) 

 


CS 9:13 (Ade) 

 


LAT 12:00 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 5:13 (Amy) 

 

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Amy Reynaldo

BEQ 8:03 (Ben) 

 


CS 8:24 (Ade) 

 


LAT 4:36 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 5:32 (Amy) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

Fireball’s a contest puzzle this week.
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

CS 7:04 (Ade) 

 


LAT 5:02 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 5:55 (Erin) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

This week’s AV Club puzzle from Francis Heaney is a meta contest – a writeup will be posted next Monday once answer submissions have closed.

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MGWCC #407

Posted on March 22, 2016 by joon

crossword 3:32 
meta about 20 minutes 

 


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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Amy Reynaldo

CS 8:20 (Ade) 

 


Jonesin' 4:24 (Derek) 

 


LAT 4:03 (Derek) 

 


NYT 3:55 (Amy) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 


Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 

 

This year’s constructors for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament were announced today. Six men, two women, all talented. The tournament is April 1-3. I might even show up. You never know.

The Indie 500 tournament takes place in Washington, DC on June 4. They’re announcing another constructor each day this week, culminating with the presentation of the contest-winning final constructor.
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