Tag Archives: Dan Naddor

Thursday, 3/25/10

NYT 4:43 Fireball 4:37 LAT 2:58 Tausig tba CS untimed Don’t miss the tribute to Dan Naddor at the Wordplay blog. The sweetest part: Dan’s wife Tracie set up the chairs at his memorial service in a 15×15 array…with 36 … Continue reading

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Friday, 3/19/10

BEQ 4:54 NYT 4:06 CHE 4:02 LAT 3:29 Something Different (Trip Payne) 11:18 (get it at Triple Play Puzzles) CS untimed For the Wall Street Journal crossword, look for Jeffrey’s Diary of a Crossword Fiend post Friday morning.

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Favorite crosswords of 2009

Rex Parker and I aren’t compiling an official set of 2009 Oryx Awards (we hope to do it up big for 2010, though), but I wanted to spotlight the puzzles that enchanted me last year. This list will be heavily … Continue reading

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Thursday, 3/4/10

Fireball 7:52 NYT 4:10 LAT 3:32 CS untimed Tausig untimed

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Friday, 2/19/10

NYT 32:47 (SethG, Jill, Google) CS Untimed LAT 9:25 (SethG) CHE 7:13 (SethG) WSJ ~16:00 (yup, SethG) BEQ 11:15 (and again, SethG) Hey there! Amy and the gang, the whole gang, are off ACPTing, so for the next few days … Continue reading

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Super Bowl Sunday, 2/7/10

NYT 10:14 BG 7:25 Reagle 6:34 LAT untimed CS 3:59 NYT diagramless untimed—available in Across Lite via this link Placeholder post published before I’d actually done any of the puzzles in case you’re looking for Joon Pahk’s NYT diagramless in … Continue reading

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Wednesday, 2/3/10

Onion 5:20 NYT 4:17 BEQ 4:12 LAT 3:06 CS untimed bonus 19×19 Fireball 7:26

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Tuesday, 1/26/10

Jonesin’ 4:15 NYT 2:56 LAT 2:34 CS untimed Constructor Shawn Kennedy has a new website, Puzzlement, where he’ll have a “Daily Teaser” and a larger weekly puzzle. This week’s offering is a word puzzle called “Stuffed Birds”—the challenge is to … Continue reading

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Tuesday, 1/19/10

Jonesin’ 3:30 NYT 3:24 LAT 3:23 CS untimed See this post for an interview with Zoe Wheeler, the 19-year-old constructor of today’s New York Times crossword.

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Wednesday, 1/13/10

BEQ 4:17 Onion 3:54 LAT 3:47 NYT 3:23 CS untimed If you didn’t see the late comment on the Tuesday post, the new WSJ Saturday Puzzle will be available online and for free. W00t! While wsj.com/puzzles is a dead link … Continue reading

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