Tag Archives: Eric Berlin

Sunday, November 29, 2020

Crossword contest announcement! The game website Arkadium has put together a “12 Days of Crossword” contest, featuring a dozen holiday-themed puzzles by Newsday crossword editor, Stanley Newman. The Arkadium site will release one puzzle a day from Monday, November 30 … Continue reading

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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“Puzzlesnacks” book giveaway!

Update: We have a winner! A random number generator chose Andrew, whose entry was a neat trivia question. Congratulations, Andrew! (I’ll email you to get your mailing address.) Thanks to everyone who participated—I enjoyed the variety of puzzling approaches you … Continue reading

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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Note from Amy: I won’t have a chance to do the Sunday NYT till after dinner, but in the meantime, I wanted to tell you about a puzzle venture from Eric Berlin. Eric has reworked his Puzzle Your Kids project … Continue reading

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Sunday, November 11, 2018

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Wednesday, April 4, 2018

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The 2017 Orca Awards

Welcome, everyone, to the 2017 Orca Awards! It’s the seventh annual celebration of outstanding achievement in crossword construction and editing from puzzles published in 2017. Below the fold you’ll read about some amazing crosswords as we discuss the nominees and … Continue reading

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Sunday, August 13, 2017

Got kids? Know kids? Love puzzles? Know kids who love puzzles – or who would love puzzles if they knew how much fun they could be? Enjoy Eric Berlin’s puzzle today? Check out Eric’s project, Puzzle Your Kids. Eric says “I … Continue reading

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New(er) puzzles out there!

In addition to Patrick Blindauer’s new Kickstarter for an easy weekly crossword (a $29 pledge gets you a year of Piece of Cake puzzles; bigger pledges add on Patrick’s Puzzlefest puzzle suites, private lessons in making crosswords, etc.), there are a couple … Continue reading

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Time-sensitive puzzle action!

Two announcements: First, the January installment of Pete Muller’s Muller Monthly Music Meta is out now. Pete’s site maintains a leaderboard throughout the year, and you won’t want to miss your chance at getting points for figuring out January’s meta. … Continue reading

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