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Indie Spotlight: Paolo Pasco, Grids These Days

Posted on February 25, 2018 by LauraB

February’s Indie Spotlight travels to California to interview Paolo Pasco, a high school senior who has made quite a mark on the puzzling community. Paolo debuted in the New York Times in 2015 (on a Friday), and at the American … Continue reading →

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Indie Spotlight: Will Nediger, Bewilderingly Puzzles

Posted on December 4, 2017 by LauraB

December’s Indie Spotlight travels (virtually) to London, Ontario, to focus on Will Nediger’s Bewilderingly Puzzles. Unlike some previous Indie Spotlight subjects who’ve been on the scene for many years, Bewilderingly — in both free and subscriber offerings — has only … Continue reading →

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Indie Spotlight: Patrick Blindauer, Piece of Cake Crosswords

Posted on November 7, 2017 by LauraB

This month’s Indie Spotlight spotlights spotlight-denizen Patrick Blindauer, crossword constructor, actor, tournament host, and father, who answered a few questions fresh off the stage from playing the Cowardly Lion in a St. Louis production of The Wizard of Oz.

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Indie Spotlight: Outside the Box Puzzles by joon pahk

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Matt Gaffney

This month’s Indie Spotlight shines brightly into the visage of joon pahk, puzzling jack-of-all-trades. He’s a: *** top-level solver. joon took 2nd place at this year’s ACPT, won the 2015 Indie 500, and won Lollapuzzoola in 2012, for instance.

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Indie Spotlight: Fireball Newsflash Crosswords by Peter Gordon

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Derek Allen

I must begin this commentary on Peter Gordon by mentioning how jealous I am! It would be a dream to do puzzles for a living instead of a hobby, and our spotlight today is on one of the very few … Continue reading →

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Indie Spotlight: Club 72 by Tim Croce

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Jim Quinlan

Spotlight on Indies: Tim Croce—”Don’t Mess Around with Tim”- Jim Q’s write-up If you’re anything like me, then sometimes you come to regret Saturdays because the hardest mainstream puzzles of the week have come and gone, and it may be … Continue reading →

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Indie Spotlight: Aries Puzzles by Andrew Ries

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Amy Reynaldo

Introducing a new Diary of a Crossword Fiend feature, the monthly Indie Spotlight to tell you about non-newspaper crosswords you might not have seen. As an indie self-publisher, Minnesotan Andrew Ries offers two different lines of puzzles: Aries Xword is … Continue reading →

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