Tag Archives: Matt Jones

The 2013 Orca Awards

The Orcas are back! Budget cuts forced us to scrap the fancy-shmancy awards ceremony this year. (Now we’ll just have to imagine what Henry Hook would have worn on the black-and-white carpet.) We had a cute little magic show all planned … Continue reading

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Five post-ACPT remarks: I laid eyes on the rarest of cruciverbal unicorns, His Honor HH, Henry Hook. He was perfectly genial when we chatted, but of course, if I had said something dumb, he’d surely have insulted me. (I would … Continue reading

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

The ACPT constructor line-up was released today: Anna Schechtman, David Kahn, Kelly Clark, MaryEllen Uthlaut, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, and Patrick Blindauer, plus one constructor who is unnamed for some reason.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Psst: Did you know Matt Gaffney is blogging the NYT puzzle all week over at the Rex Parker site? Don’t miss it.

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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Meta fans, the 2014 round of the Muller Monthly Music Meta kicks off Tuesday. Visit Pete Muller’s site for the lowdown on the 2013 results and to subscribe to the 2014 puzzles.

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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Did you all hear the good news for crossword constructors? The New York Times raised its payment for a daily puzzle from $200 to $300. (Sunday puzzles remain at $1000.) Peter Gordon promptly raised the Fireball contributor rate to a … Continue reading

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