Tag Archives: Matt Jones

Tuesday, 3/2/10

Onion 3:53 NYT 3:43 LAT 2:55 CS untimed The Jonesin’ puzzle will be sent out Tuesday night, so I’m swapping my Jonesin’ and Onion days this week.

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Tuesday, 2/23/10

NYT 3:15 Jonesin’ 3:58 LAT 2:53 CS untimed The Tipsy Tourney puzzles are up! Here’s the crazy-hard one (in which the theme didn’t much help me to solve) by Janet Siefert Goss and Pete Mitchell, and here’s Barry Haldiman’s easier … Continue reading

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Tuesday, 2/16/10

Jonesin’ untimed LAT 2:59 NYT 2:40 CS untimed This weekend is the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. I can’t wait! I’ll see many of you there—but those who aren’t going to Brooklyn can still participate. Click the links for “solve by … Continue reading

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Tuesday, 2/9/10

Jonesin’ 4:01 NYT 3:01 LAT 2:49 CS untimed

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Tuesday, 2/2/10

Jonesin’ 4:05 LAT 3:16 NYT 3:06 CS untimed

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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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Wednesday, 1/20/10

Onion 4:57 BEQ 3:51 LAT 3:48 (but I was falling asleep) NYT 3:35 CS untimed

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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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Tuesday, 1/11/10

Jonesin’ 3:56 NYT 3:30 LAT 3:00 CS untimed Hot news (via Eric Berlin): The Wall Street Journal is launching “the Saturday Puzzle,” featuring a Cox & Rathvon variety cryptic (like their erstwhile Atlantic Monthly puzzles) every 4 weeks, a Patrick … Continue reading

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Tuesday, 1/5/10

Jonesin 5:04 NYT 3:02 LAT 3:01 CS untimed Warm birthday greetings to Merl Reagle, who turns 60 on January 5! To fete the man Andrea Carla Michaels calls the “cruciverbalisto di tutti cruciverbalisti,” Andrea and Michael Blake constructed a fun … Continue reading

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