Tag Archives: Merl Reagle

Sunday, 5/16/10

NYT untimed…21 minutes but not exactly speed solving NYT cryptic 9:03 BG 7:43 (joon—across lite) LAT 7:35 Reagle 6:18 WaPo Puzzler 5:29 CS 8:45 (Evad) Looking for the PDF of the Sunday NYT crossword? Click here to download. If you … Continue reading

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Sunday, 5/9/10

LAT 9:46 Reagle 8:11 NYT 7:24 BG 6:42 WaPo Puzzler 4:24 CS 3:27 Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! And if you’ve lost your own mother, or you wanted to be a mom but never got the … Continue reading

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Sunday, 5/2/10

LAT 10:30 NYT 10:29 BG 9:01 Reagle 8:47 Post Puzzler 5:58 CS 3:21 The Crosswords LA tournament rocked Los Angeles today. Eric Maddy pulled out a narrow victory with the other two finalists raising their hands seconds later. More details … Continue reading

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Sunday, 4/25/10

LAT 8:54 NYT 8:05 Reagle untimed BG untimed, and actually unsolved WaPo Puzzler 7:33 (.puz file here—newish themeless puzzle) CS 3:20

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Sunday, 4/18/10

NYT 8:52 Reagle 7:48 LAT 6:53 BG 9:53 (Black Ink) WP Post Puzzler 4:35 (here’s the Across Lite file; just change the file extension to .puz) CS 4:17 More to come tomorrow(ish) on the Second Annual Chicago Crossword Tournament, but … Continue reading

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Sunday, 4/11/10

NYT 9:41 LAT 9:13 Reagle 8:35 BG 7:43 shiny new WaPo themeless 7:58—in Java w/link to printable version or download for Across Lite (downloads as csserve.cgi; Across Lite can open it or you can rename it with a .puz extension) … Continue reading

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Sunday, 4/4/10 – Crossword Central

New York Times – 23:53 (yikes!) Reagle – 10:33 Boston Globe – 12:50 (with mistakes) Los Angeles Times – 12:35 CrosSynergy – 7:59 Sudoku Puzzle Grid of the Week Big Announcement! – now posted!!!! Welcome to Jeffrey’s Crossword Central! It has … Continue reading

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Sunday, 3/28/10

NYT 27:31 (Sam) Reagle 18:25 (Sam) BG 24:02 (Sam) LAT 15:57 (Sam) CS 12:15 (Sam) Hello, everyone! Sam Donaldson back for more, this time strictly from the perspective of a solver.

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Sunday, 3/21/10

NYT 9:28 Reagle 9:00 LAT 7:16 BG 6:38 CS 3:07 Ah, spring! When the crocuses begin to bloom just in time to be blanketed with snow. Updated to add: Don’t miss Liz Gorski’s discourse on “The Myth of Crosswordese”.

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Sunday, 3/14/10

NYT 8:12 LAT 10 minutes (on paper) Reagle 9 minutes (on paper) BG untimed (on paper) CS 3:07 Announcements! Find out what my favorite puzzles of 2009 were, and add your own in comments on this post. Joon gives the … Continue reading

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