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The 2016 Orca Awards
Everyone’s favorite 8,000-word post is back! It’s time for the (now sixth!) annual Orca Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement in crossword construction and editing throughout several categories in 2016. For the past two years the Orcas have been spread out over … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Eaton-Salners, Andrew J. Ries, Ben Tausig, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Bruce Haight, Byron Walden, C.C. Burnikel, Dan Schoenholz, David Phillips, David Steinberg, Erik Agard, Evan Birnholz, Francis Heaney, Frank Longo, Jeff Chen, Jeremy Newton, Joon Pahk, Josh Knapp, Kathy Wienberg, Matt Gaffney, Mike Shenk, Patrick Berry, Paul Coulter, Pete Muller, Peter A. Collins, Peter Gordon, Robyn Weintraub, Sam Trabucco, Will Shortz, Zhouqin Burnikel
5 Comments
Monday, February 27, 2017
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Bruce Venzke, C.C. Burnikel, Dan Fisher, Gail Grabowski, Mike Shenk, Zhouqin Burnikel
13 Comments
Thursday, February 23, 2017
This Fireball puzzle was sent out last Friday rather than this Wednesday. We saved it for its regular slot in the rotation.
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Alice Long, Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Don Gagliardo, Jeff Chen, Mike Shenk, Peter Gordon
22 Comments
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Alice Long, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Keith Redwine, Mike Shenk, Zhouqin Burnikel
15 Comments
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Daniel Larsen, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Mark McClain, Matt Jones, Melina Merchant, Mike Shenk, Randall J. Hartman
14 Comments
Monday, February 13, 2017
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Brent Sverdloff, Harold Jones, Kurt Krauss, Michael Blake, Mike Shenk, Randolph Ross
21 Comments
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged C.C. Burnikel, Edith Tremio, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Gail Grabowski, Matt Jones, Mike Shenk, Neil Padrick Wilson
19 Comments
Thursday, January 26, 2017
AV Club Crosswords update! Ben Tausig and the AV team raised over $6,200 for Planned Parenthood on Wednesday. Well done!
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Alice Long, Hal Moore, Mike Shenk, Peter Gordon, Randall J. Hartman
28 Comments