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Wall Street Journal, 8/13/10
“Getting a Little R&R” by “Maryanne Lemot” – 13:55 (paper) Maryanne Lemot anagrams to “not my real name”, so it is editor Mike Shenk all the way today.
Sunday, 8/8/10
NYT 8:36 BG 15:55 (Sam—paper) Reagle 7:43 LAT 7:22 WaPo Post Puzzler 6:20 CS – 7:25 (Evad) In the title of this post, I almost entered the date as 8/8/64. My parents cleverly picked a perfect square for their wedding … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Dan Schoenholz, Doug Peterson, Henry Hook, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Pam Klawitter
4 Comments
Friday, 7/16/10
CHE 5:15 NYT 4:51 LAT 3:45 Tausig untimed CS untimed WSJ 9:01 Chicagoans! I’ve got a hot entertainment/arts tip for you. Ameba Acrobatic & Aerial Dance gets modern dance off the stage and into the air, with a trapeze, Lyra … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Ben Tausig, Colin Gale, Jeffrey Harris, Joon Pahk, Mel Rosen, Mike Shenk, Tyler Hinman
33 Comments
Saturday, 7/10/10
NYT 14:49 Newsday 8:48 LAT 4:28 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle 10:52—here’s the PDF of Mike Shenk’s “Labyrinth”
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Doug Peterson, Gail Grabowski, Joe DiPietro, Joon Pahk, Mike Shenk
29 Comments
Sunday, 7/4/10
BG 9:29 NYT untimed LAT 6:56 Reagle 6:15 WaPo Post Puzzler 5:35 CS 8:24 (Evad)
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, John Lampkin, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Patrick Blindauer, Patrick Jordan, Tony Orbach
24 Comments
Sunday, 5/30/10
BG 9:19 Reagle 8:14 NYT 7:51 LAT 7:14 CS 28:03 (Evad, yeah, I’m not proud!)/7:41 (Amy) WaPo Puzzler 8:01
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Bob Klahn, Eric Berlin, Harvey Estes, Henry Hook, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk
22 Comments
Saturday, 5/1/10
Newsday 10:13 NYT 7:24 LAT 4:06 CS 3:13 WSJ Saturday Puzzle (Mike Shenk’s “Spell Weaving”) — about 10 minutes
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Anna Stiga, Mike Shenk, Paula Gamache, Robert H. Wolfe, Stanley Newman, Tyler Hinman
20 Comments
Friday, 4/30/10
NYT 7:21 LAT 5:06 CHE 3:47 CS untimed BEQ 5:55 (grid only), about 30 seconds for meta WSJ 8:21 Look! I made a word square in Lexulous (Facebook’s Scrabble-like game). I played the ADZ going down and racked up 71 … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Gareth Bain, Judith Seretto, Mike Shenk, Natan Last, Patrick Berry, Randolph Ross
15 Comments
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
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Doug Peterson, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Mark Bickham, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk
22 Comments