Tag Archives: Nancy Salomon

Friday, 2/18/11

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Saturday, 12/18/10

NYT 7:47 Newsday 5:45 LAT 5:00 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle too long—Cox/Rathvon cryptic

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Wednesday, 10/13/10

LAT 3:50 NYT 3:28 CS untimed Onion 3:06

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Monday, 8/16/10

BEQ 5:23 NYT 3:02 (typo) LAT 2:47 CS untimed Oh, dear. I’ve forgotten how to blog. I did the NYT crossword on the applet and then closed that window without taking a snapshot of the filled-in grid. New York was … Continue reading

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Wednesday, 6/23/10

NYT 6:47 (Sam) LAT 4:50 (Sam) Onion 8:51 (Sam) CS untimed Happy Hump Day, everyone. Sam Donaldson here to review three of this week’s Wednesday crosswords. As usual, Janie will drop in with her review of the CrosSynergy puzzle a … Continue reading

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Monday, 5/3/10

BEQ 4:48 NYT 3:06 LAT 3:01 CS tba 5/2 NYT diagramless untimed

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Saturday, 4/17/10

NYT 8:36 Newsday 6:57 LAT 4:35 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle (Snake Charmer) 2:57 It’s here! April 17 is here! Saturday afternoon, I’ll be at the Marbles Chicago Crossword Tournament. Anne Erdmann, Katje Sabin, and Bob Petitto plan to volunteer … Continue reading

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Thursday, 4/15/10

NYT 4:36 (40 seconds to find my typo!) LAT untimed (PuzzleGirl) CS untimed (Janie) Tausig 9:19 (Jeffrey) Fireball 8:26 (Jeffrey) Happy Tax Day, and Happy Birthday to Ellen Ripstein! Edited to add: Jeffrey and perhaps another member of Team Fiend … Continue reading

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Monday, 4/5/10

BEQ 6:52 LAT 4:49 in that Flash interface I don’t like NYT 3:03 CS untimed Terrific news x 2! First, reports of my retirement from blogging were premature. Hey, my Friday post went up on Thursday night, when it was … Continue reading

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Favorite crosswords of 2009

Rex Parker and I aren’t compiling an official set of 2009 Oryx Awards (we hope to do it up big for 2010, though), but I wanted to spotlight the puzzles that enchanted me last year. This list will be heavily … Continue reading

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