Tag Archives: Patrick Blindauer

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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Thursday, 3/11/10

NYT 4:38 LAT untimed CS untimed Tausig untimed Fireball untimed

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Sunday, 3/7/10

NYT 9:12 Reagle untimed (but tough theme) LAT 8:07 BG 8:02 CS 4:19 I’m a couple hours late to the posting party tonight because we were out getting an aquarium and a fancy goldfish for my son, and then had … Continue reading

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Friday, 2/26/10

NYT 5:38 CHE 4:17 LAT 3:42 BEQ 3:42 CS untimed WSJ 7:45—blogged by Jeffrey in the next post

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Saturday, 2/13/10

Newsday 11:40 NYT 7:24 LAT untimed CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle (download PDF of Hex cryptic) 17 minutes

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Wednesday, 2/3/10

Onion 5:20 NYT 4:17 BEQ 4:12 LAT 3:06 CS untimed bonus 19×19 Fireball 7:26

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Friday, 1/22/10

NYT 5:06 BEQ 4:30 LAT 3:39 CHE 3:37 CS untimed WSJ 9:54

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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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Friday, 1/8/10

NYT 10:11 (joon–paper) BEQ untimed (joon) CHE 7:55 (Jeffrey – paper) LAT 7:07 (Jeffrey-AcrossLite) CS untimed (janie) WSJ untimed (PuzzleGirl) our beloved hostess is laid up with an extremely painful foot injury of some sort, so she’s begged off blogging … Continue reading

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Wednesday, 12/23/09

BEQ 4:37 NYT 3:59 Onion 3:57 LAT 3:something CS untimed

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