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The 2017 Orca Awards
Welcome, everyone, to the 2017 Orca Awards! It’s the seventh annual celebration of outstanding achievement in crossword construction and editing from puzzles published in 2017. Below the fold you’ll read about some amazing crosswords as we discuss the nominees and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Eaton-Salners, Andrew Linzer, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Dan Addams IV, David Steinberg, Doug Peterson, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Eric Berlin, Erik Agard, Evan Birnholz, Francis Heaney, Frank Longo, Greg Poulos, Jeff Chen, John Lampkin, Joon Pahk, Josh Knapp, Julie Bérubé, Kathy Wienberg, Laura Braunstein, Marie Kelly, Matt Gaffney, Michael Hawkins, Michael Shteyman, Mike Shenk, Neville Fogarty, Paolo Pasco, Patrick Berry, Pete Muller, Peter Broda, Peter Gordon, Randall J. Hartman, Roger Wienberg, Ross Trudeau, Sam Ezersky, Will Shortz, Zhouqin Burnikel
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Sunday, January 8, 2017
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Emily Cox, Erik Agard, Evan Birnholz, Henry Rathvon, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Paul Coulter, Peter Broda
31 Comments
The 2014 Orca Awards – Best Crossword
Orcas Week now concludes (finally!) with the coveted award for Best Crossword. Before we get to the big honor, thanks to Amy for giving me permission to run with this idea. It’s both fun and inspirational to take a closer … Continue reading
Posted in Orca Awards
Tagged Andrew Reynolds, Ben Tausig, Francis Heaney, Matt Gaffney, Pete Muller, Peter Broda, Tom McCoy
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The 2014 Orca Awards – Best Sunday-Sized Crossword
The Orcas continue today with the award for Best Sunday-Sized Crossword, the top honor for crosswords 21×21 and larger. (We thought about calling it the Best 21x Crossword, but we figure lay people would think it honors an extremely obscene … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin Gale, Jeff Chen, Merl Reagle, Mike Shenk, Peter Broda, Tom McCoy, Tracy Gray
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The 2014 Orca Awards – Best Crossword Nominees
Hollywoodland may be all abuzz about the upcoming Oscars, but Crosswordland is looking forward to the 2014 Orca Awards, coming to this website on Sunday, March 1! As in prior years (namely 2011, 2012, and 2013), the Orcas will honor … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Reynolds, Ben Tausig, Francis Heaney, Matt Gaffney, Pete Muller, Peter Broda, Tom McCoy
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Fireball contest crossword from 9/11/14
Big puzzle for this venue—21×22. It took me around 12 minutes, I think, to fill in the crossword, and I circled the dual-action rebus squares. Each of the 11 Down theme answers is the name of a bird, but always … Continue reading
Monday, June 16, 2014
Amy here: Apologies to Neville and Peter! I spaced out the other day when I wrote about four other indie puzzlemakers (Andy Kravis, Erik Agard, Todd McClary, and Evan Birnholz), and certainly did not mean to leave out these two … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Bruce Haight, David W. Cromer, Jeff Chen, Neville L. Fogarty, Peter Broda
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
By (recent) popular demand, the star ratings widget now offers the .5 increments in addition to whole numbers. I will continue assigning my own star ratings in the text without regard for a standard degree of mathematical fineness. If I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Puzzles
Tagged Elizabeth C. Gorski, Jack McInturff, Matt Jones, Peter Broda, Randall J. Hartman, Tracy Gray
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