Tag Archives: Will Nediger

Wednesday, 3/23/11

If you haven’t gotten around to subscribing to the Fireball Crosswords series and you like tough puzzles, I encourage you to sign up now! Editor Peter Gordon handed out advance copies of this week’s Fireball (a themed puzzle by Julian … Continue reading

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Saturday, 1/8/11

New feature we’re trying out at Diary of a Crossword Fiend: star ratings! Let the world know how you feel about each crossword. We’re counting on everyone to be decent and just rate each puzzle once rather than stacking the … Continue reading

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Sunday, 11/7/10

NYT 10:18 BG 20:23 (Sam) LAT 8:13 Reagle 7:38 WaPo 8:20 CS 7:58 (Evad)

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Saturday, 10/23/10

Newsday 8:06 NYT 5:12 LAT 4:39 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle 28 minutes, two answers missing—cryptic crossword PDF

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Sunday, 9/5/10

NY Times 7:43 Reagle about 9 minutes Boston Globe 20:23 (Sam)/6:54 (Amy) LA Times 6:41 WaPo Post Puzzler 6:14 CrosSynergy 8:15 (Evad)

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Wednesday, 7/7/10

NYT 4:41 Onion 3:48 LAT 3:00 CS tba

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Saturday, 7/3/10

Newsday 9:59 NYT untimed LAT 4:45 CS untimed WSJ Saturday Puzzle—a Hex cryptic! (PDF here) 22 minutes ’til I got too sleepy to unravel the last corner, 3 more minutes Saturday a.m.

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Saturday, 5/22/10

Newsday 9:18 NYT 6:39 LAT 4:20 CS 4:36 (Evad)

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Saturday, 3/20/10

NYT 7:23—no, make that 6:58, because my browser spun its wheels until 25 seconds had elapsed Newsday 6:23 LAT 3:14 CS untimed (Janie) WSJ Saturday Puzzle about 6 minutes

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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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