Thursday, 8/2/12
Patrick Blindauer posted his monthly puzzle for August on the 1st. Have you done it yet? Available in .puz and .pdf formats here. Matt Gaffney’s review appears below. Peter Gordon’s Fireball crossword,...
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Tony Orbach’s New York Times crossword Wow, I’m so tired I could barely figure out how the second theme answer was made, and thought the central answer was a theme revealer. Nope, all five theme...
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CONTEST! In honor of the fireballs from space that will surely destroy the earth starting Friday. You’ve seen the weather forecast, right? I am in possession of a hot-off-the-press advance copy of the...
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Joe Krozel’s New York Times crossword Let’s take this one categorically. First up, the category of The Woeful Crossing: 28a. [Matadors' red capes], MULETAS. No cognates that I know of that help you get...
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Josh Knapp’s New York Times crossword A perfect Friday puzzle, except for the fact that this themeless puzzle has a 39-square theme in it. But the theme is so fun–MAD SCIENTIST who’s a [Cackling loon...
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Jeff Chen’s New York Times crossword Huh. If you asked me the source of “WATER, WATER, EVERY WHERE; nor any drop to drink,” I probably would have said Shakespeare. But it’s Coleridge’s “Rime of the...
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Todd Gross’s New York Times crossword I’m a little confused by today’s theme. 4d. [Single scoop], COOKIES AND CREAM. That’s one ice cream flavor. 7d. [Double scoop], VANILLA/MINT CHIP. That’s two ice...
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Diary of a Crossword Fiend welcomes Liz Gorski’s weekly Crossword Nation puzzle (available to subscribers via email and Stand Alone’s Crosswords mobile app—links provided on the “Today’s Puzzles” page...
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Barry Silk’s New York Times crossword I wasn’t loving this puzzle. When your first word in the grid is TINCT, it doesn’t bode well. Plus, I misunderstood 1a. [Food item resembling an organ]. I was...
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Gary Cee’s New York Times crossword The NFL season is underway and the ends of the theme answers map out a touchdown: 18a. [Wage increase], SALARY HIKE. Hike the ball to the QB. 24a. [Journalist's...
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David Steinberg’s New York Times crossword I really enjoyed 95% of this wide-open 62-word puzzle, but that other 5% had some unfortunate crossings. You know the ones, don’t you? 35a. [Turkey ___,...
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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...
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Douglas Taillon’s New York Times crossword — pannonica’s write-up Notice how the black squares in the center of the grid resemble the numeral 2 within a frame? Oh, that’s eminently intentional. 16a....
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Jules Markey’s New York Times crossword Vertical theme this week for thematic reasons. 11d. [Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down?] clues NEWSPAPER COLUMN,...
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Martin Ashwood-Smith’s New York Times crossword We’ve got, yes, another quad stack (a term that’s in Urban Dictionary, but not with the crossword meaning) from MAS. Martin, have you been submitting any...
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Andy Kravis’s New York Times crossword hello friends, joon here with the review of the NYT puzzle. i’m filling in for amy, who’s indisposed this evening. get well soon, amy! anyway, the puzzle is by...
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Molly Young and David Kahn’s New York Times crossword The theme is famous people who refused the famous honors that could have been bestowed on them: 3d. [Actor who refused a 26-Down in 1971], GEORGE C...
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Ryan Milligan’s New York Times crossword 60a. [Question answered by this puzzle's circled letters] clues “WHERE IS THE THEME?” and the phrase HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT is hidden within the other three...
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