Thursday, August 30, 2012

Comprehension exam (Puzzle No. 3,250)

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Update (Monday): In annotating the solution, I was impressed at how neatly this puzzle breaks the normal (American) rules of constructing an...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Hello, Uncle Milton! (Sunday brunch: August 26, 2012)

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Two cryptics and two acrostics for you this weekend. After you read and comment here, go do Mike Shenk's acrostic in the Wall Street ...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Music to eat by? (Puzzle No. 3,249)

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Link to puzzle:  http://www.thenation.com/article/169495/puzzle-no-3249 Hozom’s comment : "In the Mail," in which a solver d...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Welcome NYT diagramless solvers

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I see from the stats that a lot of you came over to Sunday brunch looking for answers or hints for the New York Times diagramless.  That...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Good morning, Irene (Sunday brunch: August 19, 2012)

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[UPDATE:  Welcome NYT diagramless fans.   See the post above for a place to post comments and requests for hints.] Are you OK working wit...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Three-letter words about four-letter words

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[No issue of The Nation this week, so no new puzzle.] Hot and Trazom offer a discussion of heteronyms this week over at Word Salad .  Go o...
Saturday, August 11, 2012

At the carnival (Sunday brunch: August 11, 2012)

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Well if you keep guessing the same thing, eventually you'll be right.  Hex got their " Finish Line " variety cryptic format ba...