Saturday, October 27, 2012

Clue writing contest! (Sunday brunch: October 28, 2012)

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Harper's has a new website, and Richard Maltby's November puzzle is posted, still missing the clue for 12d (answer: ALAS).   Are ...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Game is Complete

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"The Game is Complete."   Cliff Johnson has finally finished  The Fool and His Money , and you can buy and download(*) it now.  ...

It's typo month (Puzzle No. 3,258)

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Puzzle Number 3,258 is posted at The Nation. As currently posted, the typesetters misnumbered the clues to 20a (shown as 21a) and 21a (sh...
Saturday, October 20, 2012

Harpers solution (Sunday brunch: October 21, 2012)

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It's a two-acrostic weekend this weekend: Mike Shenk in the Wall Street Journal and Hex in the New York Times . Fortunately for crypt...
Thursday, October 18, 2012

Take a trip to Baker Street (Puzzle No. 3,257)

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Earlier this week I suggested a trip over to England for a specially-themed puzzle in the Financial Times .  Conveniently, Hot and Trazom ...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

It was fifty years ago today... (In the Pink)

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FT crossword No. 14,132 , by Hamilton, is worth your downloading and having a go at.  The key is the theme answer at 24a.  Once you have tha...
Saturday, October 13, 2012

Work vs. play (Sunday brunch: October 14, 2012)

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In the shameless pursuit of traffic (and new solvers for the The Nation cryptic), I've already posted the solution to the NYT variety p...