Monday, April 29, 2013

Cookie Monster (Solution No. 3,281)

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Boy this was a doozy.  I didn't get 14d Thursday, and it cackled and taunted at me from the page all afternoon and all night.  Once I go...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

New York Times diagramless crossword solution: April 28, 2013

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Click over (or scroll down) to Sunday Brunch to get the solution to this week's New York Times variety puzzle plus lots more good crypt...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike (Sunday brunch: April 28, 2013)

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" Twisty " is the operative word for some of the weekend's variety crosswords too.  There are at least four puzzles where word...

Wall Street Journal hint grid: April 27

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Below the fold is a hint grid for this weekend's Wall Street Journal variety crossword: "Labyrinth" by Mike Shenk.  The hint g...
Friday, April 26, 2013

You are in a maze of little twisty passages, all different (Puzzle No. 3,281)

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Have you been reading Word Salad this semester?  Taking notes?  Well here is your final exam.  There are more twists in this puzzle tha...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Finger food (Solution No. 3,280)

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ed. note—Apologies to Hot and anyone else whose comments disappeared: I was clearing out some spam, and deleted too many posts. A fun the...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Spaces (Sunday brunch: April 21, 2013)

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As I continued to work on  The Crypt , I came across a variety cryptic with a remarkable feature: blank spaces in which one could write the ...