Tuesday, November 3, 2015
I hopped from a link Deb Amlen posted on Facebook to Noah Veltman’s list of the “Crosswordiest Words” in the 1996–2012 New York Times crossword. The frequency of the crossword entries (excluding proper...
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This week’s Fireball is a contest puzzle. Write-up in a few days, after the deadline. Joel Fagliano’s New York crossword—Amy’s write-up The theme revealer is 49a. [Focal points of many F.A.A....
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Joel Fagliano’s New York Times crossword — pannonica’s write-up The circled letters in four of the rows indicate where holidays—stand-ins for mere days, as per the revealer—”leap” across a single...
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Joel Fagliano’s New York Times crossword, “Double-Crossed”—Amy’s write-up I enjoyed the hell out of this puzzle, with the contemporary vibe in its fill and the way everything fell firmly into my...
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Joel Fagliano and Byron Walden’s New York Times crossword, “‘Stellar Work”—Amy’s write-up Took me a long time to notice how the theme clues were working, since I was eavesdropping on a family...
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Joel Fagliano’s New York Times crossword—Amy’s write-up The theme is ice cream SWIRL: 60a. [Ice cream feature represented four times in this puzzle]. (Sort of a weird spot for a revealer, but all the...
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Evan Birnholz’s Washington Post crossword, “The Name of the Game”—Erin’s write-up Hi, everyone! Since Jenni’s been covering my Wednesday NYT, the least I can do is help her out with a WaPo review. This...
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