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Sunday, July 13, 2008

What The...

Few extol the virtues of Stan Newman's Sunday Newsday puzzle, but it's a good workmanlike puzzle that is a relatively easy solve.

Most of the time.

There was one answer in today's puzzle (by Shirley Soloway) - in four letters, "Phnom ___."

PENH, right?

WRONG... the answer they were looking for was PNOM.

Ever hear of Phnom Pnom? I tried Googling it (with quotes) and got only 21 hits, most of them nonsense search peeks.

Please strike that word from your databases, kids.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

THE END for "Crosswords"?

According to this article, it may be curtains for "Merv Griffin's Crosswords" - the show has gone on indefinite hiatus. Repeats along with a smattering of new, unaired shows ("Crosswords" produced 225 episodes this season) will begin in September.

What do you thinK? Will you miss the show? Did you think the puzzles were too easy? Too hard? Too Timothy Parker?

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Working?

We apologize for problems with this blog. We will be back soon. Honest.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

New York Times - Wednesday, May 21, 2008

We are sorry to give you late notice on this but our web hosting provider - who we are considering dumping over this - would not let us update our blog for the past several days, and we were unable to promote Wednesday's New York Times puzzle in a timely manner. Anyway, we sure hope you enjoy this puzzle.

Across Lite Puzzle File - for New York Times Crossword Subscribers Only

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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

It's a Will Thing

Mr. Shortz will pop in this Friday (2) on the syndicated "Martha Stewart Show." We'll see if Martha is more of a crossword lady or a sudoku girl. But hey, Shortz gets a sweeps episode! Good work.

Also, a very nice job on the 25x in the July Games magazine. Harvey Estes has put together a winning puzzle that does not contain any words shorter than five letters.

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Monday, April 07, 2008

New York Times Puzzle Today!

By Dave Mackey of the Puzzle Brothers

Here is the puzzle - available to New York Times crossword subscribers only.

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Friday, April 04, 2008

Merl Reagle Presents: The Washington Post Crossword

Yesterday, Merl Reagle appeared live on "Talk of the Nation" (with Neil Conan) to talk up the Washington Post crossword, which he is overseeing beginning this weekend. The slot had previously been occupied by puzzles edited by Fred Piscop and others. Expect the same quality of puns, wordplay and good humor in Merl's Washington Post puzzles.

Here is the link to the NPR story page.

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