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Monday, June 30, 2014

Ed Sessa’s New York Times crossword — pannonica’s write-up A quintessential Monday theme: vowel progression. Phonetic. Long vowel sounds. Five. A through U, no Y. [For what reason?] (21a) – that’s just...

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Monday, October 6, 2014

Robyn Weintraub’s New York Times crossword — pannonica’s write-up Nice, basic theme. A quartet of well-known pop songs whose titles feature g-dropping. Or g-droppin’. 17a. [1975 Eagles hit about a...

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Patrick Blindauer’s New York Times crossword Day three of the contest puzzles, and thus far I have no idea what will feed into the meta. Clearly there is room for extra stuff in the grid, with the...

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Sam Donaldson’s Fireball crossword, “Unfinished Works” I always love a theme that hinges on the way letters look—whether they get turned to the side (it was Matt Jones who did that one, I think—theme...

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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Iain Padley’s New York Times crossword The theme breaks out the key phrases of the classic Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell Motown hit, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” If you don’t know the song, have a...

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Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Alan Arbesfeld’s Wall Street Journal crossword, “X Games”—Jim’s write-up Alan Arbesfeld is back even though he was just here with last Thursday’s “How Upsetting!“. That one was a bit of a crud-fest,...

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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Timothy Polin’s New York Times crossword — Amy’s writeup The theme is STUMBLING BLOCKS, or 36a. [Obstacles seen four times in this puzzle's completed grid?]. The four single black squares not touching...

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