Monday, 2/1/10

NYT (p) 2:12 ... LAT (p) 1:57 ... CS (p) 2:07 ... ND (p) 1:46 ... JON (p) 3:06 ... BEQ (p) 6:05

Fireball subscribers -- okay, that's everyone besides the spambots -- I've learned that Roger DePont is constructing his annual Oscar-nominations puzzle on Tuesday, and it'll be supersized becaue of the expanded field this year. (What happens if Up gets a nod?) So we get two Fireball crosswords this week!

5 comments:

Joon said...

maybe there will be an UP rebus square. it'll look like an unchecked letter, but there would be a clue for the 1-"letter" answer...

Alex said...

It won't be long before you break 1:40 on paper. Jeebus.

Joon said...

yesterday's newsday was my fastest-ever paper solve, too (2:13).

Howard B said...

What Alex said. Watch it, guys, you start to lose brain cells upon atmospheric re-entry at those speeds :). Newsday's good for testing that theory out.

Dan said...

Nice, Joon! I'd say you're ready to show off those pencil skills in Brooklyn.