Sunday, 8/29/10

NYT 5:15 ... LAT 4:35 ... MR 5:21 ... BG 5:03 ... ND 3:11 ... KFS 3:52 ... CS 2:23 ... WP 4:29 ... Acrostic 7:50

Thanks to the new version of CrosswordButler (currently in beta release), I'm pleased to welcome Frank Longo's Sunday King Features Syndicate Premier puzzle to my solving lineup!
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5 comments:

  1. Anne EAugust 29, 2010 at 11:14 AM

    Thanks for pointing out Frank's syndicated puzzle, Dan! I missed that it was now a Butler option. My local newspaper runs this on Sundays (solving on newsprint, ew, but one does what one must), with "Average solving time" next to it, usually 61-68 min. So precise, and so little variation! I envision Frank throwing dice with only those #s on it.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 29, 2010 at 1:28 PM

    On Longo's Sunday Puzzle (08-29-10), just exactly what is the theme clue?

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  3. JoonAugust 29, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    my acrostic time? 7:50. i kid you not.

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  4. DanAugust 29, 2010 at 11:33 PM

    Anon - There doesn't appear to be any theme "revealer" clue (or title, for that matter). Just the nine theme entries with those added letters...

    Anne - My dad enjoys doing Longo's puzzle in the SF Chronicle, and surely in way less than an hour... I don't remember seeing the "average time" in that paper. Funny!

    Joon - OK, this is getting spooky.

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  5. JoonAugust 30, 2010 at 12:23 AM

    well, what's less spooky is that i took 2.5 dans to solve BEW #2. oh man, he slayed me. plopping down ATREIDES and DUNE for the two xrefed sci-fi answers didn't help.

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