Monday, 8/3/09

NYT (p) 2:12 ... LAT (p) 2:10 ... CS (p) 2:40 ... ND (p) 1:46 ... JON (p) 2:37 ... BEQ (p) 4:14

I didn't believe my stopwatch on the Newsday, but I really never stopped writing. Next Monday we'll break 1:40!

3 comments:

Joon said...

1:46? unbelievable. i suspect i would not be able to fill in a paper puzzle that fast if i memorized the grid in advance.

i suspect you would have crushed my NYT time had you done it in the applet (or across lite), but since you didn't, i'll call this another "win."

Dan said...

And of course, I suspect you would be able to...
If you bring a puzzle of yours next time you see me, we can play the David Rosen/Peter Gordon game. You get to be Peter! And I wouldn't mind being David - dominating the ACPT so thoroughly I have to retire...

Joon said...

peter did win the 3rd time around by memorizing the grid in advance. if i went that far, i could beat you. but if "all" i did was memorize all the answers, i probably couldn't. i am still laughably slow at looking back and forth between grid and clues on paper.

and for what it's worth, the last few times i've had a puzzle published, you've beaten me, although i didn't "solve" that tough CHE because i had already gone through it once to make the .puz.