NYT 6:30* ... LAT 5:23 ... MR 5:26 ... BG 4:43 ... ND 3:38 ... CS 2:22 ... Diagramless ~10:00
I got kicked offline by the hotel internet, but was done with the applet around 6:30.
Friday, 5/29/09
NYT 3:46 ... LAT 2:20 ... CS 2:45 ... ND 2:33 ... CHE 3:00 ... WSJ 6:33 ... BEQ 4:55 ... MGWC 15+ (fail)
Thursday, 5/28/09
NYT 3:03 ... LAT 2:08 ... CS 1:39 ... ND 1:56
This will be my last update until... Monday? Tuesday? No later than Wednesday. I'll probably hit the NYT applet, but won't be on my own computer, so don't expect blazing times.
(update: my computer snafu worked itself out, so I'm free to blaze.)
This will be my last update until... Monday? Tuesday? No later than Wednesday. I'll probably hit the NYT applet, but won't be on my own computer, so don't expect blazing times.
(update: my computer snafu worked itself out, so I'm free to blaze.)
Tuesday, 5/26/09
NYT 2:01 ... LAT 1:42 ... CS 1:47 ... ND 1:28 ... BT 2:59 ... TO 3:13
Special kudos to Fred Jackson III for the musical theater theme!
Special kudos to Fred Jackson III for the musical theater theme!
Monday, 5/25/09
NYT 1:35 ... LAT 1:48 ... CS 2:07 ... ND 1:37 ... JON 3:02 ... BEQ 3:00
I'm too wiped out after a two-day bachelor party to even think about hitting the Saturday puzzles. But I can handle Monday's, and maybe some of Sunday's that I missed. update: darnit, didn't notice the NYT was irregularly sized... stay tuned for the next installment of "Square or Rectangle?"
One fellow I met over the weekend works for a company called ZAAZ... how great a crossword entry is that? I encouraged him to grow the company, and quickly. Saw an eatery with the amazing name Lettuce B. Frank. And a crossword I constructed (for the wedding later this summer) was a hit with the group... it took four Princeton graduates, working together on a long car ride, about an hour to finish, which is just the level I'd intended.
I'm too wiped out after a two-day bachelor party to even think about hitting the Saturday puzzles. But I can handle Monday's, and maybe some of Sunday's that I missed. update: darnit, didn't notice the NYT was irregularly sized... stay tuned for the next installment of "Square or Rectangle?"
One fellow I met over the weekend works for a company called ZAAZ... how great a crossword entry is that? I encouraged him to grow the company, and quickly. Saw an eatery with the amazing name Lettuce B. Frank. And a crossword I constructed (for the wedding later this summer) was a hit with the group... it took four Princeton graduates, working together on a long car ride, about an hour to finish, which is just the level I'd intended.
Sunday, 5/24/09
NYT 4:49 ... LAT 4:10 ... MR 4:07 ... BG 4:47 ... ND 3:58 ... CS 2:27 ... Acrostic 8:45
Had some down time before going out to dinner Saturday night, so I solved the NYT online to impress my friends. Not a bad showing considering I was at least slightly intoxicated for most of the weekend (and didn't look at the Notepad).
Had some down time before going out to dinner Saturday night, so I solved the NYT online to impress my friends. Not a bad showing considering I was at least slightly intoxicated for most of the weekend (and didn't look at the Notepad).
Saturday, 5/23/09
NYT 6:11 ... LAT 2:25 ... CS 2:07 ... ND 5:09
Heh! Tied with Amy on the NYT, but three days late.
Heh! Tied with Amy on the NYT, but three days late.
Friday, 5/22/09
NYT 5:49 ... LAT 2:23 ... CS 1:51 ... ND 2:12 ... CHE 2:51 ... WSJ 4:35 ... BEQ 4:27 ... MGWC untimed*
*but surprisingly easy... except for the meta-puzzle.
*but surprisingly easy... except for the meta-puzzle.
Thursday, 5/21/09
NYT 2:17 ... LAT 2:05 ... CS 1:57 ... ND 2:16
Pulling an all-nighter here before my 7am flight to San Francisco... I'll definitely get to the Friday puzzles, but it might be a crossword-free weekend! Perish the thought.
Pulling an all-nighter here before my 7am flight to San Francisco... I'll definitely get to the Friday puzzles, but it might be a crossword-free weekend! Perish the thought.
Wednesday, 5/20/09
NYT 2:21 ... LAT 1:56 ... CS 2:30 ... ND 1:47 ... BEQ 2:38
-Loved Ashish's supersized grid in the NYT, and loved that I noticed it was supersized while solving, because often I don't;
-apparently the rumors I started about Rich Norris leaving CrosSynergy were slightly exaggerated;
-and Brendan Quigley used my brilliant theme idea today.
-Loved Ashish's supersized grid in the NYT, and loved that I noticed it was supersized while solving, because often I don't;
-apparently the rumors I started about Rich Norris leaving CrosSynergy were slightly exaggerated;
-and Brendan Quigley used my brilliant theme idea today.
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