PUZZLE #21: Themeless 10
Ladies and gentlemen, raise your glasses in support of Neville Fogarty, one of my Indie 500 tournament brethren and puzzlemaker extraordinaire. He decided to wind down his blog in order to...
View ArticleFill That Must Die: ALER(S) & NLER(S)
Welcome to my new occasionally updated blogging series, Fill That Must Die (FTMD). As you might guess, this will be a bit of snarky commentary about short crossword entries which, simply put, I think...
View ArticleLast Call for Donations & Indie 500 Tournament Update
Two announcements on this fine Friday eve before you tackle the New York Times puzzle on Saturday: 1) I’m entering the final week of my first Devil Cross tip jar drive. I’m offering two brand new...
View ArticlePuzzle #22 will be published on Sunday, October 26 (update)
Update, 10/26/14 @ 1 pm: It’s almost ready, just bear with me a few minutes longer….. Friends, I’m sorry, but I’m pushing back publication of the next Devil Cross puzzle by one day. Three things are...
View ArticlePUZZLE #22: Movie Monster Mash
The picture above is part of a really bizarre set of Halloween postcards that I recently found from this old Buzzfeed article. I couldn’t tell if this one was a joke or an actual,...
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