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April | 2015 | Devil Cross
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Monthly Archives: April 2015. Archive of posts published in the specified Month. Patrick Berry’s Vicious Circle. Apr, 29, 2015. IMPORTANT NOTE #1* * The following blog post contains spoilers to pretty much the entirety of Patrick Berry’s variety meta suite, Vicious Circle. Please do not read it unless you have already solved the puzzles, or if you don’t intend to solve them. Do it — supporting independent puzzles is good karma. A couple of months ago, Patrick Berry. The overall theme of the mini-ganza is...
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Super-Spicy | Devil Cross
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PUZZLE #65: Making the Cut. Oct, 03, 2015. Important Note: Puzzles #62-68 have been removed from Devil Cross for the time being because they may become future Washington Post puzzles. My apologies for the inconvenience. Puzzles #1-61 and #69 are still available to solve. Short post today since I’m gonna be racing to Escape the Room later on. Gotta get focused! Enjoy the puzzle. There will be a new one on October 10. PUZZLE #61: Double Play (contest puzzle! Aug, 30, 2015. NOTE: This meta puzzle includes a...
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February | 2015 | Devil Cross
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Monthly Archives: February 2015. Archive of posts published in the specified Month. PUZZLE #37: The Carnival Games We Play. Feb, 28, 2015. Instead, I’m going with a theme idea I’ve had on the shelf for a little while but didn’t flesh out until now, with a larger-than-normal 17×17 grid. In case you’re wondering, I didn’t exactly plan for the similar combos at 1-/2-Down and 80-/83-Across, but it worked out that way and I’m sticking with it. Enjoy the puzzle. There will be a new one on March 7. Feb, 21, 2015.
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PUZZLE #56: Themeless 24 | Devil Cross
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PUZZLE #56: Themeless 24. July 25, 2015. Today’s a 70-word themeless, and I’m throwing some super-spicy clues at you. Just to let you know: I have almost no familiarity at all with 25-Across, but as part of being the random lucky winner of my “In the Name of the Father” contest, Jeffrey Harris. Picked it to be a Devil Cross answer. So if it’s a tough get, don’t blame me, blame him! Other crossword news: Lollapuzzoola 8. Is coming in two weeks! And yes, I will be there. So should you. July 25, 2015. Tough...
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July | 2015 | Devil Cross
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Monthly Archives: July 2015. Archive of posts published in the specified Month. PUZZLE #56: Themeless 24. Jul, 25, 2015. Today’s a 70-word themeless, and I’m throwing some super-spicy clues at you. Just to let you know: I have almost no familiarity at all with 25-Across, but as part of being the random lucky winner of my “In the Name of the Father” contest, Jeffrey Harris. Picked it to be a Devil Cross answer. So if it’s a tough get, don’t blame me, blame him! Other crossword news: Lollapuzzoola 8. Aside...
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PUZZLE #55: From A to Z | Devil Cross
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PUZZLE #55: From A to Z. July 17, 2015. Update, 7/18/15 @ 9:25 am ET: Here is the solution to the From A to Z puzzle. Why have one puzzle when you can have two? I wrote this week’s guest puzzle for Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest. And I’m doubling your fun (torture? With a variety From A to Z puzzle. If you haven’t done one of these before, the instructions are provided in the PDF and in the Notepad in the PUZ file. Oh, and you’ll notice I gave you a PUZ! Post Tagged with: Medium. July 17, 2015.
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March | 2015 | Devil Cross
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Monthly Archives: March 2015. Archive of posts published in the specified Month. PUZZLE #41: Smoking Section. Mar, 28, 2015. Photo credit: Scott London. The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. At one of the tables outside the main ballroom. If you’re at the ACPT, you have a sworn duty to come say hi to me. If you’re at home, you can follow the proceedings of the tournament at the ACPT website. Or on Twitter at the #ACPT. I’ve posted today’s puzzle a little earlier than normal so people at t...Made an e...
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August | 2015 | Devil Cross
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Monthly Archives: August 2015. Archive of posts published in the specified Month. PUZZLE #61: Double Play (contest puzzle! Aug, 30, 2015. UPDATE, 9/1/15: When I first published the puzzle, I refrained from providing more explicit meta instructions, but I am changing that now. The answer to this meta is a quotation. Photo credit: John Pendygraft for The Washington Post). Over the past week I’ve seen some very lovely. To the late, great Merl Reagle. If you’ve seen the movie. Or ever met him at the American...
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Devil Cross | Page 2
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Crossing Over: Leaving Devil Cross and Starting Something New. Nov, 04, 2015. Dear friends, solvers, readers, and puzzlers everywhere:. It is with immense pleasure and gratitude to announce that I have been selected to write the weekly Sunday. Crossword for The Washington Post Magazine, a position long held by the late, great Merl Reagle. Something for which I owe him a huge degree of credit. As I wrote in late August. As much as I loved helping to run the inaugural tournament last May, my new responsibi...
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PUZZLE #57: Thanks, Captain Obvious! | Devil Cross
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PUZZLE #57: Thanks, Captain Obvious! August 1, 2015. Short post today since I’m coming off of a flurry of puzzle-related activities. Just a few notes:. 1 Thanks to Rex Parker for letting me sit in his chair today. 8212; always a fun time. If you clicked on my link and are coming over to Devil Cross for the first time, welcome! Hope to see you back here soon. Is in one week! If you’re planning on coming, come say hi to me. That’s an order. Enjoy the puzzle. There will be a new one on August 8. Yeah, that ...
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