Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Nov. 3 crossword, ‘Political Football’
Politics and football: Two forms of modern blood sport that I combined into one crossword. Six football-related phrases have ...
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Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Oct. 27 crossword, ‘Spare Parts’
and I had to rely on too many deep-cut names and phrases for comfort — the inevitable result of frantically trying the year prior to start and finish a Sunday-size crossword in a few hours.
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Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Oct. 20 crossword, ‘Long Division’
Avoiding duplications like that can be the worst game of whack-a-mole that crossword constructors play all the time. As if that wasn’t a big enough hassle, I also made things far more ...
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Solution to Evan Birnholz’s June 23 crossword, ‘Themeless No. 24’
Good luck to everyone competing in the inaugural Westwords Crossword Tournament today! I’ll be receiving the set of puzzles to solve after it’s finished, so if you’re competing, don’t post ...
Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Sept. 15 crossword, ‘Word Processing’
Cryptic crossword solvers are accustomed to seeking out words in clues that might signal an anagram. In cryptic circles these ...
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Solution to Evan Birnholz’s Jan. 7 crossword, ‘Captain Obvious Becomes a Dad’
Let’s see if I can remember how this whole “writing crosswords” thing goes since ... 122A: [Elliot James Birnholz, e.g., whom Captain Obvious is addressing in this puzzle] is CHILD.