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Mar 22, 2009

Notes to Crossword Constructors

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 22, 2009 at 2:33 PM

    About the city of Lvov; go here:
    http://www.thestar.com/News/article/580465

    Interesting!!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 22, 2009 at 3:58 PM

    A "swamp daddy" comes from the fact that an alligator is a denizen of swamps and the Latin word for "father" is "pater."

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  3. teddiFebruary 22, 2012 at 9:52 AM

    Think today's answer to "flat hand in a game" might refer to Rock, Paper, Sissors

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  4. RockDecember 8, 2012 at 10:23 PM

    I have been doing these puzzles for a few years now, and I had always wondered if any puzzles had been created with fewer than 25 blocks, and thus more than 200 letters. Today's puzzle fit the bill with only 23 blocks. This has got to be very rare. Are you aware of any puzzles with fewer than 23?

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  5. Zhouqin (C.C.) BurnikelDecember 9, 2012 at 5:07 AM

    Rock,
    The record is 17 blocks. NYT July 22, 2012. There are also a couple of 18.

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