May 2009 – Page 5 – Brendan Emmett Quigley

PUZZLE #71 & a quick one

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Brendan Quigley

ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ EFF THIS] PROGRAM: [Across Lite] PROGRAM: [Java] PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ EFF THIS] PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat] Is it too late to say this is NSFW? Hat tip to Giordana Mecagni, Mike Nothnagel, Ben Zimmer and Dan Feyer for the theme.

Brendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Brendan's puzzles have also appeared in every major market including Creators Syndicate, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Crosswords Club, Dell Champion, Games Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Sun, Tribune Media Services, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.

He regularly contributes work to The AV Crossword Club, Bawdy Crosswords, Spirit Magazine, Visual Thesaurus, and The Weekly Dig. At one point in time, Blender, Electronic Business, Paste Magazine, Quarterly Review of Wines, The Stranger, Time Out New York, and Wired.com ran his work. His puzzles have been mentioned on episodes of "The Colbert Report," "Jeopardy!," and "Sunday Night Football."

He is the author of over thirty different books. In his spare time he can be seen banging on typewriters in the Boston Typewriter Orchestra. He will be posting two puzzles a week — on Monday and Thursday.

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Month: May 2009

PUZZLE #71 & a quick one