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PUZZLE #103 & when the crossword gods aren’t smiling

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Brendan Quigley

ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY] PROGRAM: [Across Lite] PROGRAM: [Java] PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ THEMELESS MONDAY] PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat] After hours of fudging around with this grid, I stumbled upon an entry that was almost too-good-to-be-true. It was one of those epiphanies wherein I couldn’t believe the crossword gods were allowing this to happen. Brand…

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: August 2009

PUZZLE #103 & when the crossword gods aren’t smiling