Destruct-A-Thon – Brendan Emmett Quigley

PUZZLE #55 & propsal for a “Battle of the Bands”-esque battle among crossword constructors

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Brendan Quigley

ACROSS LITE PUZZLE: [ SUPERCHUNK] PROGRAM: [Across Lite] PROGRAM: [Java] PRINTOUT PUZZLE: [ SUPERCHUNK] PROGRAM: [Adobe Acrobat] So the big rock news in Boston is we’re in the midst of the 31st WBCN Rock and Roll Rumble. WBCN is the big rock station in town, and this is their annual “reach around”/battle of the bands…

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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PUZZLE #55 & propsal for a “Battle of the Bands”-esque battle among crossword constructors