New York Sun 20:00
TEMPO 17:04
CrosSynergy 13:35
Universal 12:18
Onion 10:49
Los Angeles Times 9:19
USA Today 9:09
New York Times 8:14
Newsday 5:49
USA Today 13:33
New York Sun 9:33
Beekeeper Labs 8:56
New York Times 8:19
Los Angeles Times 6:24
TEMPO 5:58
Universal 5:55
CrosSynergy 5:38
Newsday 4:27
CrosSynergy 13:41
USA Today 10:22
Universal 9:34
TEMPO 7:29
Fred Piscop 6:26
Los Angeles Times 6:23
New York Times 6:16
New York Sun 5:13
Newsday 4:58
NYT Classic (T) 8:46
Clue of the day, from the New York Sun puzzle, 7D:
457-55-5462, for LifeLock CEO Todd Davis
When I first heard the LifeLock commercial on the radio about a month and a half ago, I thought it HAD to fake. Now I just think the guy's nuts.
Boston Globe 39:39
New York Times 28:27
Los Angeles Times 23:22
Merl Reagle 21:27
CrosSynergy 15:26
Newsday 14:12
Universal 12:05
Newsday 52:09
New York Times 52:00
Premier 23:53
Los Angeles Times 22:50
TEMPO 13:03
Universal 6:04
CrosSynergy 5:26
Wall Street Journal 36:05
New York Times 31:23
New York Sun 25:16
Newsday 23:10
Los Angeles Times 21:40
Village Voice 15:32
Chronical of Higher Education 14:50
USA Today 12:01
Universal 10:11
I SWEAR 6:24
TEMPO 6:16
CrosSynergy 5:45
New York Times 18:41
New York Sun 17:46
USA Today 14:57
Los Angeles Times 13:08
Jonesin' 9:18
Newsday 9:10
Universal 9:03
TEMPO 8:48
CrosSynergy 5:08
Onion 19:28
New York Times 15:37
USA Today 15:23
New York Sun 11:14
TEMPO 9:49
CrosSynergy 9:39
Universal 9:03
Los Angeles Times 8:52
Newsday 4:52
Beekeeper Labs 13:36
USA Today 12:20
Universal 8:27
Los Angeles Times 7:58
CrosSynergy 6:46
New York Sun 6:36
New York Times 6:35
TEMPO 5:31
Newsday 4:43
NYT classic (W) 15:40
USA Today 13:46
New York Sun 9:13
Universal 8:56
CrosSynergy 8:19
TEMPO 7:41
New York Times 6:38
Los Angeles Times 5:16
Fred Piscop 5:12
Newsday 4:06
New York Times 44:23
Merl Reagle 36:38
Los Angeles Times 31:56
Boston Globe 24:01
CrosSynergy 23:50
Newsday 19:13
Universal 9:38
Cool theme on the NYTimes puzzle. I didn't pay any attention to it until I finished the puzzle, though. It would helped save some time in figuring out the alleged Nilsson "hit" of 1972. Never heard of it.
The upper-left and lower-right corners of the CrosSynergy had me stumped for a while. I've never heard of Ilka Chase (or is it Chase Ilka?), and I always assumed that the French term for "good luck" was "bon chance", not "BONNE chance". And "North side" cluing UNION sounds like something out of the '30s.
And what's up with the Indonesians naming something as powerful as a "gong" a TAMTAM? Sounds like a child's bongo drum, not a frickin' gong!
I've been doing so many crossword puzzles lately that I actually got ZATOPEK on the first try. Can carpul tunnel syndrome be far behind? :)
New York Times 1:04:32
Newsday 1:01:54
Los Angeles Times 28:40
TEMPO 17:20
Premier 17:08
Universal 10:55
CrosSynergy 7:41
New York Times 43:29
Wall Street Journal 35:24
New York Sun 27:36
Los Angeles Times 18:31
Village Voice 17:48
Chronical of Higher Education 13:56
Newsday 10:45
TEMPO 8:31
USA Today 8:04
CrosSynergy 7:42
Universal 7:11
I SWEAR 5:40
Los Angeles Times 25:36
Jonesin' 17:19
New York Times 14:26
TEMPO 10:06
USA Today 10:00
Universal 9:52
Newsday 9:47
New York Sun 8:45
CrosSynergy 6:55
Onion 14:23
New York Sun 13:39
Universal 13:38
TEMPO 10:24
New York Times 10:07
USA Today 8:45
Los Angeles Times 7:34
Beekeeper Labs 7:17
Newsday 5:31
CrosSynergy 5:29
USA Today 19:46
CrosSynergy 14:23
TEMPO 7:11
Universal 6:48
New York Times 6:17
New York Sun 5:36
Los Angeles Times 5:33
Newsday 3:57
USA Today 11:18
CrosSynergy 10:53
TEMPO 9:35
Universal 8:53
New York Sun 6:53
NYT Classic (M) 6:21
Los Angeles Times 5:27
Fred Piscop 5:21
New York Times 5:21
Newsday 4:07
CrosSynergy 34:51
Boston Globe 33:12
Los Angeles Times 28:58
New York Times 27:11
Newsday 24:09
Merl Reagle 23:55
Universal 8:41
Wow. The CrosSynergy Sunday Challenge lives up to it's name. It was right there on a par with Newsday's Saturday Stumper. Rare, indeed, and great to see. :)
New York Times 59:15
Los Angeles Times 40:14
Newsday 33:23
Universal 9:57
TEMPO 6:31
CrosSynergy 5:22
New York Times 42:45
Wall Street Journal 35:05
Los Angeles Times 20:17
Chronical of Higher Education 18:41
New York Sun 15:52
Village Voice 15:19
Universal 15:16
I SWEAR 13:59
TEMPO 10:20
CrosSynergy 9:15
Newsday 8:22
USA Today 7:51
New York Times 23:47
New York Sun 22:04
Jonesin' 12:52
Los Angeles Times 10:39
USA Today 10:25
CrosSynergy 8:31
TEMPO 7:50
Newsday 7:42
Universal 7:36
Ugh. Too many proper names of people I've never heard of in the NY Sun puzzle. I had to google a few of 'em. And I ran through every Loony Toons character I could think of before I finally realized what the answer was.
New York Sun 24:42
Beekeeper 15:33
CrosSynergy 13:50
Universal 9:05
New York Times 8:25
USA Today 8:13
Los Angeles Times 7:15
TEMPO 5:45
Newsday 5:23
Onion 17:31
New York Sun 14:32
CrosSynergy 11:46
USA Today 10:52
New York Times 8:27
Universal 8:14
TEMPO 5:45
Los Angeles Times 5:42
Newsday 4:15
USA Today 14:21
TEMPO 11:46
CrosSynergy 10:03
Universal 7:28
New York Sun 6:37
Fred Piscop 6:01
New York Times 5:58
Los Angeles Times 5:35
Newsday 5:13
Merl Reagle 45:09
New York Times 42:12
Los Angeles Times 28:18
Newsday 26:27
Boston Globe 19:07
CrosSynergy 17:07
Universal 9:08
NYT 2nd Sunday (Diagramless) 28:35
NYT Monthly Bonus puzzle 7:54
Newsday 50:03
New York Times 34:06
Hemispheres 31:22
Los Angeles Times 28:09
American Way 24:41*
Universal 11:56
Spirit 9:30*
Premier 9:29*
TEMPO 7:46
CrosSynergy 6:20
*These puzzles were done by hand. I'm not sure how much that slows the solving pace versus solving online but, when racing against the clock, it definately tires your eyes out.
New York Times 55:03
New York Sun 33:03
Chronical of Higher Education 30:15
Los Angeles Times 26:36
Wall Street Journal 24:31
Universal 21:31
Jonesin' 16:32
Newsday 12:28
I SWEAR 11:11
Village Voice 9:24
TEMPO 9:12
CrosSynergy 8:53
USA Today 8:31
I seem to have a "typo" somewhere in the NYT puzzle. But, after checking some answers through google, I'm convinced that there must be two correct solutions 'cuz all my answers fit, dag nab it.
UPDATE: Nevermind, I found the error thanks to Amy. I googled "erere reunion", saw the first link and assumed it was right. Beethoven's Pastoral thus is keyed a half-step higher than I guessed.
New York Times 38:48
Universal 20:26
Onion 13:28
New York Sun 11:25
Newsday 11:23
Los Angeles Times 11:19
USA Today 9:25
CrosSynergy 6:39
TEMPO 6:17
Jonesin' tba
I was about half-an-hour into the NYT puzzle before I caught on to the theme. I had plenty of the grid filled, but there were certain answers that seemed obvious but didn't fit. One of the first answers I filled was the "'80s slogan", but I didn't catch the significance until I realized what the "surfer's exclamation" must be. Then the rest of the puzzle fell into place in a hurry.
By the way, if and when I ever comment on these puzzles, I'm gonna try not to give any spoilers. I'd rather encourage others to enjoy crosswords as much as I do. So my only revelations will be that ye shall click on the puzzle links in my sidebar and get solving!
The Onion puzzle's theme is unique and special for a certain reason. It's occassionally accomplished at ballparks, but I've never heard of it even being attempted in a crossword.
One note on the Onion puzzle that might help you solve it: Your first inclination for 53-Down -- clued as [Advice to 25-Across] -- might be RUNAWAY. That wont fit, though.
It's unusual that the Universal puzzle took me nearly twice as long to solve than the New York Sun puzzle since it is a Thursday. The Universal puzzles don't usually get tougher as the week progresses, so they're often some of the tougher Monday and Tuesday puzzles.
CrosSynergy 17:19
Universal 16:03
Los Angeles Times 15:10
USA Today 14:52
New York Times 11:21
TEMPO 10:31
Beekeeper 9:58
New York Sun 9:24
Newsday 5:49
Onion tba
