New York Times crossword puzzle editor, Will Shortz, is in town today to host the third annual Brown Crossword competition presented by the Brown Puzzling Association, “prizes for top solvers, solve alone or in pairs, open to everyone, free admission, Q & A with the host.” Free, Sunday, 5pm, List Art Center, Room 120, 64 …
Brown junior Natan Last and the Brown University Puzzling Association have gotten another mention in the New York Times. Last once interned for New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz, and the Brown club has become so proficient at construction that the Times recently dedicated six straight days (Brown puzzle week) to their original puzzles. …
This week’s crossword puzzles in The New York Times. We wrote about NYT crossword constructor, Natan Last, over a year ago when he brought famous puzzle editor Will Shortz to town for a special competitive event. Now this puzzle savant and Brown junior is making news again. According to The Providence Journal, this is ‘Brown …
There it is in The New York Times on page C2. Mocking me. Today’s crossword puzzle was constructed by Brown sophomore, Joey Weissbrot ’11. How do you get that smart that young? What was I doing as a sophomore in college? No really, I’m asking. Mr. Weissbrot was one of the guiding forces behind the …
Sandor Bodo of The Providence Journal taped part of yesterday’s event at Brown. It might seem that Mr. Shortz is speaking during the competition; he spoke before the puzzles were handed out. Click here. According to the article in the Sunday ProJo Saturday’s turnout exceeded all expectations. A crossword puzzle competition is not your typical …
If you don’t recognize this man then just move along, because to crossword puzzle solvers, this man is God. Others may know Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times, from the movie Wordplay and he has even acquired that cool, cultural notch in the belt, a cameo on The Simpsons. And …
New York Times crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz doesn’t make many mistakes, and this wasn’t a mistake per se, but in Friday’s paper one got by him. The clue for 10-down was “Old sit-in org.” — three letters. The answer was “SDS”. Old? If music and fashion can be retro, why not politics? Can the …