Closing up shop here

I'm going to close up my Blogger blogs and switch over to LiveJournal. Check em out at jeffsoesbe.livejournal.com. See ya there!

Mon Apr 9

Jumble = 1:13 (HANG UP HANG UP)
Word Sleuth = 2:50 (Remove the D's to make a new word)
NEA Crossword = 4:24 (4-09-07)
NY Times Crossword = 5:00 (No. 0226)
Sudoku = 9:45 (Easy), with interruptions

Was gone at Norwescon (www.norwescon.org) from Thurs-Sun, so no puzzle times from those days. Good start, slow on NEA, solid on NY Times, good on Sudoku with the slight interruption. Have a nasty "con cold" I picked up at Norwescon which was aggravated by flying today. Hopefully it will clear up soon.

Thurs Apr 5

Jumble = 0:54 (DOWN to "EARTH")
Word Sleuth = 2:24 (New York City Marathon Winners)
NEA Crossword = 3:30 (4-05-07)
NY Times Crossword = 21:27 (No. 0222)

Just got crushed by the NY Times. Didn't get the theme at all, and actually looked up a couple clues. Rough Thursday.

Wed Apr 4

Jumble = 1:35 (a "KEY" CUSTOMER)
Word Sleuth = 2:13 (Informal Money Terms)
NEA Crossword = 4:43 (4-04-07)
NY Times Crossword = 11:52 (No. 0221)

Okay for a Wednesday, the NY Times was something I just had to grind through even though I got the theme.

At Norwescon (www.norwescon.org) the next few days, so not sure how much (if any) puzzling I'll be doing.

Tues Apr 3

Jumble = 0:46 (SHORT CUTS)
Word Sleuth = 2:17 (Surnames derived from Professions)
NEA Crossword = 3:32 (4-03-07)
NY Times Crossword = 6:15 (No. 0220)
Sudoku = 7:22 (Easy)

A pretty darned good day of puzzles, all very quick.

Mon Apr 2

Jumble = 0:52 (FOR the "PERKS")
Word Sleuth = 3:36 (County ---)
NEA Crossword = 3:04 (4-02-07)
NY Times Crossword = 4:42 (No. 0219)
Sudoku = 5:28 (Easy)

Good Monday of puzzles, with a nice NY Times and Sudoku at the end.

Sun Apr 1

Jumble = 2:06 (YOU'RE "DREAMING")
NY Times Crossword = 37:37 ("OOH!" by Fred Piscop)

Great Sunday Jumble, really slow Sunday NY Times (eating lunch and listening to Gnarls Barkley while doing the puzzle probably didn't help). The Sunday theme was actually useful, involving different words using the same "ooo" sound.

Sat Mar 31

Jumble = 0:47 (a SERPENT)
Word Sleuth = 5:01 (2007 Atlantic Hurricane Names)
NEA Crossword = 3:09 (3-31-07)
NY Times Crossword = 34:27, with 12! lookups

Had trouble finding KAREN in the Word Sleuth, it took forever. NY Times Crossword just killed me. I couldn't make any headway, and regularly looked up things on the Amy Reynaldo entry. Tough day.