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CROSSWORD #1890: Themeless Monday

Posted on May 25, 2026 by Brendan Quigley

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News broke last week that Manny Nosowsky died on Wednesday. A lovely little obit is here. When I started out making crosswords back in the ’90s, Manny’s stood out as really special stuff. I mean, take a look at his puzzles that ran in the Times. A lot of these grids could run today and nobody would think otherwise. You can’t say this about a lot of puzzles that ran 30 years ago, but you can say that about the majority of Manny’s crosswords from back then. A true pioneer, he will be missed.

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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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CROSSWORD #1890: Themeless Monday