More than a few people e-mailed me after they did my latest New York Times puzzle citing disappointment. Not that the puzzle was bad, per se. Rather, they felt the puzzle was going in one direction, a rather gonzo direction, only to be pulled to a more traditional way as they worked their way through it. Well, the BEQ reads his e-mail, and the BEQ abides. This puzzle goes out to those who e-mailed.
Speaking of gonzo, please watch with this stunning interview embedded above with crossword answer legend Brian Eno. Wow.
More than a few people e-mailed me after they did my latest New York Times puzzle citing disappointment. Not that the puzzle was bad, per se. Rather, they felt the puzzle was going in one direction, a rather gonzo direction, only to be pulled to a more traditional way as they worked their way through it. Well, the BEQ reads his e-mail, and the BEQ abides. This puzzle goes out to those who e-mailed.
Speaking of gonzo, please watch with this stunning interview embedded above with crossword answer legend Brian Eno. Wow.
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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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