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Random Douchebag wrote:I like Maura Jacobson's (aka The Queen of Pun) weekly puzzles in New York Magazine. They're generally not all that difficult so I vary my approach. Some puzzles I solve only the 3-letter clues, other weeks, the 5-letter ones.

Her July 20-27 puzzle was entitled "Punning People." A sample clue: #121 Across: Mirage? Answer: OpticalAleutian.

I know: I'm easily amused.

middle aged female wrote:

Random Douchebag wrote:I like Maura Jacobson's (aka The Queen of Pun) weekly puzzles in New York Magazine. They're generally not all that difficult so I vary my approach. Some puzzles I solve only the 3-letter clues, other weeks, the 5-letter ones.

Her July 20-27 puzzle was entitled "Punning People." A sample clue: #121 Across: Mirage? Answer: OpticalAleutian.

I know: I'm easily amused.

No, I like it too.

Posted: Sept. 6, 2009
You told us what features you wanted, and we listened

We've learned some important lessons in the newsroom: No messing with the comics, the TV Book or the crossword puzzle without asking you first.

So we asked:

• Which crossword puzzle do you prefer?

• Which five comics would you most like to keep on Sunday?

• Which features do you want in your TV Book? (OK, we didn't ask this, but you told us anyway. Thank you.)

First, the daily crossword

Since April, we have run the Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle from Tribune Media Services. Wayne Williams, who edited the previous daily puzzle, retired at the end of March. Although many of you love the LA Times puzzle, plenty of you would like to see Williams' puzzles back in the paper -- even those of you who enjoy the LA Times puzzle.

So, Williams is coming out of retirement. Starting Labor Day, (yup, Monday), you will see his new work, A Daily Crossword, Monday through Saturday. And for those who love the LA Times -- we will keep that one too. That means we're offering you two daily crosswords in the newspaper six days a week. On Sunday, we will continue to run the Boston Globe puzzle.

In addition, the Daily Commuter Puzzle, the one many of you think is the best, is available online at freep.com/crossword. It's the easiest of the three puzzles.

To squeeze another crossword into the paper, we had to eliminate three other puzzles on our puzzle page: Don't Quote Me, Kakuru and Hidato. We are keeping the most popular features: Ken Ken and Sudoku, Jumble and Jumble Crossword, Word Warp and Omar Sharif's bridge column. In addition, Today's Test will no longer run on Saturdays, but will continue to run Monday through Friday.

Crosswords are a relatively new pastime in this country. U.S. newspapers started running them in the 1930s. For some people, working a crossword is a nice little pastime that should take only an hour or two. Others like to savor the pleasure by spending all day on them. We hope offering you three options will give you the choice you want.

Bonus fact: For those who like the LA Times crossword, there is a blog devoted to helping people solve it. Find it at: latcrossword.blogspot.com.

Bonus bonus fact: A person who creates puzzles for a living is a cruciverbalist. That's what you call puzzle enthusiasts, too, especially if they like crosswords. (It comes from the Latin words for "cross" and "word.")

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Mulligan wrote:From the Wayne Williams daily crossword that appears below the L.A. Times puzzle in the Free Press:

49A: Detroit suburb

I tried "unsustainable" but came up a couple letters short. Turns out the answer is Farmington Hills.

frank - up in grand blanc wrote:

Mulligan wrote:From the Wayne Williams daily crossword that appears below the L.A. Times puzzle in the Free Press:

49A: Detroit suburb

I tried "unsustainable" but came up a couple letters short. Turns out the answer is Farmington Hills.

See, this is an example of what I hate in a puzzle. How in the hell is the ordinary fan reading the L.A. Times going to be able figure out the answer with that clue? Give a brother a fighting chance, I say.