CROSSCAN DOES KENKEN

Welcome to CROSSCAN DOES KENKEN

I don’t have access to the New York Times paper so we’ll start with the online easy 4x4.
Solving time: 29 seconds.

I started with placing a 2 in the 1x1 box that has a 2 in it. Nice job! I then filled in the other numbers. The puzzle has 4 1’s, 4 2’s, 4 3’s and 4 4’s in it. Just like last week.

Answer of the day: 3x2x3 = 18.

KenKenese alert: 2/1 = 1. Again!

What I liked: Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division all used.

What I hated: The four corners only used 1 and 2. What’s wrong with 3 and 4?

2008 Crosscan Awards

Hi and welcome to the first(and likely last) annual Crosscan awards for favorite New York Times Crossword puzzles. Winners have been chosen by me, and all decisions are final.

Favorite Monday - October 6 - Patrick Blindauer "Dollar Bill"

Favorite Tuesday - December 2 - Matt Ginsberg - "Sound of..."

Favorite Wednesday - March 12 - Larry Shearer - "C"

Favorite Friday - April 4 - David Quarfoot - "Q"

Favorite Saturday - December 6 - Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan - "TEN-OR-S"

Favorite Sunday - November 16 - Merl Reagle - Sounds Like Somebody I Know

Favorite Thursday and Favorite Puzzle of 2008- June 19 - Joe Krozel - "Lies"

Favorite Answer of 2008 - KITE EATING TREE [Dreaded victimizer of Charlie Brown] - May 17 - Mike Nothnagel

Favorite Clue of 2008 - [They have people eating in a lot] - TAILGATE PARTIES - June 13 - Patrick Berry

Longest clue for the shortest answer - [Sylvia Plath poem that begins "I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root"] - ELM - June 22 - Pamela Amick Klawitter

Favorite Crosscan post - Hosers - August 6