CROSSWORDS: Debrief via Blogs, Discuss in Forums
Summary: reading blogs and forum comments by expert solvers can provide insights about clues and themes, often including the entire solution, if you get really stuck Most relevant for newer, 'major' puzzles, e.g., NYT, LAT, Reagle For other puzzles, search for "crossword", including one or more clues NYT: Wordplay Crossword blog WEB's New York Times Crossword Solution @ NYTCrossword.com Rex Parker does the NYT Crossword NYT Crossword in Gothic An Ex-Englishman Solves American Puzzles XWord Info: fun facts about the NYT crossword ; try Analyze mode; $$Diary of a Crossword Fiend Eric & Abbie Fix the NYT Crossword CrosswordKathy doing the Sun NYT so you don't have to Madness...Crossword and Otherwise NYT Crossword Drawings Garson Hampfield on Broadway: introduces NYT blog ;-) video Crossword Confidential ; Crossword Corner Cruciverb: database & Crossword Community Center ;Forum: Solving: Today's Puzzles (mostly LAT) [free account]
American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (blog list) National Puzzlers League Further Adventures of Jim Horne Puzzlehead Crossword Heaven Crossword Tracker crosswordunclued crosswordcity Come on Brains ... Be More Smarter; Ryan and Brian Do Crosswords Across and Down: A meeting place for crossword addicts All for Words and Words for All (Mackey brothers) Example (NYT 1/23/2011) NYT WordPlay: constructor intro, reader comments NYTCrossword Rex Parker does the NYT Crossword NYT Crossword in Gothic CrosswordKathy doing the Sun NYT so you don't have to XWord Info $$Diary of a Crossword Fiend Eric & Abbie Fix the NYT Crossword
Rex Parker does the NYT Crossword
Eric & Abbie Fix the NYT Crossword
LA Times (LAT): Crossword Confidential; Crossword Corner
National Puzzlers League
crosswordunclued
NYT Crossword in Gothic