
At one point in time, Blender, Electronic Business, Paste Magazine, Quarterly Review of Wines, The Stranger, Time Out New York, and ran his work. He regularly contributes work to The AV Crossword Club, Bawdy Crosswords, Spirit Magazine, Visual Thesaurus, and The Weekly Dig. 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. In fact, he's the sixth-most published constructor in The New York Times under Will Shortz's editorship. Please enable JavaScript if you would like to comment on this blog.īrendan Emmett Quigley has been a professional puzzlemaker since 1996. No Across Lite file or Java app this time. And if you need more of these, why not try one from the OCJ, or these two by Trip Payne. If you're new to Marching Bands, I've included instructions. Anytime you have to think in off-beat directions like backwards, up, and around a corner is fine with me. I love these puzzles, both to solve and to construct. Since variety is the spice of life, why not run a variety puzzle? Though this form comes from a Italian puzzle magazine La Settimana Enigmistica, it was popularized by the Original Crossword Jesus (henceforth "OCJ") Mike Shenk during Games magazines couldn't-lose-streak. And we wonder why print sales are kind of hurting? In the meantime, how about that cover story on this week's SI (see above)? That one was rendered moot, oh, about an hour upon hitting newsstands. It's a damn shame that we've got a couple days off before that Celts/Magic series, but I guess it'll have to do.


What an awesome series that Celts/Cavs one was. Before we get to the puzzle, a quick sports detour.
