Is it possible to play crosswords with opponents online, mini-tournament style?
On the NY Times puzzle site, you can solve on the applet and compare your time to others. I believe they also have functionality for collaboration, but I’ve never used it. I’m sure other sites log solving times, but those aren’t a part of my routine. Which crossword-related websites and blogs do you visit most frequently? • Cruciverb – Links to daily puzzles in addition to the forums. • NY Times puzzles – ‘Nuff said. • Puzzability – Fun daily teasers. • Jumble and Jumble Crossword – Less than thirty seconds out of my day if things are going well. • Stan Newman’s Newsday puzzle – My first crossword stop of the day; usually an easy puzzle. • Will Johnston’s Puzzle Pointers – Useful if I fall behind on crosswords. • Nikoli – It’s not crossword-related; sue me. I love this last site, Nikoli, from a Japanese puzzle company. They have language-neutral logic puzzles (sudoku and kakuro are the best known, but they have other great stuff too) in Flash format. It’s about four puzzles a day (size
