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		<title>125. MAD and Fowl</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have now achieved the highest honor of my career by having my latest book, Fowl Play, offered as a giveaway to those whose letters appear in MAD&#8217;s January issue (available now — Cheap!). Boy, will they be disappointed when they discover there&#8217;s not one mention of Octomom, Sarah Palin or Bernard Madoff inside the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trickme.wordpress.com&blog=1395075&post=1659&subd=trickme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>124. Blogging for the NYT</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting today Monday, November 2, I begin writing for the daily New York Times crossword blog, Wordplay. I&#8217;ll be manning the desk all this week and then continuing on beyond that, playing tag team in weekly chunks with the incumbent host, Jim Horne. Come check it out, and leave a comment about the day&#8217;s puzzle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trickme.wordpress.com&blog=1395075&post=1643&subd=trickme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>123. Time for Puzzles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Available in October: Two new puzzle books from Time Inc. Home Entertainment. Sports Illustrated&#8217;s Most Valuable Puzzles includes regular and jumbo-sized crosswords (Patrick Merrell), &#8220;what&#8217;s different?&#8221; picture puzzles (SI staff), a benchful of cross stats (sports statistics stumpers by Mike Baranack) and sports star profiles (SI). People&#8217;s Celebrity Puzzler: Holiday Special! includes a festive 20-page [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trickme.wordpress.com&blog=1395075&post=1553&subd=trickme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>122. Odd Night Is a Failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Merrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An odd group, 67 competitors, turned up for the 13th annual Pleasantville crossword tournament on the night of September 25th and failed to finish off an overflowing table of baked goods. They did much better with the Monday through Wednesday crosswords from next week&#8217;s New York Times. Jeffrey Schwartz, Bob Mackey and Ken Stern tackled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trickme.wordpress.com&blog=1395075&post=1533&subd=trickme&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>121. Will the Real Steve Please Stand Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which of these is a real except from the original All About Steve screenplay (one really is):

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