It's been said that the Internet is nothing but a bunch of pages with links to other pages and I'm contributing to that today with my hearty endorsement of the ACCA awards. I'm just a casual, amateur solver who loves to think about crosswords but Amy Reynaldo and Rex Parker are pros. Together they are honoring their favorite puzzles from the past year. Please check out the awards and their commentary by clicking either of their names. Here are links into my database for some of the winners that happen to be NYT puzzles.
- SILVER in the Early Week category: 9/24/07 by Fred Piscop
- BRONZE in same: 2/12/07 by Lynn Lempel
- SILVER in Best Gimmick (Tilt at Windmills): 1/31/07 by Brendan Emmett Quigley
- BRONZE in same (punctuation rebus): 1/4/07 by Alan Olschwang
- GOLD in themeless: 2/2407 by Byron Walden
- SILVER themeless: 4/20/07 by David Quarfoot
- BRONZE themeless: 3/3/07 by Karen M. Tracey
- GOLD Sunday (Initial Substitutions): 3/18/07 by Craig Kasper
- BRONZE Sunday (Spellcheck): 1/7/07 by Ashish Vengsarkar
Also some honorable mentions: 5/27/07 by Patrick Berry, 9/20/07 by Alex Boisvert, and 5/24/07 by Patrick Merrell.
Finally, special congratulations to Patrick Berry named best constructor of the year with Byron Walden, David Quarfoot and Karen M. Tracey following.
I'll post my solution to the Saturday puzzle at xwordinfo.com when I come up with it but in the mean time, thank you Amy and Rex for this thoughtful and inspiring collection.