| cross, v.t. | to intersect |
| syn • er • gy, n. | the interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc. |
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THEMELESS CrosSynergy SAMPLER
(Thursday New York Times level of difficulty)
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| "Sunday Challenge" | 05 / 07 / 2000 |  |
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THEMED CrosSynergy SAMPLER
(late-Tuesday New York Times level of difficulty)
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| "Search Party" | 05 / 01 / 2000 | |
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| "Mixed Vegetables" | 04 / 27 / 2000 | |
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| "Historic CDs" | 04 / 13 / 2000 | |
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| "Veiled Heads" | 04 / 03 / 2000 | |
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| "These Foolish Thinks" | 03 / 21 / 2000 | |
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| "Leading Film Gotchas" | 03 / 16 / 2000 | |
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| "Party Spread" | 03 / 07 / 2000 | |
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| "Horseplay" | 03 / 01 / 2000 | |
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| "Screams" | 02 / 21 / 2000 | |
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| "Adolescence" | 02 / 01 / 2000 | |
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| "Inside the NFL" | 01 / 24 / 2000 | |
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| "Here Comes Trouble" | 01 / 18 / 2000 | |
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| "Book Report" | 12 / 29 / 1999 | |
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| "Extra Credit" | 12 / 20 / 1999 | |
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| "Fowl Play" | 12 / 14 / 1999 | |
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| "Shady Characters" | 12 / 07 / 1999 | |
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| "It's About Time" | 11 / 25 / 1999 | |
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| "SOS" | 11 / 09 / 1999 | |
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| "Re Buffs" | 11 / 02 / 1999 | |
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| "Stretch Marks" | 10 / 20 / 1999 | |
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| "Block Party" | 10 / 05 / 1999 | |
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| "Keep Your Shirt On" | 09 / 30 / 1999 | |
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| "You Send Me" | 09 / 21 / 1999 | |
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| "Say Ah" | 08 / 31 / 1999 | |
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| "Joint Session" | 08 / 24 / 1999 | |
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| "Ladle By Ladle" | 08 / 17 / 1999 | |
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| "Spot Welding" | 08 / 10 / 1999 | |
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| "Food For Thought?" | 07 / 27 / 1999 | |
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| "Planning Ahead" | 07 / 19 / 1999 | |
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| "Catching Some Rays" | 07 / 14 / 1999 | |
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| "From Scratch" | 07 / 06 / 1999 | |
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| "Stocking Caps" | 06 / 24 / 1999 | |
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| "FM Reception" | 06 / 08 / 1999 | |
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| "Fifteen Puzzle" | 06 / 01 / 1999 | |
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| "Chairmen of the Smorgasbord" | 05 / 25 / 1999 | |
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| "Oh, What You Do to Me!" | 05 / 04 / 1999 | |
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| "Dodge City" | 04 / 21 / 1999 | |
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| "Pink Ladies" | 04 / 06 / 1999 | |
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| "Safe!" | 03 / 23 / 1999 | |
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| "Look Who's Here!" | 03 / 02 / 1999 | |
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| "Card Party" | 02 / 25 / 1999 | |
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| "Central Bark" | 01 / 27 / 1999 | |
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| "TV Personalities" | 01 / 19 / 1999 | |
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| "Pear Bonding" | 01 / 12 / 1999 | |
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| "All Joked Up" | 12 / 15 / 1998 | |
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| "Literary Gifts" | 12 / 03 / 1998 | |
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| "P.S. I Love You" | 11 / 17 / 1998 | |
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| "Possibility Thinking" | 11 / 04 / 1998 | |
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| "Spaghetti Western" | 10 / 20 / 1998 | |
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| "Pop Quiz" | 10 / 06 / 1998 | |
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| "A Place for Everything..." | 09 / 24 / 1998 | |
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| "Littorally Speaking" | 09 / 08 / 1998 | |
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| "Meet the Press" | 08 / 27 / 1998 | |
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| "The Emperor's New Clothes" | 08 / 13 / 1998 | |
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| "GR-R!" | 07 / 29 / 1998 | |
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| "Essay Test" | 07 / 21 / 1998 | |
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| "Reel Fruit Flavor" | 06 / 29 / 1998 | |
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| "Roll Call" | 06 / 16 / 1998 | |
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| "The Bugs Stopped Here" | 06 / 02 / 1998 | |
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| "You Can't Miss It!" | 05 / 19 / 1998 | |
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| "Staff Party" | 05 / 05 / 1998 | |
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| "Tops" | 04 / 22 / 1998 | |
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| "None But the Brave" | 04 / 06 / 1998 | |
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| "Lose It..." | 03 / 10 / 1998 | |
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| "Valentine's Nay" | 02 / 14 / 1998 | |
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| "Middle Names" | 01 / 27 / 1998 | |
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| "Call It Quits" | 01 / 07 / 1998 | |
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MORE CrosSynergy PUZZLES
(usually a Tuesday New York Times level of difficulty)
| Puzzle site | Updated | Archives | On-line solving via Java applet |
Off-line solving | ||||
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| Current puzzle | Archives | Print web page | Download *.puz files ••• | |||||
| Current puzzle | Archives | Current puzzle | Archives | |||||
| AOL | daily | ~ 2 weeks | save across sessions | save across sessions | yes | yes | no | no |
| Houston Chronicle Interactive | daily | ~ 3 months | current session only | no | no | no | yes | yes |
| Yahoo! | daily | ~ 2 weeks | clock; save across sessions | clock; save across sessions | no | no | no | no |
| The Washington Post | Mon-Sat | ~ 2 weeks | save across sessions | save across sessions | yes | yes | no | no |
| Electra | Mon-Sat | no | current session only | n/a | no | n/a | no | n/a |
| Heritage Newspapers | Wed | from 01/07/98 forward | current session only | current session only | no | no | no | no |
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