Braze's avatarBraze

A zebra with two twists. Blogging from Philadelphia. Former curator of the The Nation Cryptic Crossword Forum. Zebra because I was an ice hockey referee for 38 years (I continue to referee national-level fencing), two twists is how I prefer my martinis (I was on the tasting panel that created Bluecoat Gin) and also homage to the poker games I played in while in college (five-card stud high/low with two twists). Started solving about 2010: the FT came in daily to the office next to mine. Now I share cryptics with fencers and other brainy people here in the USA.

S & B 2026 by Dalibor

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Hello bloggers and setters.  I’d like to join you, but I’m in Philadelphia and I was just across the pond in Sweden a month ago (I actually was composing the annotation while in … Read more >>

Financial Times 18,399 by Guy

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  We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the … Read more >>

Guardian 29,929 by Brendan

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Good morning from Philadelphia.  This is Braze (a zebra with two twists) filling in for Eileen.  Thanks to Brendan and also to the hosts for giving me an opportunity to crossword blog (and … Read more >>