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Tammy McLeod, a Google programmer from Los Angeles, Calif., won the top prize in The Philadelphia Inquirer 2009 Sudoku National Championship held Saturday. The third annual championship was hosted by renowned puzzle master Will Shortz. Read coverage of the event and check out a photo gallery.

Meet Will Shortz | Revisit 2008

This puzzle will keep you tied to the computer until the grid's complete.

 
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poker
SOMETIMES you get pot odds so monstrous that you can't fold even 7-deuce. Just ask classy British pro Joe Beevers of poker's well-known "Hendon Mob." At the 2009 World Series of Poker $10,000-buy-in main event at Las Vegas' Rio Casino, with blinds at $250-$500 plus a $50 ante, Beevers found 7-2 of hearts in the big blind, a hand usually mucked quickly.
PUZZLES & GAMES
Merl Reagle has been called "the best crossword puzzle creator in America" by Games magazine. His popular syndicated crossword, which has been described as having a Far Side sense of humor, appears every Sunday in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and many other major newspapers.
Put the pieces together to solve today's jigsaw challenge.
 
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The original descrambling favorite.
 
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Just eight clues, and you're playing against the clock.
 
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MERL REAGLE LOOKS BACK ON 2009

Take a moment before tonight’s revelry to consider the highs and lows of 2009 - really puzzle over them.

The Inquirer once again helps its readers celebrate the passage to the new year with its exclusive Year-in-Review crossword puzzle, featuring clues on local and national personalities and news events.

So print out the puzzle (176 KB .pdf), gather the family around, reflect on the year that was, and enjoy. (Answers - 79 KB .pdf - are here.)

  • Real Estate
  • Rentals
  • Jobs
  • Cars
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Phoenixville 19460
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Mount Airy 19119
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Manayunk 19127
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Center City 19102
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Business
The ugly mountain of crushed metal heaped at the foot of the Platt Memorial Bridge near the airport - the gateway to Philadelphia for millions of visitors - could soon be gone.
Politics
John P. Murtha, 77, the powerful dean of Pennsylvania's congressional delegation who survived scandal and seismic political shifts to become the longest-serving House member from the state, died yesterday at a hospital in Arlington, Va., after complications from gallbladder surgery.
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