Denny (aka Holden) Baker works in the back of the Litz Brothers Cafe. You might have seen him "out of the kitchen" with his wife Nancy at the 2001 crossword tourney (see picture below right). Not only did he convert classic daily puzzles for the "second" puzzle on Habanero Tuesday, he is also a veteran crossword constructor. He has been published in the New York Times, New York Sun, Los Angeles Times, Universal Press Syndicate, GAMES and Dell to name a few.
1957 NY Times litzed by "Denny" (available in a zip file):
| Mar 09 by W.E. Jones | Apr 02 by Eugene T. Maleska | May 1 by H.L. Risteen | June 1 by J.F. Kelly |
| Mar 11 by Helen Fasulo | Apr 03 by Roberta Morse | May 2 by Jack Luzzatto | June 5 by Jack Luzzatto |
| Mar 12 by H.L. Risteen | Apr 05 by Helen Fasulo | May 6 by Walt Clark | June 6 by Thomas Meekin |
| Mar 13 by Mel Taub | Apr 06 by Helen K. Whitman | May 7 by A.H. Drummond, Jr. | June 7 by Harold T. Bers |
| Mar 14 by Madeline Corse | Apr 10 by Herbert Ettenson | May 8 by Eugene T. Maleska | June 8 by Charles Allen |
| Mar 15 by Sidney Lambert | Apr 11 by Jack Luzzatto | May 9 by Thomas Meekin | June 10 by Helen Bernard |
| Mar 16 by Eugene T. Maleska | Apr 13 by Diana Sessions | May 11 by W.E. Jones | June 11 by Mel Taub |
| Mar 18 by Walt Clark | Apr 15 by Roberta Morse | May 12 by Eugene T. Maleska | June 12 by Jack Luzzatto |
| Mar 19 by Helen Smathers | Apr 16 by Eugene T. Maleska | May 14 by A.H. Drummond Jr. | June 13 by Helen K. Whitman |
| Mar 20 by S.A. Kay | Apr 17 by Thomas Meekin | May 15 by Herbert Ettenson | June 14 by Herbert Ettenson |
| Mar 21 by H.L. Risteen | Apr 18 by Jules Arensberg | May 16 by Peter L. Tea, Jr. | June 15 by Eugene T. Maleska |
| Mar 22 by Eugene T. Maleska | Apr 19 by H.L. Risteen | May 18 by Marion Moeser | June 17 by S.A. Kay |
| Mar 23 by S.A. Kay | Apr 20 by Thomas Meekin | May 21 by Geraldine King | June 18 by A.H. Drummond Jr. |
| Mar 25 by Helen Fasulo | Apr 22 by Madeline Corse | May 22 by Madeline Corse | June 19 by Joseph LaFauci |
| Mar 27 by Jules Arensberg | Apr 23 by Bernice Gordon | May 23 by S.A. Kay | June 20 by H.L. Risteen |
| Mar 28 by A.H. Drummond, Jr | Apr 24 by Herbert Lyle | May 24 by Jack Luzzatto | June 21 by Jules Arensberg |
| Mar 29 by Eugene T. Maleska | Apr 25 by Helen Fasulo | May 25 by A.H. Drummond, Jr. | June 22 by Eugene T. Maleska |
| Mar 30 by J.F. Kelly | Apr 26 by Eugene T. Maleska | May 27 by Helen Fasulo | June 24 by Herbert Lyle |
| Apr 27 by A.H. Drummond, Jr. | May 28 by H.L. Ristein | June 25 by Thomas Meekin | |
| Apr 29 by Walt Clark | May 29 by Bernice Gordon | ||
| Apr 30 by Joseph LaFauci | May 30 by Eugene T. Maleska |