Litzmas 1999 (Fifty Years of Puzzles)

These twelve puzzles were reprinted in celebration of 50 years of New York Times Sunday crossword puzzles. Once I caught wind of their existence, it wasn't too long before I came up with the idea of "12 Days of Litzmas". Hugh was a great help in getting these Litzed in time for everyone's stocking and Beth helped with the graphics on "Typographics".  Here are the puzzles from Litzmas 1999, available in a zip file:

• Headlines and Footnotes (Charles Erlenkotter - Feb 15, 1942)
• Bird In Hand (Jules Arensberg - July 25, 1954)
• Figuratively Speaking (Herb Ettenson - Nov 23, 1958)
• Joe Miller Motif (Will Weng - Nov 11, 1962)
• Stepquote Speciality (Eugene T. Maleska - July 12, 1964)
• Adverbs a la Tom Swift (Edward J. O'Brien - Mar 22, 1970)
• Spot Announcements (William Lutwiniak - Jan 14, 1973)
• Greetings a la Berlitz (Anne Fox - Dec 23, 1973)
• Scrambling Around (Frances Hansen - April 12, 1977)
• Typographics (Maura B. Jacobson - July 26, 1981)
• Shakespearean Olympics (Bert Rosenfield - Nov 25, 1984)
• Planted Antonyms (Ernst Theimer - March 30, 1986)

The bonus puzzle was the Sunday puzzle on the 50th anniversary (celebrated Feb 16, 1992) was "Crypt-teaser" by Joel D. Lafargue.

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