Roger H. Courtney author page
13 puzzles by Roger H. Courtney (1934-2018)
Roger H. Courtney, a longtime radio announcer, had 13 crosswords in the Times between 1986 and 1995. He had a puzzle on every day of the week except Sunday.
He was also published by Simon & Schuster, the Los Angeles Times, and other outlets.
"It's fascinating and creative and exacting," he said in a 1990 interview. "I spend a lot of time with words, and I enjoy coming up with interesting themes and doing all the research. I used to do bowling. Now I'm addicted to crosswords."
His radio broadcasting career began in Bradenton, Florida, in the 1960s.
"I did everything at the station back then," he said. "I was news editor and production man. I covered meetings and helped broadcast the Pittsburgh Pirates spring training games. Everything was new to me, and I was eager to learn."
He went on to work as an announcer and news editor at stations in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. In the 1970s, he hosted a daily talk show at WFLA in Tampa called "Ask the Expert."
Roger Harry Courtney was born in 1934 in Missouri, the son of Daniel Courtney, a radio operator for the Army Corps. of Engineers, and Mildred (Yost) Courtney, a homemaker.
He passed away in 2018 at the age of 84.
3 Modern Era daily crosswords by Roger H. Courtney
| A | L | E | R | T | A | S | I | A | W | A | F | T | ||
| L | A | V | E | R | L | I | O | N | I | B | I | S | ||
| T | H | E | F | A | L | L | G | U | Y | N | A | D | A | |
| O | R | R | M | I | E | N | W | E | T | T | E | R | ||
| S | P | A | N | T | H | E | E | |||||||
| H | A | R | P | E | R | F | R | E | E | R | E | I | N | |
| A | W | A | R | D | P | O | O | R | S | A | M | E | ||
| G | O | B | I | S | E | R | V | E | T | U | B | A | ||
| A | K | I | N | T | E | T | E | C | A | D | E | T | ||
| R | E | D | G | R | A | V | E | T | O | L | E | D | O | |
| F | O | R | E | A | R | N | E | |||||||
| R | E | D | E | Y | E | S | H | U | T | G | A | P | ||
| A | V | I | V | S | U | M | M | E | R | T | I | M | E | |
| G | A | M | E | A | L | E | E | O | I | L | E | R | ||
| U | S | E | R | T | E | E | D | L | E | A | S | T |
| C | R | A | P | E | D | A | M | P | N | O | M | S | ||
| O | I | L | E | D | O | M | A | R | O | R | A | L | ||
| S | C | O | L | D | M | O | L | E | V | A | L | E | ||
| T | H | E | L | I | B | E | R | T | Y | B | E | L | L | E |
| M | E | A | D | E | R | N | E | S | T | |||||
| A | T | T | E | S | T | M | E | D | I | A | ||||
| C | O | A | L | A | A | R | O | N | T | A | U | |||
| H | A | U | L | S | O | F | C | O | N | G | R | E | S | S |
| E | D | T | P | R | I | E | S | E | L | I | S | |||
| D | I | E | T | S | O | H | D | E | A | R | ||||
| A | C | T | O | R | S | M | O | O | R | |||||
| T | H | E | M | E | T | A | L | O | F | H | O | N | O | R |
| R | E | N | I | E | W | E | R | O | V | I | N | E | ||
| I | R | O | N | I | N | O | N | H | E | L | E | N | ||
| A | E | R | O | A | S | I | S | O | R | E | A | D |
| A | M | A | T | I | A | M | I | E | S | E | T | S | ||
| R | U | N | I | N | B | O | O | S | T | R | I | O | ||
| K | N | O | C | K | A | B | O | U | T | R | I | L | L | |
| S | I | N | B | L | E | D | I | C | I | C | L | E | ||
| B | L | A | S | A | M | O | K | |||||||
| C | E | L | L | O | S | T | R | A | D | E | W | A | R | |
| E | L | I | O | T | H | I | R | T | F | A | T | A | ||
| S | L | O | W | H | E | N | I | E | O | L | A | V | ||
| A | I | N | T | O | A | T | S | F | R | E | R | E | ||
| R | E | S | O | U | N | D | S | T | O | C | S | I | N | |
| R | T | E | S | L | O | R | E | |||||||
| P | R | I | C | E | Y | I | O | T | A | D | U | E | ||
| R | I | C | H | P | U | N | C | H | B | O | A | R | D | |
| A | L | O | E | O | R | C | A | I | C | I | N | G | ||
| Y | E | N | S | T | E | A | L | T | A | S | S | E |
10 pre-Shortz crosswords by Roger H. Courtney
| P | E | A | T | V | A | P | O | R | O | A | T | S | ||
| A | N | T | E | A | C | O | D | E | U | R | A | L | ||
| C | O | U | N | T | S | H | E | E | P | T | I | C | O | |
| A | L | B | E | R | T | S | R | E | A | L | L | O | T | |
| M | A | L | A | M | A | S | S | |||||||
| S | L | E | E | P | Y | H | O | L | L | O | W | |||
| C | O | I | N | S | E | M | E | E | R | D | I | S | ||
| A | I | N | T | A | N | E | A | R | S | O | D | A | ||
| R | N | S | G | L | I | N | S | P | I | P | E | R | ||
| W | A | K | E | S | T | H | E | D | E | A | D | |||
| F | E | E | L | A | E | R | E | |||||||
| M | O | N | D | A | L | E | T | R | O | L | L | E | Y | |
| A | R | A | G | I | N | S | O | M | N | I | A | C | S | |
| M | A | T | E | N | O | R | M | A | N | I | C | E | ||
| E | Y | E | D | E | S | S | E | N | E | D | E | R |
| B | A | R | B | R | A | B | I | D | B | R | A | N | ||
| A | L | I | A | E | L | I | T | E | L | O | S | E | ||
| W | I | T | C | H | H | A | Z | E | L | A | S | T | O | |
| L | E | A | K | I | E | R | M | I | S | S | I | O | N | |
| S | R | A | V | O | T | E | R | S | ||||||
| S | K | E | L | E | T | O | N | K | E | Y | S | |||
| C | O | D | A | S | T | I | A | R | A | G | A | L | ||
| A | L | O | P | B | O | O | B | S | P | O | M | E | ||
| R | A | M | P | I | E | R | O | A | A | R | O | N | ||
| G | H | O | S | T | B | U | S | T | E | R | S | |||
| A | R | A | R | A | T | N | I | E | ||||||
| C | A | L | O | R | I | C | A | W | A | R | E | O | F | |
| A | M | B | O | C | O | F | F | I | N | N | A | I | L | |
| S | E | E | M | A | R | Y | A | N | A | S | T | I | ||
| T | E | E | S | L | A | I | R | D | L | E | A | P |
| A | S | T | A | C | L | A | R | A | S | A | L | E | ||
| R | O | A | R | L | U | R | E | D | O | L | A | V | ||
| M | A | R | E | A | N | I | T | A | F | A | R | E | ||
| P | A | N | A | M | A | L | I | M | I | T | E | D | ||
| A | L | P | R | E | N | E | ||||||||
| F | A | L | S | E | E | K | E | A | N | S | E | R | ||
| I | R | E | E | G | O | P | L | E | N | T | Y | |||
| R | E | A | D | I | N | G | R | A | I | L | R | O | A | D |
| S | T | R | I | D | E | E | R | N | O | P | E | |||
| T | E | N | S | E | A | A | R | R | I | P | E | R | ||
| T | A | R | P | S | A | C | ||||||||
| T | H | E | S | U | P | E | R | C | H | I | E | F | ||
| G | O | O | N | B | E | T | T | E | E | R | I | N | ||
| B | R | E | D | L | A | T | E | N | S | I | N | O | ||
| S | O | D | S | E | R | A | S | E | T | E | E | D |
| F | S | T | A | R | T | A | C | T | F | G | E | S | ||
| S | P | I | T | E | A | L | A | R | W | R | A | P | ||
| P | I | T | T | A | P | E | R | I | H | A | R | E | ||
| O | R | L | E | I | N | T | E | N | S | E | ||||
| T | E | E | S | N | U | M | B | E | R | E | D | |||
| T | I | A | R | A | S | A | L | I | K | E | ||||
| A | S | U | S | T | I | R | E | O | N | S | ||||
| W | I | L | D | E | S | I | P | A | R | S | O | N | ||
| O | S | A | R | M | E | S | A | E | W | E | ||||
| L | I | N | E | N | T | B | E | A | R | S | ||||
| B | A | S | E | B | A | L | L | E | P | I | C | |||
| O | S | A | M | U | E | L | R | E | N | O | ||||
| A | L | T | I | R | I | P | S | E | B | A | L | L | ||
| T | O | O | L | I | N | E | E | O | I | L | E | D | ||
| A | E | R | Y | E | D | G | E | O | A | S | T | S |
| L | I | S | T | D | I | T | T | O | V | A | S | T | ||
| O | V | E | R | A | B | I | E | S | A | G | H | A | ||
| S | A | T | E | L | L | I | T | E | S | S | A | A | R | |
| E | N | T | A | I | L | S | M | I | S | S | I | L | E | |
| T | E | A | C | H | A | N | T | S | ||||||
| I | N | T | E | R | S | T | E | L | L | A | R | |||
| L | E | E | R | S | A | D | E | E | M | A | C | T | ||
| E | R | A | S | S | T | I | E | S | P | R | A | E | ||
| S | O | L | S | T | A | L | K | G | O | E | R | S | ||
| T | E | R | R | E | S | T | R | I | A | L | S | |||
| A | S | S | U | R | E | R | A | S | ||||||
| P | L | A | N | E | T | S | C | O | C | O | O | N | S | |
| P | O | L | E | C | H | A | L | L | E | N | G | E | R | |
| A | P | E | R | H | O | R | A | L | E | L | I | A | ||
| L | E | S | S | Y | E | A | N | S | D | E | N | S |
| R | O | A | N | O | H | M | S | R | A | F | T | |||
| A | B | R | I | L | E | V | I | A | G | A | R | |||
| J | I | A | N | G | Z | E | M | I | N | L | I | N | E | |
| S | T | E | L | A | S | I | N | O | L | O | G | Y | ||
| T | A | N | G | I | F | F | Y | |||||||
| G | R | E | E | N | E | R | E | M | E | E | R | S | ||
| R | A | V | E | D | E | E | R | I | E | N | A | E | ||
| E | R | I | N | R | A | N | I | N | B | E | D | E | ||
| T | E | T | F | E | T | E | S | F | E | R | A | L | ||
| A | R | A | B | I | A | E | D | I | T | O | R | S | ||
| E | L | L | I | N | I | E | R | |||||||
| L | I | N | G | L | I | N | G | A | R | A | R | A | ||
| E | L | E | E | Z | H | A | O | Z | I | Y | A | N | G | |
| F | I | A | T | E | O | U | S | E | Z | I | O | |||
| T | A | T | S | S | T | D | S | D | E | L | A |
| E | A | S | T | A | L | I | S | T | R | E | E | F | ||
| F | R | A | U | P | I | N | T | A | E | N | T | O | ||
| T | A | L | C | E | N | D | O | R | S | O | A | R | ||
| M | A | K | E | A | G | O | O | D | F | I | S | T | ||
| E | R | R | P | E | R | S | ||||||||
| L | U | C | R | E | O | P | S | A | T | O | N | E | ||
| I | S | O | T | W | O | S | N | O | R | E | R | |||
| A | U | S | T | R | A | L | I | A | N | C | R | A | W | L |
| R | A | T | H | E | R | S | A | Y | L | E | E | |||
| S | L | A | I | N | S | E | R | B | E | E | R | S | ||
| N | I | S | H | S | I | R | ||||||||
| K | A | N | G | A | R | O | O | C | O | U | R | T | ||
| M | I | L | E | B | I | B | L | E | P | A | A | R | ||
| O | N | E | R | O | N | I | O | N | T | R | E | E | ||
| A | G | E | S | T | E | T | R | A | S | A | L | T |
| A | M | B | I | N | A | B | O | B | B | R | A | Y | ||
| L | E | A | S | I | T | A | L | O | R | E | N | E | ||
| V | E | R | S | I | C | O | L | O | R | A | N | S | A | |
| A | T | T | U | N | E | S | R | E | E | N | T | E | R | |
| A | I | N | A | D | D | E | R | S | ||||||
| C | H | A | N | T | E | R | E | L | L | E | S | |||
| A | W | A | C | S | O | L | E | I | N | E | A | T | ||
| P | A | R | E | M | O | A | T | S | I | S | L | E | ||
| P | I | E | C | O | S | T | I | E | N | A | T | E | ||
| E | A | R | T | H | T | O | N | G | U | E | S | |||
| O | M | E | L | E | T | N | O | R | ||||||
| P | A | R | S | N | I | P | R | E | C | A | S | T | S | |
| E | X | I | T | M | Y | C | O | P | H | I | L | E | S | |
| R | I | C | O | E | R | A | S | E | N | A | S | T | ||
| A | M | A | N | R | E | T | A | R | S | G | T | S |
| U | P | A | S | D | A | C | C | A | A | H | A | B | ||
| S | A | N | E | O | D | O | R | S | R | A | V | I | ||
| M | E | T | R | O | N | O | M | E | S | I | R | A | N | |
| C | R | A | B | B | E | P | E | A | S | M | I | G | ||
| E | T | A | P | I | S | T | O | L | S | |||||
| R | H | A | P | S | O | D | Y | L | E | A | N | |||
| H | A | V | R | E | D | A | R | E | K | I | D | S | ||
| O | R | A | I | F | E | L | I | D | E | Z | R | A | ||
| S | I | N | E | O | D | I | N | A | M | E | E | R | ||
| T | S | A | R | E | S | O | T | E | R | I | C | |||
| R | A | G | T | I | M | E | E | A | T | |||||
| A | V | A | R | I | I | S | R | I | C | H | E | S | ||
| G | I | R | L | C | L | A | V | I | C | H | O | R | D | |
| E | N | D | S | A | A | R | O | N | A | R | I | A | ||
| D | E | E | D | S | T | I | N | G | T | A | N | K |
| C | R | A | B | M | I | S | S | A | C | A | M | E | ||
| P | O | L | A | A | D | I | O | S | A | L | A | S | ||
| L | I | M | N | L | E | A | N | S | N | A | S | T | ||
| L | A | K | E | T | A | N | G | A | N | Y | I | K | A | |
| R | A | Y | S | S | O | O | ||||||||
| M | I | N | O | R | A | S | S | E | N | T | E | R | ||
| A | T | I | L | T | A | N | T | I | O | L | E | |||
| Y | E | L | L | O | W | S | T | O | N | E | L | A | K | E |
| B | M | E | R | I | E | L | T | I | D | E | S | |||
| E | S | S | A | Y | E | R | S | H | E | S | S | E | ||
| L | E | N | S | W | I | G | ||||||||
| A | N | T | A | R | C | T | I | C | O | C | E | A | N | |
| M | O | O | R | H | A | D | O | N | M | E | A | D | ||
| A | L | I | I | E | X | I | N | G | A | R | T | E | ||
| T | A | L | C | S | I | D | E | S | N | O | O | N |