Although the calendar was released in 1994 at the beginning of the Shortz era, Googling showed the puzzles were actually from 1987, edited by Maleska. This sat on my dining room table forever as I inched through it, relieved to finally finish December. The type was small (it's a desk calendar) and the clues were often old-fashioned crosswordese. Not a snappy experience, but not horrible. ( )