Register belatedly for the 2008 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. (You can still compete on-line.)
Blogs: Diary of a Crossword Fiend, Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle, Daily Crossword Drawings, NYT Xword in Gothic.
Software: Download the free Across
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Macintosh users should consider Black Ink.
Acknowledgments: I owe this all to Will Johnston, whose Puzzle Pointers page I have shamelessly cribbed.