WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 5: The Washington Post Building at One Franklin Square in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) I could hardly believe it when I saw The Washington Post’s new ...

Evan Birnholz is the Sunday crossword writer for The Washington Post Magazine. He lives in Philadelphia and keeps an archive of his pre-Post puzzles on his website, Devil Cross.

Here's how it works: We search our database of thousands of Washington, D.C.-area singles until we find a pair with romance potential. Then we send them out on a blind date on our dime and report the ...