Crosswords and Crossword Tools
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | JPZ Download Whoa, we haven’t posted here in a while! Time to fix that with a two-tone puzzle! Enjoy. Hey, do you like variety puzzles like this one? I’m participating in the Newport Dunes triathlon in November, and there’s an associated fundraiser. If you donate any amount, you’ll receive four…
PUZZLE LINK: Online Solver Last time we ran a seven sages puzzle, our friend Kelsey suggested we call it a “stained glass” puzzle instead. I think this makes sense, since “seven sages” really only applies if the included quote is sage advice somehow. The quote in this puzzle most definitely is not. How does this…
PUZZLE LINK: Online Solver Hey, look, it’s a puzzle that looks like a flower power but isn’t quite. Here are the instructions for this one: The answer to each clue in this puzzle is five letters long and should be entered in a curve starting in the correspondingly numbered space and proceeding clockwise. If you…
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A while back we introduced our “Qat-lite” tool called Umiaq. It worked … okay back then but (a) it was slow (b) it didn’t have a bunch of functionality and (c) it was in Python, which is a barrier to entry for some people. Still, we thought it had promise because it allowed you to…
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | iPuz Download As the title implies, this is a Going Too Far puzzle featuring Quiara Vasquez! We’ve been working on this puzzle on and off for about a year (!!) so we’re happy to finally present it here. Did you know you can make this type of puzzle too? Just…
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | JPZ Download Here’s a puzzle we released for the triathlon fundraiser we did in 2023. Why release it to the public now? Well, it’s because I signed up for the Newport Beach Triathlon this year, and I’ll be once again sending a puzzle pack to anyone who donates as part…
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver Yet another puzzle type only presentable in PDF or in the variety puzzle solver, and it’s yet another puzzle type invented by the one and only Patrick Berry. How does it work? Each answer in this puzzle is seven letters long and encircles the correspondingly numbered space, reading either clockwise (+)…
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver (Harder) | Online Solver (Easier) Over on Tyler’s stream someone (I’m sorry I forgot who!) suggested we run a section 8 (or eight tracks) puzzle, so here it is! This is a format invented by (who else) Patrick Berry, and we’re proud to present one here. Here’s how it works: How…
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | iPuz Download Welcome back, baseball! It’s been a long winter of non-baseball sports. We’ve got a Gridlock puzzle to celebrate. Remember those? This puzzle consists of five grids with some letters pre-filled. In each grid, you must use letters from a nine-letter word to fill in the nine empty spaces…
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver Today we’re proud to present a Jelly Roll puzzle, a puzzle type invented by Eric Berlin. To my knowledge, he’s the only person to have created a puzzle of this type up until now, but he gave me the go-ahead to run this one. If you’d like to make one of…