Crosswords and Crossword Tools
Are you familiar with Mechapuzzle? If you’re a fan of meta-crosswords, or “contest crosswords” like the kind you might find at the WSJ or MGWCC, then you might find its analysis useful to help you solve the meta-puzzle. Up until recently, though, it only accepted .puz files, which (1) ewwww and (2) they had to…
Most of you know about the Crossword Butler, and the butler is great, but he has only been serving up American-style crosswords. What can you do if you’re hankering for some cryptic-style snacks? Well, good news, because our butler made a friend. Introducing Cryptic Crossword Butler, serving up cryptics both American and British, despite his…
PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver Pretty sure I don’t need to introduce my co-author today, but in case you hadn’t heard, Brendan Quigley has been pumping out crosswords for years in all the outlets including over 1400 at his own site. He recently constructed a cryptic crossword as part of the AVCX Kickstarter…
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It’s been a while since we’ve had any updates about crossword tools here at Crossword Nexus, but that doesn’t mean nothing has been going on. While we don’t have any big announcements quite yet, there have been many improvements to our offerings: The Crossword Nexus Solver now has the “Notepad” available from the “File” dropdown,…
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Hi! You see that video above? You can just skip it. It’s by far the worst of the Yacht Rock series. I don’t even know why they bothered making it. And the title isn’t even the name of a song! We do have a midi-sized puzzle today named…
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PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver More grid art today. Did you know Super Mario Bros. sprites are 16×16, which makes them the perfect size for this kind of thing? Enjoy the solve, and as always, if you plan to solve on Twitch, let us know about it!