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PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Man, is this a dumb puzzle. You know what’s not dumb? Donating money to fund pediatric cancer research and getting some sweet puzzles for your efforts! Thanks to everyone who’s already donated, and thanks to you if you’re donating today! Enjoy the solve!
There are many, many puzzle types out there which have clues decoupled from the entries. In a standard crossword, you know exactly where a word should go once you read the clue, but in these puzzles that detail is left for you to figure out. Nathan Curtis in particular has been making a lot of…
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Proper names in acrostics are really something. Some of you will plop in clue A immediately, some will get it after filling in a few words of the quote, and some of you won’t know this person at all. It’s okay! Feel free to do a “reveal” wherever…
Have you ever had to clue a puzzle, and you get to a boring word like “felt” and wish you had some good way to clue it? Maybe options like these would work for you. These are the options spit out by our new tool, the “Onion Clue” generator. Just type in the word (or…
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver A puzzle from the archives today! This one was originally published over a decade ago at the now-defunct Crossword Fiend Forum. I cleaned up the clues and fill a bit, had Will test it out, and here it is! Enjoy. But wait, there’s more! I signed up for…
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PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver You ever have an idea that’s real stupid but you talk to some people about it and they all encourage you to do it, so then you have to do it? Yeah. Thanks to Kate for the test-solve. We had a recent collab you should go solve because…
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PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Let’s twist again! Like we did this winter. Thanks to Will for the test-solve! He had a puzzle yesterday, you should go solve it. Enjoy the solve!
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Let’s do another acrostic! Thanks to Jibby for the test-solve. Enjoy the solve!
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Bittersweet moment here at Nexus HQ as we’ve got the last Yacht Rock puzzle for you today! It’s been quite a ride. You can find the whole series here. Who better to end the series with than Crossword Person Extraordinaire and yacht rock superfan Quiara Vasquez! It…
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PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Anyone else excited baseball is back? To celebrate, we’re running a variety kaidoku. Years ago I posted a bunch of these, but it’s likely most of you have never seen one, so: Most entries in a variety kaidoku are common, lowercase English words. A few entries are…