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Author: Alex Boisvert

Re-introducing Umiaq

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…

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Crossword Tools

Puzzle #136: Going Too Far (with Quiara!)

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…

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Collabs

Puzzle #135: Kirby Air Riders

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…

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Crosswords

Puzzle #134: Due Rue (Seven Sages)

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 (+)…

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Crossword Tools

Puzzle #133: Great 8

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…

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Eight Tracks

Puzzle #132: Go ‘Topes! (gridlock)

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…

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Gridlock

Puzzle #131: The Crave (Jelly Roll)

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…

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Crossword Tools

Puzzle #130: Girl Dinner (feat. Kelsey!)

PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | iPuz Download It’s a themed crossword, and a collab with Kelsey! This theme came about, as so many do, via a discussion on a Twitch stream. So we made it a reality! It is a blessing and a joy to be able to work with Kelsey, and I just regret…

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Collabs

Puzzle #129: All The Caffeine (snake charmer)

PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | iPuz Download Oh, man, it’s been too long. Let’s do a Snake Charmer puzzle. Remember how these work? Each entry begins in the correspondingly numbered square and snakes around the grid, ending in the square immediately before the next number in order. Entry 29 ends just before square 1, and…

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Puzzles

Puzzle #128: Oh Dang It (Marching Bands!)

PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | JPZ Download As part of my quest to write at least one of every type of variety puzzle, here’s a Marching Bands! If you’ve never done one of these before, here’s how it works: In this themeless variant, answers appear in two different directions, Rows and Bands. Each Row has…

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Marching Bands

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