Crosswords and Crossword Tools
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…
PUZZLE LINK: Online Solver Happy to work with meatdaddy again after our previous wildly successful collab! They were the perfect person to work with on this puzzle because … well, if you know meatdaddy, you’ll see why. Thanks go out to Will for giving this one a once-over for us! Enjoy the solve, and…
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PUZZLE LINKS: PDF Download | iPuz Download | Online Solver Presenting a puzzle type we really enjoy, invented by our friend Joon — it’s a “Two Outta Three Ain’t Bad” puzzle! What is such a puzzle? Glad you asked. Each answer in this puzzle is a lowercase dictionary word. Clues come in three types:…
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