Puzzle #40: Twister (spiral)
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!
Author: Alex Boisvert
Puzzle #39: Idle Money (acrostic)
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Let’s do another acrostic! Thanks to Jibby for the test-solve. Enjoy the solve!
Puzzle #38: Rosanna (collab with Quiara Vasquez!)
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 #37: Double Play (a variety kaidoku!)
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 #36: Sound Tracks (collab with meatdaddy!)
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 #35: Supermajority (a “Two Outta Three Ain’t Bad” puzzle)
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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Puzzle #34: Gino (The Manager)
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver The Yacht Rock series of puzzles continues! You can find the others here. It was not easy to come up with a puzzle with this title. I think we ended up with something pretty good. Thanks to Kelsey for the test-solve! Enjoy the solve, and as always, if…
Crossword Embedding Options
So you want to make a crossword blog but you don’t know what your options are for embedding crosswords into it? Or maybe you have a crossword blog and the embed method you’re using isn’t working for you? Follow along as we go through the various options so you can decide what’s best for you.
Puzzle #33: Infraction Fabrication (Acrostic)
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver It’s an acrostic. You know the drill by now. Thanks to Kate for her ever-invaluable feedback. Enjoy the solve!
Snake Charmer Construction
Did you enjoy our Snake Charmer puzzle last week? Did it inspire you to try to make your own? Well, you’re in luck, because we’ve released a tool to help you do just that. Check out the Snake Charmer Construction Tool, now available on our GitHub site. If you tried the Spiral tool the interface…