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Author: Alex Boisvert

Puzzle #14: Dangerzone (collab with Norah Sharpe!)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Man, the titles of the Yacht Rock series are so damn weird. Like, this episode is clearly about the writing of Sweet Freedom, but the episode is titled for the song Danger Zone … and it’s all smushed together as one word for some reason. Also: this episode…

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The Crossword Nexus Anagram Finder

Anagram Finder Sometimes you’re working on a wordplay project and need to find some anagrams.  Where do you turn?  The Internet Anagram Server is good if you’re looking for arbitrary anagrams, but not great if you want your anagrams to be real phrases.  Anagram Solver is good but I have two complaints about it —…

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Puzzle #13: Cereal Killer (Acrostic)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver The above video is not a spoiler. The one at this link is, however, and you should definitely watch it after solving. Enjoy the solve, and as always, if you plan to solve on Twitch, let us know about it!

Acrostic

Puzzle #12: I Keep Forgettin’

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Yacht Rock Puzzle #4 today. This episode has my favorite line of the whole series, and this puzzle has a gimmick I think you’ll like. Thanks to Kate, Chris, and Jacob for their test-solves. Enjoy the solve, and as always, if you plan to solve on Twitch, let…

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Puzzle #11: Kaidoku

Online Solver Man, this takes me back. Years and years ago, Matt Gaffney, Joon Pahk and I ran dozens of Kaidoku (otherwise known as “coded crosswords”) on my now-defunct blog.  Well I think it’s about time to bring these things back, so here’s one from the archives.  How does a Kaidoku work, you ask?  Well:…

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Hexagon Lexicon

Have you ever wanted to make your own version of the NYT’s Spelling Bee?  Sure, it’s easy to just put down seven letters on a piece of paper, but what about scoring?  Acceptable words?  Easy playability?  To my knowledge, something like that doesn’t exist.  Until now! Check out Hexagon Lexicon, our please-don’t-sue-me-named word game that…

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Puzzle #10: Don’t Turn Around (Acrostic)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver  Back with an acrostic today!  I like how this one came out.  Thanks to our test-solvers Chris and Ajay on Crosscord for looking this one over.  Also, at Chris’s suggestion we’ve added a link to our Acrostic Generator to the main site, so it’ll be easier to…

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Submission checker

Want to make sure your puzzle is acceptable before submitting it to a publisher?  Check out our brand-new submission checker, which allows you to choose a file and see if it checks all the boxes a publisher might require.  This includes the clue character count (mandated by Universal and USA Today) and the de-duper functionality…

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Puzzle #9: What A Fool Believes

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver I can’t believe I found an Oscar Wilde quote that fits symmetrically and that no one has used before.  I mean, I literally can’t believe it, so I assume one of two things is true: either (a) someone has used it and I just wasn’t able to find…

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Puzzle #8: Runnin’ With The Devil (collab with Kate Chin Park!)

JPZ | Online Solver  Kate Chin Park– otherwise known as Kate Schmate on her website and on Twitter — collaborated with me on this one, and thank goodness she did, because this puzzle is WAY better than it would have been without her fingerprints on it.  Kate is a pro at all aspects of…

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