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PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver Marx Brothers puzzle #3 features language guy Ben Zimmer, and without giving too much away, this theme is right up his alley. We had a lot of fun working on this and we think you’ll like it too! Oh, and if you don’t understand the theme, maybe give…
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PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver It’s Marx Brothers puzzle #2! In general I don’t like movies, but I love this one. Possibly my favorite movie of all time. This is a theme conceit I’ve been wanting to try for a while! I think it came out pretty good, though it may be on…
PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver It’s a crossword. It’s by me. If you like crosswords by me, you might like this one. Norah test-solved this one! Did you see her super-cool Lemonade Disco puzzle? Enjoy the solve!
PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver Hello 2023! Let’s kick off the year with another collab, this time featuring Bob Weisz! He suggested the revealer in the fifteens-channel on Crosscord and we worked together to make it into the puzzle you’ve got today. We’re on the same cluing wavelength, so it was a real…
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PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver We’re closing out the year with a collaboration with Will Eisenberg! This is our (checks notes) first collab together? Holy cow, how is that possible? Anyway, this was a super fun puzzle to work on with him, and hopefully we get to do it again some day. Thanks…
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PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver I am delighted to bring you this collaboration with… well, I can’t tell you, because the meta answer is my co-constructor for this puzzle. Without giving too much away, I can tell you that they wrote all the clues for this puzzle, subject to some very light editing…
PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver New puzzle featuring the wonderful Howard Barkin! This collab started like so many of mine, with me pitching an extremely dumb idea to someone I thought might be receptive to it. To my delight, Howard accepted, and together we made this larger-than-usual puzzle. As you might have suspected,…
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PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver Write what you know, right? I’m a huge fan of the Marx Brothers, so we’re going to do a series of 11 puzzles, one for each of their Paramount and MGM films. If I’m feeling especially motivated, I’ll do the two UA films too, but no one cares…
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PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver What? But it’s not Friday! Why is there a puzzle? Well, special occasion: there’s a walkout at the NYT today and in solidarity we’ve been asked not to engage with any NYT content, including the games. If you’re looking for the Spelling Bee, why not do Hexagon Lexicon…
PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver I half-jokingly pitched a very silly idea to Quiara a while back, and a few days later she said Yeah. We know this isn’t a super-serious puzzle, so we made the grid design and clues reflect it. We think it’s fun and test-solver Kate agrees! So we hope…
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