Puzzle #152: Sounds Healthy
PUZZLE LINK: Online Solver If you don’t like asymmetric crosswords, this is your chance to turn back. For the rest of you, enjoy the solve!
Category: Crosswords
Puzzle #150: Flying Colors
PUZZLE LINK: Online Solver I got a new Chromebook and I wanted to see if it can run Ingrid. It can! I made this puzzle to test it out. This puzzle is along the lines of what Puzzmo calls an “apt pair” and what Adam Aaronson calls Square Theory — just two theme entries…
Puzzle #148: Dirty Dancing With The Devil (and contest results!)
>>> Solve this puzzle online <<< Pitchers and catchers report! To celebrate, I have here a baseball-heavy crossword that has a theme that has nothing to do with baseball. You’ll like it even if you don’t care about baseball, I promise! Hey, we ran a contest a while back, remember? Well, we have results. But…
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Puzzle #147: Chain Chain Chain (crossword with meta)
SOLVER LINK: Online Solver Quiara pitched me on a crossword idea and she immediately hooked me. She said she didn’t want co-author credit for this puzzle, but I for sure wanted to give her credit for the idea. Thanks, Q! Hey, it’s a crossword with a meta element! Here are your instructions: The meta answer…
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Puzzle #145: Bearing Fruit
>>> Solve this puzzle online <<< Happy 2026 everyone! If you’re looking for a New Year’s Resolution, may I suggest dropping Across Lite for good? XWord is an excellent option, and of course there’s always the Crossword Nexus Solver, which you can install to your Desktop if you’d like. The fewer people solving on Across…
Puzzle #142: Gift of Gab
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver | iPuz Download Putting out a crossword today to announce that our solver has better mobile support! Huge, huge thanks go out to Dob from CrossweirdTV (go give them a follow!) for doing nearly all the work to make this happen. Anyway, if you’re on a phone or tablet, feel free…
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…
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…
Puzzle #125: Aren’t We a Pair? (contest crossword!)
PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz file | Online Solver Good news, everybody! Brooke Husic and Will Nediger, in collaboration with studio A24, have just released a book of 99 TV crosswords. They were nice enough to ask me to write a few puzzles for it, including one with a celebrity collaborator. In celebration of the release, we’ve…
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Puzzle #119: Go Forth and Multiply
PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver It’s another crossword! I remember how to make these! Exciting. Good news everyone! You can now solve AVCX trivia puzzles directly from within the AVCX web portal. Just log in and you’ll see a “Solve” link for all future trivia puzzles. Have at it! Do you like acrostic…