Crosswords and Crossword Tools
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Yacht Rock puzzle #8! Just a handful more of these to go. Only a few theme entries in this one so we’re going with an unusual grid. Hope you enjoy! A thousand thanks to Kate for the test-solve. Go check out her latest themeless! Enjoy the solve, and…
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Our first spiral! We’re still trying to figure out what’s the best for these. Do you lean toward more overlap between words, or does that not matter as much? We’ll see how this one is received. Also! Quick note — one of these clues pretty obviously dupes its…
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PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Titling coded crosswords is a challenge. The plan for this one was to hint at some grid entries. We’ll see how it plays. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept of a coded crossword, here’s the rundown: Each answer in a kaidoku, or coded crossword, is a common, lowercase…
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Back with a new acrostic! Thanks so much to Ajay and Kate for the test-solves. We think you’ll like this one. I also highly recommend this puzzle’s source material; definitely check it out if you haven’t already. Enjoy the solve, and as always, if you plan to solve…
PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver Pretty sure I don’t need to introduce my co-author today, but in case you hadn’t heard, Brendan Quigley has been pumping out crosswords for years in all the outlets including over 1400 at his own site. He recently constructed a cryptic crossword as part of the AVCX Kickstarter…
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PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Hi! You see that video above? You can just skip it. It’s by far the worst of the Yacht Rock series. I don’t even know why they bothered making it. And the title isn’t even the name of a song! We do have a midi-sized puzzle today named…
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PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver More grid art today. Did you know Super Mario Bros. sprites are 16×16, which makes them the perfect size for this kind of thing? Enjoy the solve, and as always, if you plan to solve on Twitch, let us know about it!
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver I don’t know why it took me this long to do a grid art crossword, especially since I’m a big pixel art fan. Expect more grids like this soon! Enjoy the solve, and as always, if you plan to solve on Twitch, let us know about it!
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver I see fewer acrostics these days than we did in the acrostic boom of the summer of ’21. Let’s take a step toward fixing that. Enjoy the solve, and as always, if you plan to solve on Twitch, let us know about it!
PUZZLE LINKS: Online Solver Reaction to our last coded cryptic was mostly positive, so let’s do it again. There was one common complaint, which is that most solvers didn’t look at all the cryptic clues. They used a few to find a foothold and then filled in the grid using the code, which is fine,…