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Puzzle #17: #ForTheA

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Look, if you didn’t think I would make a crossword to acknowledge a certain recent event, you don’t know me very well.  But after solving this puzzle, you’ll know me a little better!  These one-way interactions on the internet are weird. Enjoy the solve, and as always, if…

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Crosswords

Puzzle #16: Coded Cryptic (collab with Liari and Frisco!)

PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | PDF | Online Solver EDIT (8:11 AM Pacific): A few missing clues have been added, and an enumeration fixed. We’ve got a very special puzzle for you today, a hybrid coded and cryptic. Here are the instructions for such a thing: Each answer in a coded crossword is a common,…

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Cryptic

Puzzle #15: Sugar Rush (Acrostic)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver It’s All Cake? by Popskyy Suggested solving music above. I’m a big fan of Popskyy, and not just because he explicitly allows his music to be used in streams. Chiptunes 4eva! This puzzle was an absolute bear to fill. Typically the acrostic generator can find fill for an…

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Acrostic

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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Crosswords

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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Crosswords

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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Kaidoku

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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Acrostic

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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Crosswords

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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