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Puzzle #106: “If I May …” (kaidoku)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Hey, if you like variety puzzles, you should definitely go subscribe to Outside The Box puzzles. Year 9 starts soon! And of course you should be subscribed to Nathan Curtis’s Patreon if that applies to you as well. Today’s variety puzzle from us is a Kaidoku, and as…

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Kaidoku

Puzzle #105: Compete’s Sake (Dropquote/Floatquote)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Do you like puzzle books? Then I can highly recommend Francis Heaney’s Brain Games for Word Nerds (eBay link because I think maybe it’s out of print). In it he shows off some puzzle formats of his own invention, including this one. How does it work? This puzzle…

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Dropquote

Puzzle #104: Dupe There It Is (acrostic with Kelsey!)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver It’s an acrostic with Kelsey! This is one where there were some unavoidable dupes and some avoidable ones we didn’t want to avoid, so we just said “screw it” and went hog with it. We hope you love it! Do you like acrostic puzzles? Join our Patreon! Do…

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Acrostic

Puzzle #103: Where In The World?

 PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver Grid art and a theme? Sure, why not. Thanks go out to Will for testing this one. Do you like acrostic puzzles? Join our Patreon! Do you want a place to discuss puzzles? Join our Discord! Do you want even more puzzles? Check out our charity puzzle…

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Puzzle #102: A Pirate’s Life For Me (dropquote)

 PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Easing my way back into posting (hopefully!) weekly puzzles with a dropquote. I hope you like it! Do you like acrostic puzzles? Join our Patreon! Do you want a place to discuss puzzles? Join our Discord! Do you want even more puzzles? Check out our charity puzzle…

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Dropquote

Puzzle #101: At The Circus (starring The Rackenfracker!)

 PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver | PDF Taking a brief vacation break to post this puzzle from the great minds at The Rackenfracker. I had very little to do with the creation of this puzzle, but they did a great job of extending the acrostic concept in a few very clever ways…

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Acrostic

Bonus Puzzle: Talk Is Cheap (dropquote!)

Over at the blog I’ve been playing around with acrostic-like puzzles. We ran an acrostic without a quote that we called a “portals” puzzle (https://tinyurl.com/xw-portals) and we’ve also run a dropquote, which is an acrostic without … well, without the acrostic, I guess. Here’s how it works: In a dropquote, you must reveal the quote…

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Dropquote

Puzzle #100: What In Carnation (a flower power puzzle)

 PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver | PDF Puzzle #100! To celebrate I will be taking a few weeks off from posting puzzles. In the meantime you’ve got this flower power puzzle to enjoy. If you like it, there’s another one in our charity puzzle pack! And if you’re looking for more puzzles…

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Flower Power

Puzzle #99: Monkey Business (with Kate Chin Park!)

 PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver I have no memory of this movie except that I once accidentally watched it thinking the stateroom sketch was in this one but it’s not (it’s in A Night at the Opera). But it makes for a good crossword title and Kate agrees! In fact, the theme…

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Crosswords

Puzzle #98: XXX

 PUZZLE LINKS: iPuz Download | Online Solver It’s a crossword. Kelsey tested it. She said she liked it! You might like it too. Do you like acrostic puzzles? Join our Patreon! Do you want a place to discuss puzzles? Join our Discord! Do you want even more puzzles? Check out our charity puzzle pack!…

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