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Category: Variety Puzzles

Puzzle #75: Ransom Where? (acrostic feat. Kate Chin Park!)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Heck yeah, it’s the first acrostic of 2023 and I’m delighted to say it features the one and only Kate Chin Park! This was a super fun one to work on and we think the end result is a blast. We hope you agree! Thanks go out to…

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Acrostic

Puzzle #67: Iso Play (isogrammatic variety kaidoku)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Way back when I used to make kaidoku more frequently (… over a decade ago) fellow kaidoku enthusiast Joon Pahk had an insane idea to make these harder. You see, normally in one of these puzzles you’d look for unusual letter patterns to help you get a foothold….

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Kaidoku

Puzzle #66: Oooooooh Swirly (spiral)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver It’s a spiral! You know how to solve a spiral, right? When completed, this grid will contain two series of words—one reading inward from 1 to 100, the other outward from 100 back to 1. Every space will be used exactly twice. Work from both sets of clues…

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Puzzle #60: Higher Ground (feat. The Rackenfracker!)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | PDF Download | Online Solver We are so excited to present a very special collab with The Rackenfracker this week! It’s the first puzzle of side two of Innervisions and we’ve got a very special puzzle for the occasion. We don’t normally provide a PDF for our puzzles (because the…

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Collabs

Puzzle #58: Biblical Proportions (Acrostic)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Pretty big acrostic today. Make sure to hit F11 to get that browser into full-screen mode before solving. I love this quote and I hope you do too. Enjoy the solve!

Acrostic

Puzzle #56: It’s The Least You Can Do (Acrostic feat. Kelsey!)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver OMG it’s a Kelsey and Alex collab! Put your life on hold for the next twenty minutes or so, you’ll want to sink your teeth into this one. If you’re unfamiliar with Kelsey’s oeuvre, you need to get familiar ASAP. You can find her making bangers for Lil…

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Acrostic

Puzzle #55: Just Dance (Kaidoku)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver It’s a kaidoku. Hey, what’s a kaidoku again? Each answer in a kaidoku, or coded crossword, is a common, lowercase English word. The numbers 1 through 26 each stand for a different letter of the alphabet, and instances of a given number stand for the same letter throughout…

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Kaidoku

Puzzle #53: Romance (Acrostic)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Two acrostics in a row? It’s more likely than you think. Thanks to Norah for the test-solve! She said it played easy for her, but maybe it just hit her wheelhouse? Hopefully it doesn’t pose too much of a challenge for you either. We’re so close to $2500…

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Puzzle #52: Fishy Logic (Acrostic)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver It’s another acrostic, and if you’re new to acrostics or think they’re hard, give this one a shot. It’s on the smaller and easier side. Thanks to test-solver extraordinaire Will for looking this one over. And, if you decide you like acrostics, we’ve got one we’re pretty proud…

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Acrostic

Puzzle #49: Constitutional Crisis (Acrostic)

PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Wow, second time we’ve used this song as an intro video. Different reasons, though. You’ll see. What’s that? You like fun and hate cancer? Well, why don’t you donate a few bucks to fund pediatric cancer research and get five brand new puzzles for your troubles! Who could…

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