Puzzle #39: Idle Money (acrostic)
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Let’s do another acrostic! Thanks to Jibby for the test-solve. Enjoy the solve!
Category: Variety Puzzles
Puzzle #37: Double Play (a variety kaidoku!)
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Anyone else excited baseball is back? To celebrate, we’re running a variety kaidoku. Years ago I posted a bunch of these, but it’s likely most of you have never seen one, so: Most entries in a variety kaidoku are common, lowercase English words. A few entries are…
Puzzle #35: Supermajority (a “Two Outta Three Ain’t Bad” puzzle)
PUZZLE LINKS: PDF Download | iPuz Download | Online Solver Presenting a puzzle type we really enjoy, invented by our friend Joon — it’s a “Two Outta Three Ain’t Bad” puzzle! What is such a puzzle? Glad you asked. Each answer in this puzzle is a lowercase dictionary word. Clues come in three types:…
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Puzzle #33: Infraction Fabrication (Acrostic)
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver It’s an acrostic. You know the drill by now. Thanks to Kate for her ever-invaluable feedback. Enjoy the solve!
Puzzle #32: Charm The Snake
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Not a Yacht Rock puzzle today, but we named this one for a Christopher Cross song because we’ve got a Snake Charmer variety puzzle! Snake Charmer is a variety type invented by Patrick Berry and is traditionally presented in an “S” shape, but I prefer the more compact,…
Puzzle #30: Every Which Way With Clues (Helter Skelter Variety Puzzle)
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Another day, another terrific tool courtesy of Jeff Davidson over at Kotwords. This time it’s a tool to make Helter Skelter puzzles, which is a variety puzzle I really like. So I had to try it out and make one! This may be a variety puzzle type…
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Puzzle #29: Stacks On Stacks On Stacks (Acrostic)
PUZZLE LINKS: JPZ Download | Online Solver Video contains spoilers for today’s puzzle! This past weekend we made an acrostic on Twitch, and here it is! Thanks so much to everyone who watched the stream and participated in the creation of this puzzle. And then thanks to Will for test-solving it and saying “hey,…
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Puzzle #26: Follow The Yellow Brick Road (Spiral)
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 #25: Sassy Simian (Kaidoku)
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 #24: The Thin Mantine (Acrostic)
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…