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Category: Variety Puzzles

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…

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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…

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Puzzle #19: Lavish (Acrostic)

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!

Acrostic

Puzzle #18: Coded Cryptic #2

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,…

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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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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 #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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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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Puzzle #7: Hypersonic (Acrostic)

JPZ | Online Solver If you’re wondering why we’re posting so many acrostics recently, you may have missed the announcement of our Acrostic Puzzle Creation Tool.  Since that announcement we’ve made some improvements to the tool.  Most notably, you can now specify words you want to keep in the puzzle, and the tool will use…

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