Crosswords and Crossword Tools
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!
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,…
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…
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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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…
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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Anagram Finder Sometimes you’re working on a wordplay project and need to find some anagrams. Where do you turn? The Internet Anagram Server is good if you’re looking for arbitrary anagrams, but not great if you want your anagrams to be real phrases. Anagram Solver is good but I have two complaints about it —…
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!
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…
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:…