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Crossword constructor, he/him. Indie puzzles at http://blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/, and others at the New Yorker, Vox, Maclean's Magazine, Crossword Club, and more

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Puzzle #254: Freestyle 21 Another very cornery themeless for you ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) - enjoy! Thanks to Ada Β for the test-solve.

another chunky themeless on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/11/puzz...

03.11.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

there are drinks called perry and perrier, whoever invents a drink called perriest is gonna be rich

30.10.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Indie puzzle highlights October 20: Pitch Perfect (Ben Zimmer, Defector) October 21: Untitled (Ben Zimmer, Slate) October 25: Puzzmo Mini Crossword #25 (Brooke H...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @xws.bsky.social and a double dose of @benzimmer.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/indi...

30.10.2025 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it's ironic that the musicians on the Titanic didn't try to flee, given that they were a band on ship

27.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

the masculine equivalent of "blonde ale" is "blond al"

13.10.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #253: Megaphone Time for another themed one ( pdf , puz , pdf solution )! Dig in.

themed puz on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/puzz...

13.10.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Indie puzzle highlights September 11: Fully Freehand Fhemeless #4 (Frisco17, Good Clues for People Who Love Bad Clues) September 18: AVCX Cryptic 9/18/25 (Liam Hu...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @frisco17.bsky.social and Liam Hughes: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/indi...

08.10.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1 is by brooke. It's a 5x5 grid, and the number 6 in the grid is a different color than the other numbers.

Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1 is by brooke. It's a 5x5 grid, and the number 6 in the grid is a different color than the other numbers.

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!

πŸ‘― Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

01.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 17

the apostrophe in bat'leth replaces the letter t, because a klingon battleth with it

25.09.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #252: The World's Most Cornery Crossword I actually have no idea what the world's most cornery crossword is. But this themeless ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) is definitely cornerier ...

a themeless that I'm hyperbolically calling "the world's most cornery crossword": blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/puzz...

22.09.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #251: It's Kind of Like Raspberry Ripple New themed puzzle for you this week ( pdf , puz , pdf solution )! Asymmetrical, as my puzzles are wont to be these days. Made by Will Nedi...

here's a puzzle that hopefully doesn't occasion a 52-Across: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/puzz...

15.09.2025 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

a mashup album of Alicia Keys' As I Am and Songs in A Minor called Asia Minor

11.09.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Theresa May giving a speech in front of a poster of a wind turbine

Theresa May giving a speech in front of a poster of a wind turbine

where there's a mill, Theresa May

11.09.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Indie puzzle highlights: Lollapuzzoola edition This year's Lollapuzzoola featured a thoroughly excellent set of puzzles, so this special edition of indie puzzle highlights will cover thre...

special Lollapuzzoola edition of indie puzzle highlights, feat. @xws.bsky.social, Malaika Handa, and @cimmet.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/indi...

03.09.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #250: Freestyle 20 It feels like it's been a while since I've had a themeless here, so here's one ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) - Sunday-sized and asymmetrical,...

big themeless on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/08/puzz...

25.08.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‰ fundraising stream tomorrow! πŸ‰

we'll be on from 10am to 10pm central saturday, 8/23 in an effort to fundraise for @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social. we'd love to see you there whether you're in a position to donate or not. we'll be doing puzzles of all kinds! please share!

www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv

22.08.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

having trouble distinguishing undertones from overtones? just remember, the overtone is the overt one

18.08.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

one potato, two potato, three potato, four, vtuber, six potato, seven potato, more

11.08.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Indie puzzle highlights July 25: themeless no. 36 (crosstina aquafina & erik agard, crosstina aquafina) July 29: the symphony series: movement twenty-seven (owen ...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @e-a-rly.bsky.social, @giltcomplex.bsky.social, @obergs.bsky.social, and Bob Weisz: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/08/indi...

01.08.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm changing my name to Sirius whether you like it or not - and don't call me Shirley!

30.07.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thesis: Yukon Blonde
antithesis: 4 Non Blondes
synthesis: Blonde Redhead

29.07.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

sweet child o' mine, ba ba ba

25.07.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Indie puzzle highlights July 17: Stay in the Loop (halle, Puzzmo) July 17: Puzzle Pieces (Ada Nicolle, Dissonant Grids) S P O I L E R S Stay in the Loop (halle) I...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Halle and @luckyxwords.com: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/indi...

22.07.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #249: Words in Progress (Crossmess Parzel #5) When I picked up Stan Gebler Davies' biography of Joyce, I knew I was in for a bad time from the first paragraph of the preface, which calls...

the last puzzle of the Joyce series is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

21.07.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

oh my!

17.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A Wikipedia screenshot showing "Edith Storey: Revision history"

A Wikipedia screenshot showing "Edith Storey: Revision history"

I wish this was called EDITH STOREY: EDIT HISTORY

17.07.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #248: Episode Guide (Crossmess Parzel #4) The Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa had a lot in common with Joyce; they were both visionaries who espoused what might be called a "critic...

the second-last (and by far the biggest) Joyce puzzle is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

14.07.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Samsung backwards is Gnusmas (the holiday celebrating the birth of gnus)

09.07.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #247: Four Last Things (Crossmess Parzel #3) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Β is Joyce's outline of his own early life through the avatar of his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus. It b...

the third puzzle in my Joyce series (and the last normalish one) is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

07.07.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Indie puzzle highlights June 22: Untitled (Sarah Sinclair, The Atlantic) June 25: Spill the Beans (Olivia Mitra Framke and Sally Hoelscher, AVCX) S P O I L E R S ...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @sarbearsmiley.bsky.social, @livienna.bsky.social, and @sallyhoelscher.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/indi...

02.07.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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