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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 #258: Freestyle 22 Back again with an asymmetrical giant themeless ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link )! Thanks to Kiran, Frisco, and Owen for test-s...

big themeless: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/02/puzz...

09.02.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

such a great theme!

07.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
meme depicting Barack Obama giving himself a medal

meme depicting Barack Obama giving himself a medal

04.02.2026 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Indie puzzle highlights December 22: The Uber Ultra (Ben Tolkin, Nautilus Puzzles) January 28: welcome to the fold (Brooke Husic, Puzzmo) February 1: Masterpiece ...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Ben Tolkin, @xws.bsky.social, @juffowup.bsky.social, @rebecculous.bsky.social, and Kelsey Dixon: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/02/indi...

04.02.2026 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 7 of Crosstalk with @bewilderingly.bsky.social is out now!

Spotify:
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Apple:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

03.02.2026 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Joanna Newsom in the party shuffle to prove to my guests I'm not using Spotify

02.02.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3
Puzzle #257: Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 New themed puzzle ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link )! Thanks to Ada for test-solving and talking me out of making it a double p...

themed puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/01/puzz...

26.01.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

makes sense, it's dangerously entertaining

12.01.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #256: Order Forms Another big puzzle for you, this time 23x19 ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link ) - enjoy!

big puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/01/puzz...

12.01.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

hamnet? is that like a web slung by spider-ham?

06.01.2026 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the word "assassinates" starts with two asses and ends with the fancy Latin word for the ass

28.12.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

George Thorogood's most famous song is about being thoroughly bad

02.12.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Puzzle #255: Horseshoe Falls Got a Sunday-sized themed puzzle ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) for you all this time around. Instead of the usual PuzzleMe, I'm trying out th...

big puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/12/puzz...

01.12.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

second this, Anna Faris is a genius

29.11.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Indie puzzle highlights November 10: Puzzle #6 (Ryan Mathiason, Boswords Fall Themeless League) November 24: Meeting of the Minds (Brooke Husic and Orta Therox, P...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Ryan Mathiason, @xws.bsky.social, and @orta.io: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/11/indi...

24.11.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Julio and Enrique Iglesias should stylize their names like JVLIO and ENRIQVE and start a Spanish-language CHVRCHES cover band

19.11.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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‘ 9    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‘ 11    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‘ 208    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 18

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

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