Ryan Patrick Smith

Bad Bunny’s halftime show combined music, dance, love and fun - it was a joy to watch!

As a Latina I’m so proud and happy to see latin culture on display like this. Especially this year. This is the America I know and love 🇵🇷🇲🇽🇺🇸

Shakespeare Plays + ASCII Art - Real Puzzling Stuff A challenging themeless crossword puzzle by veteran constructor Ryan Patrick Smith.

First blog #puzzle of the new year: realpuzzlingstuff.com/shakespeare-...

Hope you enjoy the themeless #crossword! 👀

1A: Pane after a breakup? (6 letters)
3D: Reasons to call off an engagement (15 letters)

Reporter: "The whole world is wondering: why did you you want to climb Mount Everest?" Climber: "Because it's there." Reporter: "How inspiring! Any further comments you'd like to tell the people at home?" In the last panel of the comic, the climber is standing atop the reporter's head. -from Cyanide & Happiness

With all the recent Alex Honnold coverage, I couldn't help but recall this Cyanide & Happiness classic

Incidentally, thank you for including only valid crossword puzzle grids in The Wire. I construct crosswords and am baffled at all the sad, misshapen attempts I see on other shows.

A dingy workspace with a boxy computer. Displayed on the computer monitor is a scanned upload of a piece of undeliverable mail with some text highlighted for the worker at the keyboard to input.

Just reached my 1st ending of Dead Letter Dept., which I learned of via @jacobgeller.com's 2025 gaming roundup.

@skullthug.bsky.social serves up claustrophobic late-capitalist horror by way of an engrossing dead mail data entry conceit -- I echo Geller's endorsement!

P.S. Watch Dead Mail ('24) too

Lovely

An Upwords game board densely populated with words such as BEWARE, RAZORS and PIRACY

Tried out Upwords with the 'rents last night. Fun!

Travel Writers + Tropical Cocktails - Real Puzzling Stuff 67-Across: Opposable chums?

I have a new puzzle to share as we head into the new year! Think I managed some clever clues here; hope you enjoy the solve. ✍️

realpuzzlingstuff.com/travel-write...

1A: Craft for which Boston is famous (9 letters)
41A: Youngster working on a shoot, maybe (8 letters)

A disheveled Baltimore kid with raven hair, a bruised face, and a ghost of a mustache (from The Wire).

Sad to hear about James Ransone. His performance as one of the most impactful characters in The Wire S2 was tremendous and will stick with me always.

Lovely smile!

A Wordle game in which GREAT was the first guess and GUESS the second. GUESS was the solution to the puzzle.

Had my most satisfying #Wordle experience ever the other day

Puzzmo - Cross|word Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

Wrote today's @puzzmo.com #crossword! My personal interests are well represented here, so I hope you enjoy the #puzzle: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Hey there! So glad you dug the puz :) Fear not: I have no intention of retiring from xword construction anytime soon

A themeless crossword grid resembling a vine with leaves protruding on either side.

Happy holidays! I just pubbed a tricky new themeless #crossword to my #puzzle blog, if anyone fancies a challenge: realpuzzlingstuff.com/satire-and-s...

14A: Food in a meteorological simile (7 letters)
34A: Scorekeeper? (10 letters)

A pleasing geometric design on the green carpet of the Portland airport. Sort of suggests a sextant.

Taking a moment to appreciate the iconic carpet pattern at PDX (on a friend's advice)

Puzzmo - Cross|word Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

I have a new @puzzmo.com #crossword today! Enjoy the solve and have a happy Thanksgiving 🧡

www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

As long as you're not hopping on pop

Which convention? 👀

One of my faves!

Characters from Disco Elysium vibe to anodic dance music in an abandoned church.

Anyone else? 👀

Characters from Disco Elysium vibe to anodic dance music in an abandoned church.

A word ladder puzzle waiting for someone to fill it in...

Back in The Daily Baffle with a new Morphology word ladder #puzzle today!

Enjoy: dailybaffle.com/morphology 👀

A wide-open 15x15 themeless crossword grid. 1A is highlighted: "For me? you shouldn't have!"

I made today's LA Times #crossword #puzzle! Hope it provides a satisfying challenge 👀

Such a cute photo!

In a grassy cloak, Atsu looks off at a distant mountain as dark clouds above threaten rain.

Atsu astride her black horse, riding through water as the setting sun illuminates half of her face.

Astride her black horse, Atsu eases into thick trees, towards the sun. (The autumn filter has been applied.)

Atsu looks out across vivid green grass at the distant, snow-capped peak of Mount Yōtei.

#GhostOfYotei is gorgeous, damn. Sound design's really dialed in too. #VirtualPhotography

Aw, thanks, I really appreciate that! 🙂 So glad you enjoyed the solve. I've got a new one in their publication queue, so stay tuned...

Thanks, Aaron! Enjoyed your Sep. 1 Crossweird offering, btw; my fave clues were 13A, 1D, 4D + 17D 👌

A 13x8 cryptic crossword grid (a lattice of black and white squares). It's titled "Pets in Hats," was written by Ryan Patrick Smith, and was published by Cryptic Crossweird.

Making my Cryptic Crossweird debut today! I hope fans of #cryptic #crossword #puzzles will consider subscribing to solve my and others' work: www.patreon.com/cw/CrypticCr...

Sample clues from my puzzle:
5A Clownish activity out of Quantico (5)
10A Small subatomic particle often overlooked (5,2)

A Slide + Seek tile sliding puzzle. In its scrambled form, the grid reads PISPRO, SACHAB, KYNTED, EOTESS, DEOO, LAOR.

Happy fall, #puzzle people! 🎃 I've just published a new Slide + Seek sliding puzzle for your amusement: realpuzzlingstuff.com/slide-seek-9/

Hope it makes for a fun diversion from my usual #crossword fare and everything slides into place for you! 👀

Puzzmo - Cross|word Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

Back in Puzzmo today, #puzzle peeps: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Hope you enjoy the #crossword! 😊

@puzzmo.com #Puzzmo