The meta answer is a five-letter word. Submit answers via Crosshare. Deadline is Tuesday, April 30 at 12 PM EST.
LEXICON DEVIL
the world is our aim
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Puzzle Eighty-Two: Word Worms #3
Gradually improving the playability of these little puzzles. The .jpz file has corrected colors and is navigable in the way I intended with previous Word Worms puzzles. Embed courtesy CrosswordNexus.
More Word Worms to come!Thursday, March 7, 2024
Puzzle Eighty-One: This Place Looks Familiar (meta)
This month's meta answer is a famous singer who would be an apt sixth theme entry. Deadline is Tuesday, March 12 at 12 PM EST. Enter through the Crosshare applet below.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Puzzle Eighty: Word Worms #2
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Puzzle Seventy-Nine: Old Flames (themeless)
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It's the beginning of a new year... or at least it was a month ago. To all the solvers out there, especially the meta solvers, thank you for solving last year's puzzles and for your kind comments. As for 2024, I'm in the position of having a real backlog of finished puzzles, but my life being so complex at the moment -- not in a good way, frankly -- that it's hard even to find the time to upload them and write brief blog posts. I really do want to get them out into the world eventually, though.
A huge thanks to everyone who sent proof of a charitable donation in order to get my 2023 Puzzle Pack -- I received around $500 in receipts, which is great. Another benefit puzzle pack, for the most important cause imaginable at the moment, launched recently: Puzzles for Palestine. It's available with proof of a donation to one of the four charities identified on their site.
As the editors note, however:
Your donations are truly appreciated, but right now, monetary support is NOT the most effective way to help Palestine. If you want your donation to have the maximum impact, we first need a permanent ceasefire and end to the bombing to ensure adequate material support can enter Gaza and unfettered access to all parts of the Strip can be provided to effectively distribute humanitarian aid. To that end, we encourage you all to write an email, send a fax, or place a phone call to your local and national Representatives and Senators, urging them to demand a ceasefire in Gaza now.
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Puzzle Seventy-Eight: First Quarter (meta)
The meta answer is a six-letter word. Deadline is Tuesday, January 30 at 12 PM EST. Enter, and get PDF and .puz files, through the Crosshare applet below.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Puzzle Seventy-Seven: Peak Performance (meta) + 2023 Puzzle Pack Announcement
The meta answer is a six-letter name.
The contest meta prize this year has been a Puzzle Pack containing the following:
Puzzle Eighty-Three: Coming of Age (meta)
The meta answer is a five-letter word. Submit answers via Crosshare. Deadline is Tuesday, April 30 at 12 PM EST.
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Puzzle Sixty-Nine: Sticks Up For Birds (freestyle) (Enigmarch Day 2) + Bonus Puzzle: Enigmarch Day 1Enigmarch begins again. Today's freestyle is for Day 2 and the prompt... Well, I put the prompt in the puzzle as an entry. You can figu...
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It's the last contest meta of the year. This one is reportedly difficult -- I'm thinking a Week 4 on the Gaffney Scale. And I'll...
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image from mentalhealth.org.uk Today is my anniversary. My wife's a writer, and this puzzle is an oblique tribute to some of her work....