Thursday, December 31, 2020
Puzzle Fifteen: Hunting High and Low (freestyle)
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Puzzle Fourteen: Thread the Needle (meta)
Tougher meta for the long weekend -- like a Gaffney Week 3, probably.
The answer to this week's meta is a body part.
Submit your answer by clicking HERE.
Submissions are due by Monday, December 28, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST.
If you have any issues submitting your answer, just put it in an email to lexicondevillive at outlook dot com with your name, preferred screen name / ID and email address and I'll add you in manually.
Two winners – the first person to submit a correct answer and another person selected at random from the correct entries – will receive a Lexicon Devil sticker as well as the respect of their puzzling peers.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Puzzle Thirteen: We Have Snacks (freestyle)
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Thursday, December 10, 2020
Puzzle Twelve: Cautionary Tale (meta)
Today's puzzle arrives late due to my accidentally saving an older version over a newer version. Computers!
The answer to this week's meta is a color.
Please note that the cluing of 8-Down, 57-Down, and related entries is not a hint to the meta, just me trying to be entertaining.
Submit your answer by clicking HERE.
Submissions are due by Monday, December 14, 2020 at 12:00 PM EST.
If you have any issues submitting your answer, just put it in an email to lexicondevillive at outlook dot com with your name, preferred screen name / ID and email address and I'll add you in manually.
Two winners – the first person to submit a correct answer and another person selected at random from the correct entries – will receive a Lexicon Devil sticker as well as the respect of their puzzling peers.
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Thursday, December 3, 2020
Puzzle Eleven: Success at any Price (freestyle)
Freestyle with diagonal symmetry. 68 words. Saturday difficulty, if not harder.
When you're done, this puzzle contains something that is more of a small Easter egg than a meta. You can email me at lexicondevillive at outlook dot com if you find it.
If you like this one, Steve Mossberg published a diagonal themeless of similar difficulty last night on his blog Square Pursuit. And the Diagonal Master, Brooke Husic, dropped a non-diagonal scorcher this week on her own blog, following up on a great literary diagonal midi in October and a super-tough diagonal themeless in September. Brooke also teamed up with Matthew Stock for a tough diagonal themeless on Brian Thomas's Puzzles That Need a Home recently.
Enjoy!
Puzzle Ninety-Three: Reach for the Stars (meta)
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