Friday, June 6, 2025

Puzzle Ninety-Six: Snack Break

I've always been fond of this puzzle (I actually thought I'd published this puzzle a while back). No .puz file, but you can download and print a PDF through the PuzzleMe applet below.

A Trans Person Made Your Puzzle just launched. Get a set of puzzles from an all-star list of trans and nonbinary constructors, including Ada Nicolle and Francis Heaney, for a donation of $10 or more to a US charity that aids transgender people. 

Up shortly: some cryptic puzzles I've been toiling upon with the help of better clue-writers than I.

And you might notice the PayPal donate button below, which hasn't appeared on the site in.a couple of years. I kind of hate to ask for money given all the other people in the world who need it more, but due to illness and death in my family, I had to take about four months away from work earlier this year, and though I have savings, I didn't budget for that, and bills have piled up. The cost of operating the site is only about $150 a year, but it takes a lot of time to make these puzzles, imperfect as they may be, especially the meta puzzles, which I'd estimate take about 10 hours a month to construct, post and do followup for (giving nudges, writing up answers, emailing winners, etc), which is why they don't always show up on the last Thursday of the month like I mean them to. So if you've enjoyed the puzzles on the site and care to donate a small amount to support it, I'd be grateful.
 


Constructed by Richard D. Allen with the crossword puzzle creator from Amuse Labs

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Puzzle Ninety-Six: Snack Break

I've always been fond of this puzzle (I actually thought I'd published this puzzle a while back). No .puz file, but you can download...