Puzzle Eighty-Six: This One's For All the Marbles (25x9 themeless)

Like a 15x15 grid, a 25x9 grid has 225 squares. Unlike a 15x15 grid, it can accommodate a 25-letter seed entry.

You'll have a better online solving experience in the app.

.puz / PDF

Puzzle Eighty-Five: Start the Day Off Right (meta)

Excerpt from "Breakfast: A History," by Heather Arndt Anderson

The meta answer is a breakfast food. Submit answers (and get .puz and PDF) via Crosshare applet below. Deadline is Tuesday, July 2 at 12 PM EST. 

Check out my recent puzzle "Get the Digits" at Spyscape. 

And, as mentioned last month:

the second issue of the Lexicon Devil midi crossword zine, Midi Controller, is here! It's fifteen 9x9 midis with a little Easter egg tying them all together. Your download will include a PDF of the zine that you can print out and staple yourself, as well as .puz files and individual PDFs. It's pay what you wish, but a little financial contribution always helps. 

Puzzle Eighty-Four: Take a Cue (themeless) + Midi Controller No. 2

Hopefully smooth-solving 66-word themeless today from a forthcoming pack of 10 themelesses on the Crossword app from Redstone Games.

And speaking of puzzle packs, the second issue of the Lexicon Devil midi crossword zine, Midi Controller, is here! It's fifteen 9x9 midis with a little Easter egg tying them all together. Your download will include a PDF of the zine that you can print out and staple yourself, as well as .puz files and individual PDFs. It's pay what you wish, but a little financial contribution always helps. 

Puzzle Eighty-Three: Coming of Age (meta)

The meta answer is a five-letter word. Submit answers (and get .puz and PDF) via Crosshare. Deadline is Tuesday, April 30 at 12 PM EST. 

Recent puzzles:

"Mightier Than the Sword (By a Lot)," Spyscape, March 23, 2024

"Girls Gone Wild" with Quiara Vasquez, QVXwords, April 14, 2024. Mostly Quiara, one of the funniest constructors out there, who also has a new gig as editor of Slate's new daily midi crossword (link to today's).

(Regarding the song above: DC modern rock station WHFS used to play it a fair amount when I was a little kid. Until I looked it up on YouTube I never had any idea who it was by, or how 80s the video was, or what kind of hats the band wore. YMMV, especially if Canadian.)

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!
   

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.

.puz / PDF

Puzzle Eighty: Word Worms #2

Word Worms entries come in two varieties: Across and Squirmy. Squirmy answer paths follow their colors. Clues are listed by color (BLUE and INDIGO share a slot).

Solve Word Worms #1 here. (The original Squirmy cluing format is a bit wrigglier.)