I’m going on vacation in a little under two weeks, and am scrambling to get all kinds of work (day job and puzzle/trivia-related) done before I go. Luckily, I found this puzzle in the vault ready to go. Hope you like it!
Tag: puzzle
Oneth of the Month Mini Cryptic #6
It’s themeless day AND cryptic day today! 1-Across is a nod to the season.
Tough as Nails Themeless #64
Shouldn’t be too hard for you to figure out what my seed was. No particular tie toward the season; if you want that, check out this month’s mini cryptic, which’ll pop up shortly!
Tough as Nails Themeless #63
This one has a few more partials than I really love, but I think it’s fun anyway (and also, I am recovering from major surgery so I wasn’t inclined to spend a ton of time making it perfect). Hope you enjoy!
Tough as Nails Themeless #62
OK, we’re done talking about cryptics for a little bit — let’s not forget that vanilla can be quite delicious. (I now refer to standard American crosswords as “vanilla puzzles.”) Here’s one in which 1-Across was not a seed, but I enjoy the nostalgia of having it there.
Oneth-of-the-Month Mini Cryptic #5
I hope these lil’ puzzles are helpful with graduating some of you to solving a full-sized cryptic for the first time!
Tough as Nails Themeless #61
I have, so to speak, A LOT ON ONE’S PLATE right now, so I reached into the vault a little bit for this one. Hope you like it!
Tough as Nails Themeless #60
Not a whole lot of words in this one — 66, to be exact. I’m pretty happy with how she turned out!
Also, this happened. I am both thrilled with being in the top five and already wishing it were ACPT 2023 and that five finalists instead of three were a thing.
Oneth-of-the-Month Mini Cryptic #4
Hope you’ve been enjoying the minis and using them as a way to dip your toe in the cryptic waters! Here’s another quickie for you.
Hope to see many of you at ACPT this weekend!
Tough as Nails Themeless #59
Here’s the latest puzzle, which started with 20A and its clue.
Various updates:
- I’ll be at ACPT attempting to defend or better my forth-place in-person title. For updates on ACPT-related anxiety dreams, keep following me on Twitter.
- The 21x Project is continuing in the background. This week I made a puzzle that I originally had no hope of selling, but it came out well enough that I’m going to try rather than just put it here. But I may occasionally put up a puzzle here if I make one that, IMO, is worth solving but wouldn’t quite work for a paying market.
- Got some cool projects in the works that I hope to be able to announce soon. In the meantime, keep solving Malaika and me at Vulture!
Crosswords and Trivia by Stella Zawistowski 