lots to say about this puzzle! to quote ria quoting me quoting 100 gecs quoting ria: gec gec gec gec gec (15).
also you should listen to the song after solving this puzzle! it's such a great song!
Monday, August 31, 2020
Sunday, August 30, 2020
puzzle thirty five - notation
really fun puzzle today, imo! unfortunately some editor (whose name i'm not going to say but which totally rhymes with shill warts) said it didn't tickle him, whatever that means. his loss tho!
Saturday, August 29, 2020
puzzle thirty four - now watch me quip
quip puzzles are the best puzzles, am i right or am i right? (i'm right!)
Friday, August 28, 2020
puzzle thirty three - PUBLISH ON AUGUST 8 DON'T FORGET
timely puzzle that i'm sure all the fans out there will just eat up!
Thursday, August 27, 2020
puzzle thirty two - please stop making dumbass grids you're not even making sense
i miss vine :-( they had all the good good stuff to watch over and over and over and over. now the only thing i can do is make crosswords about my favorite vines and hope that these bring back my beloved vine :-(
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
puzzle thirty one - funniest shit i've ever seen
had to include the funniest shit i've ever seen in this puzzle! couldn't not share it!
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
puzzle thirty - 13 down
if you want a challenge, solve this downs only! hint: sbe uryc jvgu gur qbja pyhrf, tb gb ebg13.pbz. cbt.
Monday, August 24, 2020
puzzle twenty nine - cracking the crossword - paolo pasco guest puzzle
another guest puzzle! paolo pasco made this puzzle as a tribute to my site! he said he sent it to a youtube channel that shall not be named first, but they said no. their loss! i don't know how to do this electronically but here's a download link! [paolo adds: it was cracking the cryptic. cracking the cryptic rejected my puzzle.]
Sunday, August 23, 2020
puzzle twenty eight - wraparound
not quite as tricky as yesterday's puzzle, but definitely inspired by it!
Saturday, August 22, 2020
puzzle twenty seven - can you believe this shift - ricky cruz guest puzzle
guest puzzle from ricky cruz, who is really putting the "ricky" in "tricky" here! please read the instructions first!
ricky notes: "glad to host this shifty puzzle on et tu etui! i've been wanting to drop a shift for a while, but i know that kind of shift post wouldn't fly on my blog. hope you guys enjoy my shift!"
ricky notes: "glad to host this shifty puzzle on et tu etui! i've been wanting to drop a shift for a while, but i know that kind of shift post wouldn't fly on my blog. hope you guys enjoy my shift!"
Friday, August 21, 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020
puzzle twenty five - sidoku
branching out into other puzzles! this is a "moderately challenging" themed sidoku with diagonal symmetry.
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
puzzle twenty three - extremely online - will nediger guest puzzle
another guest puzzle, this time from will nediger! i am extremely online and extremely excited to share this one!
Monday, August 17, 2020
puzzle twenty two - uwu awoo
will shortz insisted i put a certain entry in the puzzle, so i did! (bonus points for guessing which one!)
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Saturday, August 15, 2020
Friday, August 14, 2020
puzzle nineteen - ode to joe krozel
this is an ode to joe krozel's quintuple stack (spoilers!) but with a good proper symmetrical 15x15 grid!
Thursday, August 13, 2020
puzzle eighteen - say, say
this is not related to say, say, say or say, say, say, say! enjoy the left right symmetry!
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
puzzle seventeen - double or nothing
every box in this crossword contains either two letters or zero letters! (for every empty square, type an o)
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
puzzle sixteen - somethent differing - guest puzzle by ricky billingsgate
what the flipola!! another guest puzzle!! ricky billingsgate sent me this grid and i thought "awooga i gotsta share this!!"
Monday, August 10, 2020
puzzle fifteen - yeah, i'm a gamer
finally managed to get under sixty words and sixty black squares! themed center stack and some really nice wide open corners :-) nobody does it like me!
Sunday, August 9, 2020
puzzle fourteen - XxX - ria dhull guest puzzle - the meta answer is a band
another guest puzzle! ria dhull (of the recently-started gecxwords, which is super fun!) sent me this guest meta (!!!) which is super genius, and so i had to share it with you!
Saturday, August 8, 2020
pzzl thrtn - vwllss md
ths pzzl s vwllss, s dn't ntr n vwls n th grd! thr r n n th pzzl f tht hlps! gd lck!!
Friday, August 7, 2020
Thursday, August 6, 2020
puzzle eleven - keep it in - the meta answer is a song
this is a meta puzzle! the answer is one of my favorite songs!
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
puzzle ten - say, say, say, say
not related to my first puzzle, because this one doesn't have a meta!
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
puzzle nine - something different - sid sivakumar guest puzzle
another day, another fan puzzle! this time it's by sid sivakumar (of the highly esteemed sids grids dot com!!!) and is another something different puzzle! lots to love here, especially the center stack!!
Monday, August 3, 2020
puzzle eight - the fifth element is cute - chris piuma guest puzzle
squee! a fan puzzle sent to me by chris piuma, whose birthday was yesterday (happy birthday!) and who solves my puzzles at megaphonicfm every morning! i loved this puzzle and had to share it you!
Sunday, August 2, 2020
puzzle seven - something different
every entry (except for two!) in this puzzle is made up, but at least the clues are all straightforward! good luck! message me if you want any hints!
Saturday, August 1, 2020
puzzle sex - crassword - ada nicolle guest puzzle
this is a guest puzzle, which is all the rage these days! ada nicolle sent me this because she thought i would like it, and i do! she says it was already solved on the arctanxwords stream, which hasn't solved any of my puzzles yet, but megaphonicfm and scootsbaboo have, and that's been fun to watch!
ada notes:
ada notes:
"the inspiration for this puzzle started a few weeks ago, and"anyway this is a downs only puzzle with pretty clean fill! well, kinda clean fill. ok, maybe the fill isn't that clean. but it's still a good puzzle!
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