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Crossword constructor, he/him. Indie puzzles at http://blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/, and others at the New Yorker, Vox, The Browser, Crossword Club, and more

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 22h

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @frisco17.bsky.social and Liam Hughes: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/indi...

Indie puzzle highlights

September 11: Fully Freehand Fhemeless #4 (Frisco17, Good Clues for People Who Love Bad Clues) September 18: AVCX Cryptic 9/18/25 (Liam Hu...

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Puzzmo @puzzmo.com · 8d

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!

👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1 is by brooke. It's a 5x5 grid, and the number 6 in the grid is a different color than the other numbers.

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 14d

the apostrophe in bat'leth replaces the letter t, because a klingon battleth with it

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 17d

a themeless that I'm hyperbolically calling "the world's most cornery crossword": blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/puzz...

Puzzle #252: The World's Most Cornery Crossword

I actually have no idea what the world's most cornery crossword is. But this themeless ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) is definitely cornerier ...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 24d

here's a puzzle that hopefully doesn't occasion a 52-Across: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/puzz...

Puzzle #251: It's Kind of Like Raspberry Ripple

New themed puzzle for you this week ( pdf , puz , pdf solution )! Asymmetrical, as my puzzles are wont to be these days. Made by Will Nedi...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 28d

a mashup album of Alicia Keys' As I Am and Songs in A Minor called Asia Minor

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 28d

where there's a mill, Theresa May

Theresa May giving a speech in front of a poster of a wind turbine

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Sep 3

special Lollapuzzoola edition of indie puzzle highlights, feat. @xws.bsky.social, Malaika Handa, and @cimmet.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/indi...

Indie puzzle highlights: Lollapuzzoola edition

This year's Lollapuzzoola featured a thoroughly excellent set of puzzles, so this special edition of indie puzzle highlights will cover thre...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Aug 25

big themeless on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/08/puzz...

Puzzle #250: Freestyle 20

It feels like it's been a while since I've had a themeless here, so here's one ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) - Sunday-sized and asymmetrical,...

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momes @momes.bsky.social · Aug 22

🍉 fundraising stream tomorrow! 🍉

we'll be on from 10am to 10pm central saturday, 8/23 in an effort to fundraise for @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social. we'd love to see you there whether you're in a position to donate or not. we'll be doing puzzles of all kinds! please share!

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Aug 18

having trouble distinguishing undertones from overtones? just remember, the overtone is the overt one

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Aug 11

one potato, two potato, three potato, four, vtuber, six potato, seven potato, more

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Aug 1

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @e-a-rly.bsky.social, @giltcomplex.bsky.social, @obergs.bsky.social, and Bob Weisz: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/08/indi...

Indie puzzle highlights

July 25: themeless no. 36 (crosstina aquafina & erik agard, crosstina aquafina) July 29: the symphony series: movement twenty-seven (owen ...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 30

I'm changing my name to Sirius whether you like it or not - and don't call me Shirley!

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 29

thesis: Yukon Blonde
antithesis: 4 Non Blondes
synthesis: Blonde Redhead

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 25

sweet child o' mine, ba ba ba

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 22

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Halle and @luckyxwords.com: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/indi...

Indie puzzle highlights

July 17: Stay in the Loop (halle, Puzzmo) July 17: Puzzle Pieces (Ada Nicolle, Dissonant Grids) S P O I L E R S Stay in the Loop (halle) I...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 21

the last puzzle of the Joyce series is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

Puzzle #249: Words in Progress (Crossmess Parzel #5)

When I picked up Stan Gebler Davies' biography of Joyce, I knew I was in for a bad time from the first paragraph of the preface, which calls...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 17

oh my!

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 17

I wish this was called EDITH STOREY: EDIT HISTORY

A Wikipedia screenshot showing "Edith Storey: Revision history"

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 14

the second-last (and by far the biggest) Joyce puzzle is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

Puzzle #248: Episode Guide (Crossmess Parzel #4)

The Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa had a lot in common with Joyce; they were both visionaries who espoused what might be called a "critic...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 9

Samsung backwards is Gnusmas (the holiday celebrating the birth of gnus)

bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 7

the third puzzle in my Joyce series (and the last normalish one) is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

Puzzle #247: Four Last Things (Crossmess Parzel #3)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is Joyce's outline of his own early life through the avatar of his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus. It b...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jul 2

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @sarbearsmiley.bsky.social, @livienna.bsky.social, and @sallyhoelscher.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/indi...

Indie puzzle highlights

June 22: Untitled (Sarah Sinclair, The Atlantic) June 25: Spill the Beans (Olivia Mitra Framke and Sally Hoelscher, AVCX) S P O I L E R S ...

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · Jun 30

call me Johnson Mkhalali because I just released Joyce No. 2: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/06/puzz...

Puzzle #246: Epiphanies (Crossmess Parzel #2)

I don't know if James Joyce ever solved crosswords, though on at least one occasion he did enter a puzzle competition in an English magazine...

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