Hi, I'm Lydia from team Pair-O-Ducks. You might also know me as schmidzy on xword-muggles. My partner Christina and I publish puzzles together sporadically (and sometimes I construct alone). We both like music, books, parenthetical statements, and cats (ask me about our foster kittens!). I'm bad at sports trivia and avoid it at all costs.
Raising a brood of ducklings ain't easy. Sometimes we all need a moment to sit back and relax with a book, a game, or, well, a crossword. Whether you are a mother, have a mother, or at least know of someone who does, this one's for you.
En garde! This puzzle may not be for the feint of heart, but we hope your best solving efforts will not be foiled. So sharpen those pencils, warm up those keyboards, and get ready to epee attention.
We anticipate this puzzle to be around a level 2…
Quack quack! Releasing this weekend's puzzle a day early, so you all can focus on the week 4 MGWCC coming out tomorrow.
Feeling hungry? Well, maybe not after this puzzle. We expect this one to play around a level 1, and we'll still give you until…
This one's for the theater kids of all ages! You've waited in the wings long enough, time to step into the spotlight and quack out your favorite showtunes. The early duck gets the earworm... or something like that. We expect the difficulty here may…
Pair-o-Ducks HQ is seeking immediate fulfillment of the following seasonal job opening:
Senior Solving Specialist
Qualifications: Clever, humor tolerant, proficient in grid filling – webbed feet preferred but not required
We are unable to pay at this…
Rise and shine, it's time for another pair-o-ducksical puzzle! We've been splashing around in the rain here in Columbus these past few days, which is just grand for us ducks. But for you mere humans, we hear it can be tough to find the get-up-and-go…
Quack quack!
It's officially springtime, and we thought a weekly meta puzzle series from your favorite duck duo would fit the bill. Each Sunday at noon (EST), from here until the summer, tune in for a dose of puns and fun! Some will be a walk in the…
Nudges:
- The Beatles said that love is all you need. In this puzzle, the four longest entries are all you need.
- How many of those people have you heard of before? Yeah, me neither. But they all have something uncommon in common.
- Look again at the…