Ahoy, Muggles, and welcome to this week's SSS! In early May Cap'n Rick put out the word to his crew about a concerning shortage of cargo in the S.S. SSS's hold. AJK and I did our best to quickly replenish the stock. We want to thank Cap'n Rick, our…
Joint Venture
◆ · By guest constructor Cap'n Rick and Wendy Walker · Published 2025-04-20T04:05:53.383Z
Good morning, Muggles! Cap'n Rick created the grid on this one and then gave Wendy free rein with the clues. We both hope you enjoy it! Hints later today.
Happy Monday, friends! No interesting backstory on this one, I'm afraid -- just a simple email from MMM boss Abide stating, "I need an MMM for March 17."
As always, thanks to: Abide for editing and mentoring, AJK for test-solving, and Mr. Joe Ross…
This puzzle came into being on a Thursday morning while I was hanging out at the Y, after my gym class and before lunch. Fellow Y member Louise saw me jotting on my clipboard and asked what I was working on. I gave my usual meta spiel, mentioning the…
Ahoy, Muggles! I don't have a back-story for this puzzle, but it probably has something to do with all of the copy-editing I did for medical journals and books over the years. Thanks to Cap'n Rick and AJK for vastly improving the health of the grid…
Hello, Muggle friends!
This week's SSS had its genesis, I'm ashamed to admit, during a recent high-school performance of 34A (starring Marshall Gantt and Lilah Brennan, pictured here). Unfortunately, out of nowhere, a metanism popped into my head…
This puzzle had its genesis on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 9, when Peter Abide and I were on Discord, trying to co-solve a Fireball meta. Peter had come up with what we both thought was 100% for sure the correct metanism; alas, it wasn't . . . nor was…
Secretive upstairs neighbors! Mysterious upheavals in the wee hours, waking up the entire household! And an overwhelming sense that something's being hushed up. This classic novel, which shows up on many required reading lists, is chock-full of…
Alien Abduction
◆ · By guest constructor Wendy Walker and Abide · Published 2024-10-07T14:46:32.083Z
Happy September, Muggles! Hope you find this puzzle to be Smooth Sailing indeed, unlike the way a prison break should be.
The photo shows our local county prison, which made the international news a year ago when the five-foot-tall double murderer…