My name is Ben Chenoweth, and I'm currently a teacher at Donvale Christian College, in Melbourne, Australia. I've worked overseas with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and in Australia as a secondary and tertiary teacher. (I was the Educational Designer / eLearning Coordinator at Melbourne School of Theology for four years, and taught at Eastern College for some of that time.)
My main interests are music, writing, theology and various combinations of those. I have a number of other interests, including reading, crosswords (especially cryptics and metas), and computer games. I also enjoy programming. My About Me website (https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about) was put together as an HTML/CSS demonstration for my Year 10 Computing class. Another interesting programming project is my EPUB Metadata Editor (an open-source project on GitHub).
Apparently, Melbourne has 12 seasons: winter, fool's spring, second winter, spring of deception, the swooping, the pollening, actual spring, summer, hell, false autumn, second summer, actual autumn. If you want to know why one of these seasons is…
OK, so sometimes people go overboard when they interact with others on social media. Let me assure you that this puzzle is not intended to glamorise troll rants or argue against free speech. Let me just say this one thing: if only people treated one…
When there are five Tuesdays in a month that can only mean one thing: it's time for a "week 5" level puzzle! And that's all the blurb you're going to get. The answer to the meta is a 3-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com…
Term 2 starts today in Australia; at least, it does at my school. But something else is happening this week. You'll have to complete the grid to find out what. The answer to the meta is just a number, apparently. Answer & explanation: https://www…
Did the omega across clue/entry in last week's MOAT pique your curiosity? If it did, then jump straight in! If not, no matter: jump straight in anyway. ;-) The answer to the meta is what acronyms do. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles…
I had the idea for this puzzle in my "possible metas" notebook for months - months, I tell you! But it never felt right. Then, today, I realised what was missing. So of course I had to immediately see if I could even construct a grid to contain it…
I've got a super-sized meta for you this week! But don't let the size of the grid put you off because there's plenty of fun to be had within by all and sundry (at least, I hope so!) The answer to the meta is two words. Answer & explanation: https…
Hmmm, here's another puzzle for which I neglected to write an intro at the time of construction. Ah well, what can I say about this puzzle by way of introduction? Not much - except to say that solvers of MMMM will have a bit of an advantage. The…
The other day I was waiting at a traffic light, watching the stream of cars passing in front of me. And every car was on the monochromatic spectrum from white to black, via various shades of gray. (I was sitting in a bright red Mazda 3, so I felt…
This puzzle was inspired by the grid of MGWCC #817 Keep It Simple. You don't have to have solved that one to enjoy this one; the mechanisms are entirely different! The answer to the meta is a 3-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword…