I'm hoping this one may weaken my reputation of being gnarly. .... Oh, well...., the answer is a bit of a twist in that it's not really the "answer" but... well, you'll figure it out. I guess that counts as "gnarly".
Still it should be relatively…
This may be my most ambitious meta.
This was a learning experience but what I learned is not that pleasant.
I learned when a constructor sets himself up with an intricate problem of creating a puzzle that cleverly follows an intricate mechanism and…
This is my attempt at a week 1. It may not be because the themers might be too hard to find. But it still shouldn't be any harder than a week 2, I hope.
I came up with this concept as part of my "So many rabbit holes" puzzle but it became a puzzle…
This is my attempt at a Week 5. It may not be because the themers might be too easy to find. But it still shouldn't be any easier than a week 4, I hope.
I came up with this idea when I had a familiar frustration trying to solve a meta and a thought…
There's a bit of creative licensing in the meta answer. And the mechanism requires a bit of out of the box thinking.
Anyway, to my surprise one of the hardest parts of constructing a crossword is making a grid pattern that feels natural and works…
Okay. The grid is kind of tough. I have more the usual number of "woozyisms" (cobbled multiword phrases with surreal clues to make the unnatural phrases have some logistical meaning) and more acronyms than I like. I did the grid before I had…
This is a response to a charming Meta (https://crosshare.org/crosswords/ExvVQVQi4ByDAL0wvTC5/its-all-connected) whose answer was a television show that debuted in 2022. Unfortunately (and hardly surprising) I wasn't familiar with the show. Anyway…
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This was a diversion. I've never seen this done although I'd be intrigued to see others attempt puzzles like it. What do you all think.