tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15695297900876287152024-03-17T20:03:27.371-07:00bewilderinglyCrosswords by Will NedigerWill Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.comBlogger286125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-74784860551603067562024-03-11T03:00:00.000-07:002024-03-11T03:00:00.130-07:00Puzzle #223: Word Cloud<p>Yet again, today's puzzle (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/7lmk9csckatpbsvqpa3ty/031124-word-cloud.pdf?rlkey=ot3w0gsmiv35m0bycb9hc6vd3&dl=1" target="_blank">PDF only</a>) is really a pair of puzzles. It's PDF-only for a specific reason - it has assembly instructions!</p><p>There are two puzzles, labeled A and B. You can either print out the PDF double-sided, or print it single-sided, and then glue the pages together so that grid B is directly behind grid A. Then, <i>after</i> solving the puzzles, cut out the grids and cut them into 15 strips, one for each column, making sure to keep them in the same order. Then you'll be able to solve the meta, whose answer is <b>the song that partially inspired this puzzle</b>. (The puzzle also has a non-meta-related theme, involving the circled letters - those circled letters have nothing to do with the meta.) If you email me the meta answer (at wnediger@umich.edu) by March 31, you'll be entered in a draw to win a crossword subscription.</p><p>If you want your name to be entered in the draw not once but <i>twice</i>, you can go the extra mile in a way I'll describe below! You see, the main inspiration for this puzzle was the <i>Clouds</i> series by an artist whose name I'll redact here, since it's an answer to one of the clues. As a crossword constructor, I'm naturally drawn to art that uses grid patterns, and in particular I've long loved Canada's own Agnes Martin, the acknowledged master of the grid form.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE6ECBkKx4-cg0afDPus0cXnP7OMdJMUrXQOB__KQG9TA0cG-u4Q4ZQJkHTrOdGokv4UvkEfR4Pmtr-Z3Jrkwe0o1FH294ZHgTwiy1NLfe6cx4RjV6pbAQoBvYb8lyHflC8myh8l5qmPs6X0MZ_SvTEI-sQ6kWVzDmdZ98xl14u5Dm8naMS2QjrSXjuQk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE6ECBkKx4-cg0afDPus0cXnP7OMdJMUrXQOB__KQG9TA0cG-u4Q4ZQJkHTrOdGokv4UvkEfR4Pmtr-Z3Jrkwe0o1FH294ZHgTwiy1NLfe6cx4RjV6pbAQoBvYb8lyHflC8myh8l5qmPs6X0MZ_SvTEI-sQ6kWVzDmdZ98xl14u5Dm8naMS2QjrSXjuQk" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Agnes Martin, <i>Untitled</i> (1965)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But it was only recently that I learned about Redacted Artist, who was a close friend (and possible lover) of Martin. Martin's influence on her is clear, but in her <i>Clouds</i> series, Redacted Artist thrusts Martin's grid forms into the third dimension by dangling threads from suspended grid structures. These works use the rigidity of the grid structure as a jumping-off point, but because of their form, they're beautifully fluid and responsive. Below is her <i>Cloud Labyrinth</i> - if you want to get a better sense of what it would look like in three dimensions, I recommend the 1979 short film <i>Cloud Dance</i>, which you can find on YouTube.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh26t26luLu5_d_dRnGIa5dcGUn32CyEzCteLQ5FSfetXFF-ato-x64tExqD-Z96megLe-C-vZt4gBCo3CXNVho-HZ2I-hG7uw1RNLh9VM3q00nK8RhZ-9NzOx0kL8qYr5ILQ0AizpfbFh9SzrktaxNfhwVi0S0Wh-K1ETOp9Iqd4AEzNJgRU2lOuoU5G4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh26t26luLu5_d_dRnGIa5dcGUn32CyEzCteLQ5FSfetXFF-ato-x64tExqD-Z96megLe-C-vZt4gBCo3CXNVho-HZ2I-hG7uw1RNLh9VM3q00nK8RhZ-9NzOx0kL8qYr5ILQ0AizpfbFh9SzrktaxNfhwVi0S0Wh-K1ETOp9Iqd4AEzNJgRU2lOuoU5G4" width="234" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Cloud Labyrinth</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To really achieve that effect, you'd have to attach the aforementioned 15 strips (still keeping them in the same order) to a fixed object, like a strip of wood or cardboard, so that they dangle and you can rotate them at will. (String and safety pins might work nicely.) Totally optional, but it might help you solve the meta, and if you send a photo of your completed creation with your meta answer, you'll double your chances of winning the prize. Good luck! </div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-18074453356601550832024-02-19T03:00:00.000-08:002024-02-19T03:00:00.142-08:00Puzzle #222: Round Figures<p>Only two theme entries in this one (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ili89r3k45kjhfji4mnrh/021924-round-figures.pdf?rlkey=t4gpaazolsv5xp2m8quduviri&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/5bi3slynegmjo9htqk6ve/021924-round-figures.puz?rlkey=ojviqlmtazdtbsyaueo3g1lom&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3yefsam9vu0akr6wi1qxc/021924-round-figures-solution.pdf?rlkey=rvo37raya9h03u67w21q7aqdr&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>), but sometimes two is all you need, you know?</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=88149b4a&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" aria-label="Puzzle Me"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-64946821731489719732024-01-29T03:00:00.000-08:002024-01-29T03:00:00.164-08:00Puzzle #221: Well That's Just Not True<p>It's been a while but I'm back with a new puzzle (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/30aq8os26b7fs20n5tvyu/012924-well-that-s-just-not-true.pdf?rlkey=se7tpljasdxuht3sd5o7yo0ub&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l8ut2xdw3swifjlhwojqa/012924-well-that-s-just-not-true.puz?rlkey=vx3pnyh33up5wc8rqptovl0n6&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/8qlckroqpsy4smcl0i6cq/012924-well-that-s-just-not-true-solution.pdf?rlkey=ix40m6g660funio9f57tj82yy&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>)! More to come soon, hopefully.</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=c2e3dcbc&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" aria-label="Puzzle Me"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-46637443762243381162023-12-22T12:01:00.000-08:002023-12-22T12:01:30.260-08:00Musings occasioned by the end of the yearBy an odd quirk of scheduling, I've got 11 puzzles scheduled, in 8 different venues, in the 11 days from December 21 to December 31 this year. This is what I do for a living, so I have to write a lot of puzzles. But I'm also kind of like the bourgeois image of the writer as Roland Barthes describes it in "The Writer on Holiday": "The writer is the prey of an inner god who speaks at all times, without bothering, tyrant that he is, with the holidays of his medium. Writers are on holiday, but their Muse is awake, and gives birth non-stop." Constructing crosswords is so ingrained in my nature that I can't turn it off. I'm about to go on an actual holiday where I'll be parenting and therefore theoretically too busy to make any puzzles for the next two weeks, but we'll see how it goes.<div><br /></div><div>Anyway, all of this, plus the fact that I recently passed 1,000 entries on the spreadsheet I keep of my published crosswords since late 2016, has got me thinking... are solvers getting Nediger fatigue? I mean, probably not - the vast majority of solvers don't care about bylines, they just solve the NYT or whatever. Then there are the hardcore solvers like me, who do care about bylines. Rebecca Goldstein is published seemingly everywhere these days, but do I get Goldstein fatigue? Certainly not - her puzzles are routinely impeccably crafted with ingenious themes, so why would I?</div><div><br /></div><div>At the same time, there are a <i>lot</i> of high-quality puzzles these days. A few years back, Brian Cimmet attempted to solve every puzzle published in a reputable venue over the course of a single year. It was a quixotic goal back then, but now it feels like such a feat would be downright impossible, at least for anyone with a job and/or family. And puzzles are an ephemeral medium by nature, meant to be solved once. There's no <i>Ulysses</i> of crosswords, revealing endless new depths even over a dozen revisits. Even the greatest crossword generally isn't something that provides a lot of food for thought after the solve is over. And so it's hard not to feel like a content mill, pumping out transient pieces of entertainment that will soon be forgotten by nearly everyone.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I start to think that way (which is often), I'm reminded of one of my favorite authors, the Argentinian novelist C<span style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">é</span></span>sar Aira. Aira writes unpredictable, slim novels and he pumps them out at an incredible rate. Every couple years, I think to check whether there's a new-to-me Aira book available, and there's usually at least one. Most recently, I read <i>Prins</i>, which fortuitously enough is about a prolific author of Gothic novels who decides to give up the craft because he's tired of churning out formulaic books that the public laps up; he's continued doing it for ages because he makes a living from it and because he can't think of anything else he could do.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, my state of mind isn't really like that of the protagonist of <i>Prins</i> (I love writing crosswords and can't imagine ever stopping). But the novel, and Aira's writing strategies more generally, do serve as a nice reminder of how lucky I am to have turned an artistic compulsion into a well-paying job, something which is increasingly rare in many disciplines. And it's something that I can do for myself and for my muse; if the solvers want to come along for the ride, so much the better. So I'm finally adding AIRA to my wordlist. Hey, I can use a different novel in the clue each time and it'll be years before I have to reuse a clue, so I'll never get tired of it. Will the solvers get tired of it? Who knows!</div>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-31006941985135218862023-12-18T03:00:00.000-08:002023-12-18T03:00:00.131-08:00Puzzle #220: Great Job All Around<p>Themed puzzle with good vibes today (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1t4dimkax6rwzwmw59mft/121823-great-job-all-around.pdf?rlkey=ci9nntvwhfbhy2u2109u7f5mt&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ow5gtd3h6xroq86t2rnd1/121823-great-job-all-around.puz?rlkey=sc9u03pf1j71g936z7shbkal7&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rgvxgpvoe4r6itnf8nwak/121823-great-job-all-around-solution.pdf?rlkey=2rfkzo33xgcvuy1xugtyqvaiq&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>). Accidental mini-themes include food, sex, and Portuguese-language literature (the three good things in life).</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=104002d3&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" aria-label="Puzzle Me"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-87115299728402877682023-12-11T03:00:00.000-08:002023-12-11T03:00:00.132-08:00Puzzles #219 and #219.5: Ambient Noise/Random Noise<p>I've been thinking lately about ways to make pairs of interrelated puzzles that work as cohesive wholes. Maybe I'll make an irregular series out of it? Who knows! Anyway, here's an example of what I mean by that (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b3ulwa0nt2ol7qpdzzblj/121123-ambient-noise.pdf?rlkey=ve8s39wamoj5fyowlhpt7axgc&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zqest834y9ohgnop1tti1/121123-ambient-noise.puz?rlkey=21evcyxhc9yki41wph1owuj6z&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/emd7n8iha4394jilssjk9/121123-ambient-noise-solution.pdf?rlkey=h9yocyrvvan6lyfgpkjc83bkn&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a> and also <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/l84tquthjgqub7lsnpbpr/121123-random-noise.pdf?rlkey=bv89rx7cx1u7wpq3btbkvk4z3&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b6avng2ecakp39obfzfux/121123-random-noise.puz?rlkey=33bugcgsthyz8vhjmu6s0q5lv&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/834ae703tj8qh37e2xyfc/121123-random-noise-solution.pdf?rlkey=9z6hy3htjtcxp5m7jr0znw638&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>).</p>
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<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=3ee776c5&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" aria-label="Puzzle Me"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-66304315474590641942023-11-13T03:00:00.000-08:002023-11-13T03:00:00.150-08:00Puzzle #218: Quick on the Pickup (with Brooke Husic) + puzzle suite!<p>I'm back with another collab with the great Brooke Husic (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/sr8j45plagcpx3muwu21w/111323-quick-on-the-pickup.pdf?rlkey=1y2rg3shaosskd26twbknz2ru&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qijtgjmyof8yulpg2iopm/111323-quick-on-the-pickup.puz?rlkey=czq71hqlz93rcukn6sff05s3z&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d8e5plknjpbjyla0n9qxx/111323-quick-on-the-pickup-solution.pdf?rlkey=1s83zgx1qvrrg3jvbmjafzn1b&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>)! I told Brooke that I was making a puzzle suite inspired by one of my favorite things, and she came up with this theme idea as an announcement for the suite. Details about the suite below (spoilers for the revealer, so don't look until after you've solved the puzzle!).</p><p>Brooke says: "i know nothing about the topic of this puzzle except that it might make a good revealer. i'm glad will agreed and was down to include me in the promo for his pack!"</p>
<iframe allow="web-share; fullscreen" height="700px" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=8b3f8604&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe><div><br /></div><div>S</div><div><br /></div><div>P</div><div><br /></div><div>O</div><div><br /></div><div>I</div><div><br /></div><div>L</div><div><br /></div><div>E</div><div><br /></div><div>R</div><div><br /></div><div>S</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to the good folks at A24, I recently got to see my favorite movie ever (<i>Stop Making Sense</i>) in IMAX, and it was everything I dreamed of and more. It inspired me to write a suite of 16 puzzles, one puzzle inspired by each song performed in the movie. (The puzzles are written just by me, with no Brooke involvement, so they're not as good as the above one, but I think they're still pretty good.) The puzzles should be enjoyable even if you've never heard a Talking Heads song (but if you haven't, you should rectify that immediately, maybe even while solving the suite).</div><div><br /></div><div>The suite is available as a zip file <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/a5dpqze64f7517grkv2rt/Stop-Making-Sense-files.zip?rlkey=mw7r1qo02nuc4ftys2wx81k4i&dl=1" target="_blank">here</a>, including .puz and PDF files for each puzzle, plus a PDF file with liner notes I wrote about why I like the film so much. Thanks to the inimitable Kelsey Dixon for test-solving all of them!</div>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-66333701388700009652023-10-23T03:00:00.001-07:002023-10-23T03:00:00.139-07:00Puzzle #217: The Theme of This Crossword is Phrases That End with "Act"<p>Yet again, it's been almost a month since my last puzzle. But here's a new puzzle (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/otobmosozaf9u4xmtglqt/102323-the-theme-of-this-crossword-is-phrases-that-end-with-act.pdf?rlkey=tcop8r0199vlpwvbxxc0h4t8b&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/cfx6z3pfz0nlzgddtplgl/102323-the-theme-of-this-crossword-is-phrases-that-end-with-act.puz?rlkey=sy0fsn3qw4ljhp6eo1ah1etgf&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ozn5aq32cddhq8i9w8ys3/102323-the-theme-of-this-crossword-is-phrases-that-end-with-act-solution.pdf?rlkey=0poyjpfn33f732thtp0lozrf8&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>) whose theme, as you might have surmised from the title, is phrases that end with "act."</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=83bb46ac&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-82374469578252655842023-09-25T03:00:00.002-07:002023-09-25T17:43:46.651-07:00Puzzle #216: A Perfect Place to Cry<p>It's been almost a month since my last post! I've been working on a puzzle suite, hence my relative radio silence. But here's a new puzzle to tide you over (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/v71a1ynnyovdle8khwiox/092523-a-perfect-place-to-cry.pdf?rlkey=rpp5h8m65kflkx3r32g0wjj1l&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/bl6m6u4u0gqk4aobayat8/092523-a-perfect-place-to-cry.puz?rlkey=7cwz4a5czqoypy2vmrxhcy4qk&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3bvwmwcccptkkpczdasz9/092523-a-perfect-place-to-cry-solution.pdf?rlkey=53nk7b7kosl1qids7xcbs2a7q&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>).</p>
<iframe allow="web-share; fullscreen" height="700px" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=d6bef365&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-79143830649514682142023-08-28T03:35:00.001-07:002023-08-28T03:35:49.742-07:00Puzzle #215: The Immaculate Grid<p>Another puzzle with no .puz option, because of all the pictures - it's getting to be a habit with me (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lw4sp0z67ykgny4u6nraj/092823-the-immaculate-grid.pdf?rlkey=kgxcplvfv9ulxz11yx2g17xb1&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y86jlrvjrrzh9j2ex1qmk/092823-the-immaculate-grid-solution.pdf?rlkey=mm9snmm12kd5b6zp3bsufu66r&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>). Happy solving!</p>
<iframe allow="web-share; fullscreen" height="700px" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=a83cd75f&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-70303084235571352792023-08-14T03:00:00.001-07:002023-08-14T03:00:00.150-07:00Puzzle #214: Surely Some Revealer Is at Hand<p>No .puz this time because of the pretty colors (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1v064h70w4bvtaea1gy1b/081423-surely-some-revealer-is-at-hand.pdf?rlkey=93tz7ay32tf7tygw2dj2j6g6e&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yn6l71s4dsmwhj53v6rjr/081423_-_surely_some_revealer_is_at_hand.jpz?rlkey=b74l27wi4zfrww1bx4xllxuik&dl=1" target="_blank">jpz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/g6n7m2x6k59cx1n331uy8/081423-surely-some-revealer-is-at-hand-solution.pdf?rlkey=eo88c02l8ahop3sllfrks2ig7&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>). Happy solving!</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=c08156b5&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-23368847158901371582023-07-31T03:00:00.000-07:002023-07-31T03:00:00.145-07:00Puzzle #213: Playtime<p>Got a Sunday-sized puzzle for you today (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/yr6t085tjhrj0muihlium/073123-playtime.pdf?rlkey=b59nszyo7i0i58vbuqf9v1zvq&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/1i9idhzspan205syyxbrt/073123-playtime.puz?rlkey=5bg9snph5uz355jqyh5br4szd&dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b4kfqewos9ijtv9k7hggm/073123-playtime-solution.pdf?rlkey=0sg1pl72l3n99j52estu4y6di&dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>)! Only one solution this time, sorry.</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=848430fd&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-14800152753575902832023-07-18T12:17:00.000-07:002023-07-18T12:17:47.790-07:00Two for the Price of One: (spoiler-filled) behind-the-scenes<p>For a long time, I assumed that it would be impossible to make a 15x15 crossword with two equally good solutions to the same set of clues - it was a sort of Holy Grail, as I imagine it has been for many constructors. But as it turns out, someone had already written such a crossword, and not even a professional constructor!</p><p>OK, not at the 15x15 scale, but the philosopher Dan Dennett, in an appendix to his book <i>Breaking the Spell</i>*, includes a 4x4 crossword with two distinct solutions as a way of illustrating the indeterminacy of radical interpretation. Building on W. V. O. Quine's idea of the indeterminacy of radical translation (in principle, there could be two equally good ways of translating from one language to another, with no possible evidence that would adjudicate between the two), he proposes the indeterminacy of radical <i>interpretation</i> - imagining that two people could observe Kim Philby extremely closely but come to totally different conclusions based on the same evidence (one concluding that Philby is a loyal Brit, the other that Philby is a loyal Soviet). As a simple illustration, he provides this mini crossword:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjpvpMbBtRDQykneafmJg9g5L7CciLjPxDp9IdPBBRNuAiOmAFQMIvLW8R31_X69vWVU5WD0kwnuDolQIS918bJPh5w-m_LgfKLFuHVWY6AU_mxkAlWekbd7oC_jTI-xNO6YrMmWWerjaRDetlBUJR7M5xrMqTmBcy7hzj1WWLeitB_d9ap082jmD-F6Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="462" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjpvpMbBtRDQykneafmJg9g5L7CciLjPxDp9IdPBBRNuAiOmAFQMIvLW8R31_X69vWVU5WD0kwnuDolQIS918bJPh5w-m_LgfKLFuHVWY6AU_mxkAlWekbd7oC_jTI-xNO6YrMmWWerjaRDetlBUJR7M5xrMqTmBcy7hzj1WWLeitB_d9ap082jmD-F6Y=w330-h414" width="330" /></a></div><br />He doesn't give the solutions, but I take it that they're SLOP/LOVE/EVEN/DERN and SMUT/HOPE/IRON/PENN. It's far from perfect (the first one duplicates LOVE, which is a complete no-no, and clues as vague as [Movie actor] certainly aren't in vogue), but it got me (hubristically) thinking. Sure, Dennett is a guy who thinks for a living so he's probably pretty smart, but he's also probably never constructed another crossword in his life. If he can do it in a 4x4 grid, surely I, a professional crossword constructor, can do it in a 15x15 grid?<p></p><p>Naturally, I started with a 4x4 corner, the top left. I wanted to pick a 1-Across pair that would have two clear answers, so that solvers would have an obvious starting point and they'd know which answer to put in which grid if I told them that they were ordered alphabetically. So I settled on CALC and TRIG, which I liked because 3-Down in grid 2 could be IDLE, leaving three synonymous options for grid 1 (LOLL, LOAF, LAZE). My optimism quickly started to fade - after toiling away for a while, I found that I had to add some helper squares to get a corner that seemed remotely workable. I couldn't even manage a measly 4x4! But when I did manage to pull off the corner, it seemed like a promising proof of concept - there were plenty of pairs that had very specific, uncontrived clues, like [Starchy Indian food] and ["Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" voice actor].</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdPB7VGDbfNivHTDZARqH10t6N4fhZjoQQxIpQKCIGO21ZwxC09-vmSqfT3OkT6CMC0w3HGvS5mqWQVqVBFl6JfWrzMLBYJEEMHJ8RZ-Fvgh9cYxKx2h12AO1F1A6DnA2TPh1-81iNdgdHvaC4BvprIRttQB5NtwhglUfLaOcf00y7LoMJJoTBERDvnCA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdPB7VGDbfNivHTDZARqH10t6N4fhZjoQQxIpQKCIGO21ZwxC09-vmSqfT3OkT6CMC0w3HGvS5mqWQVqVBFl6JfWrzMLBYJEEMHJ8RZ-Fvgh9cYxKx2h12AO1F1A6DnA2TPh1-81iNdgdHvaC4BvprIRttQB5NtwhglUfLaOcf00y7LoMJJoTBERDvnCA=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(At the above point in construction, I didn't have the full grid pattern yet, but I'm including it in the image for simplicity's sake.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now an obvious problem arose. There are very few entries that start with EE, and I needed to find one that could be paired with one of the same length starting with FE. I found EERIE/FERAL, which then immediately confronted me with the same problem at 30/35-Down, but this time with IR and AR as the starts. Again, it didn't take me long to find those crossword stalwarts, IRA and ARI, but if every pair I made immediately forced another toughie, it was going to be rough going. But of course, this was only the beginning. In a stairstep area like that, things are relatively easy - once I got backed into a corner or otherwise blocked-off section, I'd have nowhere to hide. I traveled down the staircase starting from FERAL/EERIE and soon found myself at the first blocked-off section, where 80/81/82-Down are. I was confident that if I could finish that section, I could manage the whole grid. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibWEjryVJV2mU8n0FFh__TDoYOI0rQqvPTxw74zsio2E02vyEkthQX-bBfkSMMQ5i77ymx8bz99Z4M_Ix7TA5OdbfpLqQyeblBNqhaUUE3tsY0PZbQ3F0t4KLP0EyDmmn1a-_VODj89eiunjevCmPscD7kChCwsSo2td33htLQi9NwJhfAzHV7VMUuULk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibWEjryVJV2mU8n0FFh__TDoYOI0rQqvPTxw74zsio2E02vyEkthQX-bBfkSMMQ5i77ymx8bz99Z4M_Ix7TA5OdbfpLqQyeblBNqhaUUE3tsY0PZbQ3F0t4KLP0EyDmmn1a-_VODj89eiunjevCmPscD7kChCwsSo2td33htLQi9NwJhfAzHV7VMUuULk=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></div><br />Already, though, I was unhappy about having to use ESTOP (which I wouldn't normally put in a grid), especially crossing PURLIEU (a word that I like and definitely <i>would</i> put in a grid, but which is pretty tricky). But the fact that NEA/PTA was a natural pair for 72/76-Down, giving promising beginnings for the intersecting acrosses, was very encouraging. Despite the promising beginnings, this section involved a <i>lot</i> of false starts and do-overs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The usual way things went with these blocked-off sections was that I'd find a fill where close to half of the pairs had very natural cluing options - but that still left at least three or four pairs where I had to pull a workable clue out of my ass. And sometimes, I'd be able to do it for all but one or two of those pairs, which would be tantalizing, but not good enough. Sometimes I'd spent ages trying to get those last two pairs work, knowing that I'd probably have to settle for some stretchy stuff. For the below fill, EGOT/TO_O was the sticking point. Grid 2 could have TOTO/ANT or TOGO/ANG in addition to TO-DO/ANT. ANT is a much more promising partner for LOO than AND is, because they're both nouns, but TOTO/EGOT seemed impossible. (I attempted a lot of absurd connections - "Well, Quincy Jones has an EGOT, even though it includes a non-competitive Oscar, and he worked on <i>The Wiz</i>, which is based on <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>, which features TOTO, so maybe there's something there" - that went nowhere.) Both TOGO and ANG spelled trouble, since they're proper nouns without a ton of variety in cluing angles. So it had to be EGOT/TO-DO - I eventually came up with a clue I liked for that pair, so I <i>really</i> wanted LOO/AND to work. I really didn't want to have to settle for clues like [Word found in "floor sander"], which would be an exceedingly cheap solution, but I was comforted to know that option was in my back pocket. While it's not ideal, a clue that's only a hidden-word clue for one of the two solutions, like [Andy Murray's head?] for LOO/AND, is a godsend in desperate circumstances.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWZkCWfjsBHyPCiU3-jN__p0lRj17s29jmL4hUzaB33obeNTZFap9T0MKt1I0vsP46OUZvw91GN6YvGWqxN9nmRhqECTF_8p5xskYjCWWRedAxTr84dYR-y_Fa_vD0VZZ1I6r1Ycj8Qh_K-sblXJqc6_5COvJB40rtk8BX6W-Uc9xl2ArDdG2fb-3vUkM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWZkCWfjsBHyPCiU3-jN__p0lRj17s29jmL4hUzaB33obeNTZFap9T0MKt1I0vsP46OUZvw91GN6YvGWqxN9nmRhqECTF_8p5xskYjCWWRedAxTr84dYR-y_Fa_vD0VZZ1I6r1Ycj8Qh_K-sblXJqc6_5COvJB40rtk8BX6W-Uc9xl2ArDdG2fb-3vUkM=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></div><br />As I mentioned, once I finished that section, I was very confident that I could finish the job. But this is the point at which I started to run into another difficulty: the two solutions combined have 180 words, including 60 three-letter words. It's hard enough to avoid dupes in a Sunday grid, which has around 140 words. I knew that the 3s would become increasingly hard to wrangle as the possibilities diminished. In the top-right corner, where I headed next, I ended up with A LA - already, the ALI option was foreclosed to me. Soon after, in the middle left, I'd find myself experimenting with fills that had AL_ at 70/74-Down, needing a vowel in the third slot - ALE and ALO were the only possibilities I hadn't already used, and neither of those panned out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD9z3WUTBtQsCYP97OBD11BpS1uGLZKjXN4-TvnlCq_kuPt1stxZHhvnB36L9t9LjIGoSiA2pJuCyhXiw5L-zqhpTlRUljdCS16cHp8_NWbGFrNukn7gMch7WVhIp3qiTeZNHzgartECtN4aoh56MliV1aPQKP_WMUxV8lF4z96zrrfEPNIrYwAfnkoVk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhD9z3WUTBtQsCYP97OBD11BpS1uGLZKjXN4-TvnlCq_kuPt1stxZHhvnB36L9t9LjIGoSiA2pJuCyhXiw5L-zqhpTlRUljdCS16cHp8_NWbGFrNukn7gMch7WVhIp3qiTeZNHzgartECtN4aoh56MliV1aPQKP_WMUxV8lF4z96zrrfEPNIrYwAfnkoVk" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>The top-right section had one of the most satisfying breakthrough moments of the whole process. ALA/ORO was the last clue to fill, and I nearly despaired of it being possible. I very much didn't want to use something like [Palindromic foreign term often used in crosswords]. I'm fine with [Palindromic name] at 6/17-Down, because at least that's a clue that you might see in a regular crossword, even though it would ideally be more specific. But for ALA/ORO, that would have really felt like a cheat. So I was incredibly happy when I realized that both could be tied to "Au" (the masculine form of A LA in French, and the chemical symbol for ORO in Spanish). Clues that work very straightforwardly for both solutions in the same way (like TOME/SAGA or ORG/NET) are great in their own way, but clues that work in radically different ways in the two solutions feel more special.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The other most satisfying breakthrough came in the next section I did, the middle left. I had ABACI/AMISH locked in place pretty early, because once I stuck PURLIEU/REACHES in, I wanted to make sure there would be a viable pair at 97/102-Across, given the paucity of A___I and A___H entries. This really constrained the 89/92-Across slot because the nearby 69/73-Across spot also had very limited options due to the I at the end of 73-Across. The particular difficulty of 69/73-Across is that one of the ending letters was a consonant and the other was a vowel - it's much easier when the corresponding entries have similar vowel-consonant patterns, because that means that, broadly speaking, they're going to be similar types of entries that might be amenable to cluing identically. So I actually came up with a couple of basically workable fills for the middle left section that floundered just because I couldn't manage to connect them to the lower section via 89/92-Across. So once I found a pair that seemed at least potentially doable, I stuck with it. That pair was DECAF/IONIC, which I noticed early on could be both clued as "orders." The problem was that those orders otherwise have seemingly nothing in common. I did know there was a famous McDonald's location with Greek architecture, but alas, it turned out to have Doric columns, so that was off the table. I spent all weekend turning it over in my brain. (The nice/horrible thing about this puzzle was that much of the work didn't require me to be looking at the grid, since it was all about just dreaming up connections between seemingly unrelated entries. Besides, I'd spent so much time with it that the grid was seared into my brain and I could even work on the fill in my head.) Finally, I reached a level of similarity that was so abstract (and yet still oddly specific) that it could link the two entries: [Order for when you want <i>something</i> to top things off, but you still want to be sensible].</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bottom-left corner was the next real sticking point - compared to it, the last two sections were a breeze. There just aren't a lot of options for __I/__F, which narrows the options right off the bat. I went through a <i>lot </i>of fill combinations for this corner, and the one I ended up with was the only one that came close to working. But I really struggled with cluing GIRDLE/LITTER. In principle, it shouldn't be that hard, since they're both nouns with a couple of different meanings and many different cluing angles. But I just wasn't getting anything I was happy with, so I left it and did the last couple of sections before circling back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioteGQ78dlSEve1X2edIpFXuI8ABrF93tqNpLuHzL0xOX8spp5NnF_koT4g4rpPvqGXPiZdPrGYEyjWR7AEg7GuLvd4X8O0O9TnDaMzvxlpN8TT3t-whBh3YpyWv5oNuk3OTxrO7k26VGL8_M5eJkdyO5evN1he84p_pYeMQ6Exos5T2ucqrkSFtKYYDg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="841" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEioteGQ78dlSEve1X2edIpFXuI8ABrF93tqNpLuHzL0xOX8spp5NnF_koT4g4rpPvqGXPiZdPrGYEyjWR7AEg7GuLvd4X8O0O9TnDaMzvxlpN8TT3t-whBh3YpyWv5oNuk3OTxrO7k26VGL8_M5eJkdyO5evN1he84p_pYeMQ6Exos5T2ucqrkSFtKYYDg=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></div><br />Fun side note: much like Dennett's puzzle, the last corner I finished here has EVEN clued as "(to) make smooth," though paired with EASE instead of IRON. This was a total coincidence: by the time I had gotten to this point in construction, I'd totally forgotten the specifics of Dennett's puzzle.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I circled back to GIRDLE/LITTER, the most promising angle seemed to be that both are the names of products that conceal things. I ended up with something like [Product for concealing what goes on in the lower torso area], which technically works but is kind of a stretch, and landed with a thud for the testers. I mentioned to Kelsey another option that I'd been considering, which was an audio clue that could double as [Waist concealer] and [Waste concealer]. She was super into the idea, which helped convince me. I'd been on the fence about it because it's clearly a cheat, but on the other hand, it's a much better clue, and definitely improves the solver experience, which is the most important thing. (Plus, at the end of the day, I knew that I had come up with a functional text-based clue too, so it didn't diminish the accomplishment in my mind.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another big improvement to the puzzle came from another tester, Jake. For DELTA/MUSIC, I'd considered doing something like [Mouth output], which I didn't like because music doesn't always come from a mouth. [Word with "blues"] was another option, but again a bit unsatisfying. I ended up with [Alt-J output], which is wonderfully precise - the band Alt-J is named after a keyboard shortcut that produces the delta symbol. But it does rely on very specific trivia, which isn't ideal for this kind of puzzle. Jake almost immediately came up with [It carries through the air], which I love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then I had a complete puzzle! It took me about a month, dedicating some time to it every day. I'm glad I did it, and I will never, ever do it again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">*I should mention that I haven't actually read this book! I flipped through it at the library once and the crossword grid, naturally, caught my eye.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-9097740685644239272023-07-17T03:00:00.001-07:002023-07-17T03:00:00.135-07:00Puzzle #212: Two for the Price of OneYes, that's right - you get two whole puzzles for the price of one! Well, there's only one set of clues, but it leads to two distinct solutions (i.e. no answers are the same in the two grids, though some individual letters will be the same). No .puz or .pdf options this time, because of one particular clue. It might be easier to solve it full-screen rather than embedded in the blog - here's a <a href="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=2c955246&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" target="_blank">link</a> for that.<div><br /></div><div>For answer-checking purposes, the grids are in alphabetical order by the 1-Across answer. Good luck!</div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks to Kelsey, Jake, Brooke and an anonymous Discord user for the tests!</div><div><br /></div>
<iframe allow="web-share; fullscreen" height="700px" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=2c955246&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-19607693251426598932023-07-03T03:00:00.007-07:002023-07-03T03:00:00.140-07:00Puzzle #211: Almost Too Funny<p>What do I do when I can only come up with two theme entries plus a revealer? Stack 'em all together in the middle (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/x5zl609mpx0dvcd/070323%20-%20almost%20too%20funny.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/bpi6snt0afp09pt/070323%20-%20almost%20too%20funny.puz?dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/u9942eudwsso2wk/070323%20-%20almost%20too%20funny%20solution.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>)! Unlike last week's, this one is on the easier side - in fact, it has two of the easiest clues I've ever written.</p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="web-share; fullscreen" height="700px" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=24cb04f6&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-75189739809244600742023-06-26T03:00:00.001-07:002023-06-26T03:00:00.140-07:00Puzzle #210: Why Not Both?<p>Back with a new themed puzzle (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmupg6sr0vovdpt/062623%20-%20why%20not%20both.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7z79sgeu5y230xp/062623%20-%20why%20not%20both.puz?dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/lqiyv5wav6zuj88/062623%20-%20why%20not%20both%20solution.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>). It's a toughie, I think, but I believe in you!</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=9bc43a30&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-74087793568935855362023-06-05T03:00:00.006-07:002023-06-05T03:00:00.145-07:00Puzzle #209: I Think You Should Leave S3<p>Don't worry, there are no spoilers for season 3 of <i>I Think You Should Leave</i> in this puzzle (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/iw5m65zcsi2lquz/060523%20-%20i%20think%20you%20should%20leave%20s3.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/p789kro8lmq1c0a/060523%20-%20i%20think%20you%20should%20leave%20s3.puz?dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/wscm17rmm2dyw9g/060523%20-%20i%20think%20you%20should%20leave%20s3%20solution.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>) - I haven't seen it yet. But as the title suggests, it's a pretty niche theme (based on the show's first two seasons). It should still be a fun time if you haven't seen any of the show (but if you haven't, I highly recommend checking out at least <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Inf1Yz_fgk&ab_channel=NetflixIsAJoke" target="_blank">this sketch</a> after you solve).</p>
<iframe allow="web-share; fullscreen" height="700px" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=fc7383a8&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-86258859762486767072023-06-01T05:45:00.000-07:002023-06-01T05:45:55.872-07:00Indie puzzle lowlights: May 2023<p>Actually, there's just one lowlight, which is that I won't be doing any more indie puzzle highlights roundups for the foreseeable future. I've just got too much going on, and trying to keep up has started to feel like a chore. It's been a pleasure!</p>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-71357834961118279392023-05-29T03:00:00.001-07:002023-05-29T03:00:00.147-07:00Puzzle #208: Composition with Red Blue and Yellow<p>It feels like a while since I've posted a straight themeless here. This one's (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/zt9k0yvslk63lw0/052923%20-%20composition%20with%20red%20blue%20and%20yellow.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpnalwqtzocglfc/052923_-_composition_with_red_blue_and_yellow.jpz?dl=1" target="_blank">jpz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1r6wxqrid66mjc4/052923%20-%20composition%20with%20red%20blue%20and%20yellow%20solution.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>) got a gimmick - the grid is based on Piet Mondrian's painting <i>Composition with Red Blue and Yellow</i> and I didn't allow myself to use the letter R outside of the red section, B outside of the blue section, or Y outside of the yellow section - but otherwise it's a regular old themeless.</p><p>Also! If you're befuddled by Puzzle #207 from two weeks ago, check below the grid here for the answer.</p>
<iframe allow="web-share; fullscreen" height="700px" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=7eddae66&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe><div> <div><i>Puzzle #207 solution</i>:
The puzzle asked for the theme entry in a hypothetical "TV shows without any writers" crossword that could already be found in the posted grid, which had no letters or clues. The intended answer is the number 15, which is the TV show <i>PEN15</i> without its "pen." But one solver suggested "writer's block," in reference to the black square in the middle of the grid, which I think works just as well!</div></div>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-87850203414528104332023-05-15T03:00:00.001-07:002023-05-15T03:00:00.131-07:00Puzzle #207: Disappearing InkI came up with a "TV shows without any writers" theme, but in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America strike, I didn't write any fill or clues for it. But I'd only thought of one decent theme entry anyway, and conveniently, it's already in the grid! Maybe you can spot it?<div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLw88kmO_2G5CS9R2h5XhzmHdqqOEDGVJAScm0nlymhRrVBjcftr0YuPqAX70nrinMx1ZoiKpW6ygU887qcfH_cwM5-S3N1UEUFmsTiUgFu2jbQ_d5vNAx9IbYzdCVO8RSN7_L3gZZigSUltssvKoTYG2pKZz1QV5RncpPrPcsUvgaJFxv24fgzHj_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="233" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLw88kmO_2G5CS9R2h5XhzmHdqqOEDGVJAScm0nlymhRrVBjcftr0YuPqAX70nrinMx1ZoiKpW6ygU887qcfH_cwM5-S3N1UEUFmsTiUgFu2jbQ_d5vNAx9IbYzdCVO8RSN7_L3gZZigSUltssvKoTYG2pKZz1QV5RncpPrPcsUvgaJFxv24fgzHj_" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-57568510963661888312023-05-08T03:00:00.001-07:002023-05-08T03:00:00.153-07:00Puzzle #206: Southern Comforters<p>Another new themed puzzle this week (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/f7zcaroew7p1582/010823%20-%20southern%20comforters.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/s9wofd1tll98xbo/010823%20-%20southern%20comforters.puz?dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/hypog2adzvcte02/010823%20-%20southern%20comforters%20solution.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>)! Also, I had yesterday's NYT puzzle - check that out if you haven't had a chance yet.</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=71e3a320&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-84013015176877025842023-05-01T04:00:00.001-07:002023-05-01T04:00:00.129-07:00Indie puzzle highlights: April 2023<div>I was sick for most of April and fell behind on solving/jotting down which puzzles I wanted to feature, so I've got an extra short roundup this month. (Also, a new <a href="https://pandorasblocks.org/crosswords-for-cancer" target="_blank">charity crossword pack</a> was very rudely released at the end of the month so I haven't had time to solve it yet.)</div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>April 11: <a href="https://avxwords.com/puzzles/1304/" target="_blank">Translation for Abuelita</a> (Nancy Serrano-Wu, Lil AVC X)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><b>April 17: <a href="https://www.see17across.com/2023/04/7-talking-in-circles.html" target="_blank">Talking in Circles</a> (Brandon Koppy, See 17-Across)</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>April 27: <a href="https://xwordsbyaladee.blogspot.com/2023/04/puzzle-46.html" target="_blank">themeless xxxiii</a> ("soup or salad?") (Brooke Husic, xwords by a ladee)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>April 29: <a href="https://www.blackcrossword.com/" target="_blank">Untitled</a> (Juliana Pache, Black Crossword)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>April 30: <a href="https://rosswordpuzzles.com/2023/04/30/schoolmates/" target="_blank">Schoolmates</a> (Ross Trudeau, Rossword Puzzles)</b><br /><div><br /></div><div>S</div><div><br /></div><div>P</div><div><br /></div><div>O</div><div><br /></div><div>I</div><div><br /></div><div>L</div><div><br /></div><div>E</div><div><br /></div><div>R</div><div><br /></div><div>S</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Translation for Abuelita (Nancy Serrano-Wu)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Richard Blanco's poem "Translation for Mam<span style="color: #0f0f2b;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">á</span></span>" inspired this puzzle, a tribute to Nancy's grandmother, who used wordsearch puzzles to learn English. It's a lovely bilingual puzzle (with English entries clued in English and Spanish entries clued in Spanish), expertly crafted so that there are no pairs of intersecting Spanish entries and the puzzle can be solved by a monolingual English speaker. (But for those who do know Spanish, there are some nice clues, including [Palabra que se encuentra en "casaron," apropiadamente] for <b>ARO</b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Talking in Circles (Brandon Koppy)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>A really tight theme - O's are added to either side of words and phrases with wacky results (<b>O GOD, SPEEDO</b>, <b>OLIVE CAMO</b>, <b>OPINE SOLO</b>, and <b>OMEGA LITHO</b>), justified by the revealer <b>LOVE HANDLES</b>. I also appreciate that both the title and revealer are perfect encapsulations of the theme - oftentimes, it's one or the other, but not both. Lots of lovely fill, too, including <b>BIGWIG</b>, <b>PREREQ</b>, <b>QUAHOG</b>, <b>REBEL REBEL</b>, <b>TOSTADAS</b>, and <b>ZIPLINE</b>.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><b>themeless xxxiii ("soup or salad?") (Brooke Husic)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>As usual, there are lots of long assets with ingenious clues - [Squeaky toys] for <b>BALLOON ANIMALS</b>, [Going out plan] for <b>SLEEP SCHEDULE</b>, [Wife guy?] for <b>BRIDESMAN</b>, [Come with us!] for <b>VIBRATORS</b>. But for the experimental puzzles, Brooke also goes the extra mile with innovative clues for common short entries - [Bonus level?] for <b>CEO</b>, [Name that's always part of the nice list] for <b>ELI</b>, [Be in the lead, say] for <b>ACT</b>, [Tribute opener] for <b>DIS</b>, [PRNG initiator] for <b>SEED</b>, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Untitled (Juliana Pache)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>A smooth grid and cluing that's approachable for any solver but especially likely to resonate with Black solvers, the main reason being the clue [Card game that you may be teased over if you don't know how to play it] for <b>SPADES</b>. As a non-Black person, that clue would be totally over my head if I didn't happen to have read Hanif Abdurraqib's <i>A Little Devil in America</i>, which has a (delightful) chapter on spades.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Schoolmates (Ross Trudeau)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>A characteristically ambitious theme from Ross, complete with a two-part stacked revealer in the middle (<b>THERE ARE PLENTY/OF FISH IN THE SEA</b>) and some dense grid art (four C-shaped regions of black squares in the grid, each of which has two hidden fish names - TUNA, for example, is hidden in <b>O FORTUNA</b>). Impressive and entertaining in equal parts. (The SEA/C pun also reminds me of Brooke Husic's excellent Modern Crossword joint from the same weekend, which reinterpreted <b>NOTHING TO SEE HERE</b> as an instruction to replace O's with C's in the theme entries.)</div>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-34845370708885885822023-05-01T03:00:00.001-07:002023-05-01T03:00:00.134-07:00Puzzle #205: Half-Time Show<p>It's been a few weeks since my last puzzle, but I'm back with a new one (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/o3zcp6y50forkg1/050123%20-%20half-time%20show.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/g1xsvdcdvstxxo2/050123%20-%20half-time%20show.puz?dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/3535tavz4vadf4d/050123%20-%20half-time%20show%20solution.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>) - happy solving!</p>
<iframe height="700px" width="100%" allow="web-share; fullscreen" style="border:none; width: 100% !important; position: static;display: block !important; margin: 0 !important;" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=19b4935e&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-54100868240041134392023-04-10T04:00:00.001-07:002023-04-10T04:00:00.145-07:00Puzzle #204: It's All Greek to Me<p>Like #202, this one's a 66-worder (<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/ofopaxl6xymq4sj/041023%20-%20it%27s%20all%20greek%20to%20me.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/71dbhs932ghd9z2/041023%20-%20it%27s%20all%20greek%20to%20me.puz?dl=1" target="_blank">puz</a>, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/x0wi53kn129v7cd/041023%20-%20it%27s%20all%20greek%20to%20me%20solution.pdf?dl=1" target="_blank">pdf solution</a>), but where #202 was lightly themed, this is the most heavily-themed one I've done in a while. Enjoy!</p>
<iframe allow="web-share; fullscreen" height="700px" name="1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013" src="https://amuselabs.com/pmm/crossword?id=2bb7e643&set=1a3a0e41310a793108781124f14097c395e31bd970b03cf38248945f228fb013&embed=1" style="border: none; display: block !important; margin: 0 !important; position: static; width: 100% !important;" width="100%"> </iframe>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1569529790087628715.post-8448983555308831452023-04-01T15:18:00.000-07:002023-04-01T15:18:19.836-07:00Indie puzzle highlights: March 2023<p><b>March 1: <a href="https://xtramagazine.com/puzzle-fun/xword-queer-crossword-246488" target="_blank">What Do You Say?</a> (Ada Nicolle, Xtra)</b></p><p><b>March 4: <a href="https://goodcluesforpeoplewholovebadclues.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-good-bad-and-ugly-ft-pixlate.html" target="_blank">The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly</a> (Frisco17 and Pixlate, Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues)</b></p><p><b>March 10: <a href="https://crosstina-aquafina.blogspot.com/2023/03/themeless-no-22.html" target="_blank">themeless no. 22</a> (crosstina aquafina, crosstina aquafina)</b></p><p><b>March 10: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/free-daily-crossword-puzzle/" target="_blank">Untitled</a> (Paolo Pasco, The Atlantic)</b></p><p><b>March 17: <a href="https://www.see17across.com/2023/03/6-puzzle-with-twist.html" target="_blank">Puzzle with a Twist</a> (Brandon Koppy, See 17-Across)</b></p><p><b>March 20: <a href="https://avxwords.com/puzzles/1286/" target="_blank">Jolly Good Show</a> (meatdaddy69420, Lil AVC X)</b></p><p><b>March 20: <a href="https://www.boswords.org/" target="_blank">Untitled</a> (Rafa Musa, Boswords)</b></p><p><b>March 28: <a href="https://fund.nnaf.org/campaign/these-puzzl3s-fund-abortion/c467239" target="_blank">Double Back</a> (Chandi Deitmer, These Puzzl3s Fund Abortion)</b></p><p>S</p><p>P</p><p>O</p><p>I</p><p>L</p><p>E</p><p>R</p><p>S</p><p><b>What Do You Say? (Ada Nicolle)</b></p><p>Ada's been writing these queer-content-heavy themelesses for Xtra magazine, and it's amazing just how much of that content she manages to squeeze in. In this grid, <b>X GENDER MARKER</b> runs down the middle, crossing two fully thematic stacks at the top (<b>LESBIAN/INTERSEX/DRAG KINGS</b>) and bottom (<b>METAMOURS/ROMANCES/NAUGHTY</b>), <i>plus</i> the symmetrically-placed <b>NIBLINGS</b>, <b>TRANS RIGHTS</b>, and <b>ON GRINDR</b> in the middle section. Mind-boggling!</p><p><b>The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (Frisco17 and Pixlate)</b></p><p>The title refers to the fact that there are three different clue sets: easy, super hard, and Et Tu Etui-style. I didn't dare to check out the latter two, but the easy set was great fun, and I'm guessing the other sets were too, because the grid itself is one of the most well-crafted themeless grids I've seen in a while. Lots of great long stuff (<b>JUST JOSHING</b>, <b>MEMEOLOGIST</b>, Anthony Fantano's <b>RED FLANNEL</b>, <b>CHAOTIC EVIL</b>), but what I especially appreciate is the effort to fill the mid-length slots with colorful and interesting entries (<b>ZEDONK</b>, <b>QUINOA</b>, <b>UNTUCK</b>, <b>WEEABOO</b>, <b>NOT A TOY</b>, <b>BT DUBS</b>).</p><p><b>themeless no. 22 (crosstina aquafina)</b></p><p>Crosstina is always finding new and surprising ways to write hilarious clues. My favorite in this puzzle is a standard hidden word clue that's been spiced up: [extinct bird hiding in venmo account? it's more likely than you think] for <b>MOA</b>. I also have to shout out the clue for <b>TSK</b>, which is so long that I'm not going to type it out here - but it's truly unhinged, in the best way. Fantastic grid, too, with stuff like <b>VIRGO'S GROOVE</b>, <b>ANTICIPOINTMENT</b>, <b>MAKE IT MAKE SENSE</b>, <b>TIKI DRINK</b>, <b>PLETHORA</b>, and <b>READ RECEIPTS</b>.</p><p><b>Untitled (Paolo Pasco)</b></p><p>From the weird grid pattern and the fact that it's 10x10 (when the Atlantic minis usually only go up to 9x9), I figured something was up, but I still was totally taken by surprise by the Schrodinger here - I filled in <b>EVERYWHERE</b> and only realized that <b>EVERYTHING</b> would also work when I was told that I had some letters wrong. Very clever, implying the title <i>Everything Everywhere All at Once</i> with a single 10-letter entry. And the Schrodinger clues are beautiful, too; my favorite is [Enjoying a good bash?] for <b>REVELING</b> and <b>REVILING</b>. But there's more! The Sunday puzzle revealed that all of the year's Best Picture Oscar nominees had been hidden in the week's minis, two per day. Quiara's got a good rundown of all of them <a href="https://qvxwordz.blogspot.com/2023/03/bonus-post-2023-atlantic-mini-oscars.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><b>Puzzle with a Twist (Brandon Koppy)</b></p><p>I love a puzzle with two different theme mechanisms, especially when it's justified naturally by the revealer, as it is here. The two-part revealer is <b>LEFTY/LOOSEY</b> and <b>RIGHTY/TIGHTY</b>, and the left edge of the puzzle features three things that can be "loose" (<b>TOOTH</b>, <b>ENDS</b>, and <b>TEA</b>) which have been loosened so they stretch two squares across, while the right edge features things that are often tight (<b>MIDDLE SEAT</b>, <b>SARDINES</b>, and <b>CORSET</b>) that have been tightened so they have two letters per square. Beautifully conceived, and it's extremely impressive that Brandon fit four entries in the middle of the grid as revealers, given how much real estate is taken up by theme content on the edges of the grid.</p><p><b>Jolly Good Show (meatdaddy69420)</b></p><p>As a longtime fan of meatdaddy's blog, I'm delighted to see their official debut in the Lil AVC X. The linguist in me was hooked from the start by <b>WUGS</b> at 1-Across, but the entire puzzle is filled with zingy clues, including the pitch-perfect ["Wait, have I not told you this yet? Well..."] for <b>OK SO</b>, [House of Gucci?] for <b>CASA</b>, and educational clues like [Former WWE star who is now *checks clipboard* the Republican Mayor of Knox County, Tennessee] for <b>KANE</b> and [One of the ingredients in pilk (the other being Pepsi)] for <b>MILK</b>. Also, I just so happened to finish the puzzle on <b>NICELY DONE</b>, clued as [My congratulatory words to you, dear solver, after you've completed this puzzle].</p><p><b>Untitled (Rafa Musa</b>)</p><p>Rafa is one of the very best themeless constructors out there, but I rarely if ever feature him here because he publishes so much in mainstream venues. So I'm happy to get the chance to highlight his stellar Boswords grid. In his Twitch interview, he noted that he put care into making sure the midlength entries were fun, and it shows here with 8s like <b>DEEP CUTS</b>, <b>FAST BUCK</b>, <b>DON'T PLAY</b>, and <b>LINE COOK</b>, in addition to all the good longer stuff (<b>QUIET QUITTING</b>, <b>WHAT A TRIP</b>, <b>PRANK CALL</b>, <b>GETS FRISKY</b>, <b>ASK ME ANYTHING</b>, <b>DATA MINING</b>, etc.). Truly a masterclass.</p><p><b>Double Back (Chandi Deitmer)</b></p><p>The theme here reveals itself from the very first theme entry, <b>SAY IT AIN'T SO-SO</b>. But I still got a genuine aha moment and laugh out of the revealer, <b>REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS</b>, cleverly suggesting that the rightmost words in the theme entries get duplicated. The other themers are <b>PEEK A BOO-BOO</b>, <b>YES WE CANCAN</b>, and <b>COUNTRY POP-POP</b>. The revealer is the icing on the cake, but the theme entries themselves are also just really fun to say. The puzzle is filled with fun long fill, too, including <b>GALUMPHS</b>, <b>THE TITS</b>, <b>IS IT ME OR</b>, <b>IMPULSE BUY</b>, <b>PLEASE GO ON</b>, <b>BEER BASHES</b>, and <b>AND TOTO TOO</b>.</p>Will Nedigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16460597504613650052noreply@blogger.com0