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Crossword constructor, he/him. Indie puzzles at blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com, and others at the New Yorker, Vox, Maclean's Magazine, Crossword Club, and more

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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 3h
the past tense of "shoot hoops" should be "shot hops"
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
new themed puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/09/puzz...
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Puzzle #268: Cultural Barrier
Back again with a themed puzzle - happy solving ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link )!
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
another big themeless on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/08/puzz...
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Puzzle #267: Freestyle 26
Back again with another 21x themeless, this time a 114-worder ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link ). Thanks to Anna Harkins and Den...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
new freestyle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/07/puzz...
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Puzzle #266: Freestyle 25
Got another 21x21 themeless (well, mostly themeless) for you this week ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link )! Thanks to Anna Harkin...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
new themed puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/07/puzz...
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Puzzle #265: The Long Voyage Home
I hear there's a new adaptation of The Odyssey  coming out soon, but it surely pales in comparison to the adaptations in this puzzle ( pdf ,...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
new themed puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/06/puzz...
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Puzzle #264: My Voice Without the Lies
I recently finished creating a wordlist that includes spaces and punctuation, which you can find here . It's free for any constructor to use...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Kelsey Dixon and Byron Walden: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/06/indi...
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Indie puzzle highlights
May 11: She's a Rainbow (Kelsey Dixon, Defector) June 14: Final: Mountain (Byron Walden, Westwords) S P O I L E R S She's a Rainbow (Kelse...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
the odd letters of "boom or bust" spell out a synonym for "bust"
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
another big chunky themeless: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/06/puzz...
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Puzzle #263: Freestyle 24
Experimenting with asymmetrical 21x21 themeless grids again ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link )!
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
you always hear "seamstress," and almost never "seamster." but on the flip side, you always hear "sea monster," and almost never "sea monstress"
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
new themed puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/05/puzz...
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Puzzle #262: Large Portions
I've got a themed puzzle for you this week ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link ) - happy solving!
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
the difference between dogs and cats is nicely encapsulated by the difference between "herding dogs" and "herding cats"
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apihminis.bsky.social @apihminis.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
today’s puzzle is by @bewilderingly.bsky.social. it is full of delight and packs a lot into this (8x5) box! solve at the link in bio 🌺
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @adanicklmao.bsky.social, August Miller, Quiara Vasquez, JonMichael Rasmus, Sean Weitner, and @juffowup.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/04/indi...
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Indie puzzle highlights
February 17: for a friend (themeless) (Ada Nicolle, luckystreak xwords) March 28: Just Pretend (Themeless) (August Miller, lost for xwords...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
big themeless that I also put up on the puzzle table at ACPT: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/04/puzz...
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Puzzle #261: Freestyle 23
Got another Sunday-sized themeless for you - symmetrical this time, for a change ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link ). Thanks to B...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
the upcoming Faces of Death film stars Barbie Ferreira as a character named Margot, three years after Margot Robbie starred as a character named Barbie
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Show with lots of cool technology and sex? Poob has it for you (4)
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
everything shower? you mean the aleph from borges' the aleph?
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
your nickname is what your name would be if you were named Nick. mine's Nick
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
the theory of misovirism (literally "man-hating") was developed by the Cameroonian writer Werewere Liking (literally "man man liking")
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Edebiri's heritage, partly! (5)
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Adam Aaronson @aaronson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I made a crossword
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
the word "fluffernutter" is a combination of two people who work together on a porn set
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
here's a puzzle I wrote in 2023 and then forgot about: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/03/puzz...
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Puzzle #260: Losing My Religion
I wrote this puzzle ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link ) back in 2023 and kept forgetting that it existed until Quiara Vasquez rem...
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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
a huge part of why i agreed to make a puzzmo mini crossword every day for a month is that crossword puzzles seem to be one of the actual battlefields for getting my peer group to stop giving money to the NYT
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
it would not be a violation of boundaries to solve this puzzle and tell me nice things about it: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/02/puzz...
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Puzzle #259: You Need to Work on Your Boundaries
Themed puzzle this time around - enjoy ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , full screen link )!
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
big themeless: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/02/puzz...
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Puzzle #258: Freestyle 22
Back again with an asymmetrical giant themeless ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link )! Thanks to Kiran, Frisco, and Owen for test-s...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Ben Tolkin, @xws.bsky.social, @juffowup.bsky.social, @rebecculous.bsky.social, and Kelsey Dixon: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/02/indi...
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Indie puzzle highlights
December 22: The Uber Ultra (Ben Tolkin, Nautilus Puzzles) January 28: welcome to the fold (Brooke Husic, Puzzmo) February 1: Masterpiece ...
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Crosstalk @thecrosstalkpod.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Episode 7 of Crosstalk with @bewilderingly.bsky.social is out now! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6x9j... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Nick Douglas @toomuchnick.com · 02/02/2026
Joanna Newsom in the party shuffle to prove to my guests I'm not using Spotify
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
themed puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/01/puzz...
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Puzzle #257: Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
New themed puzzle ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link )! Thanks to Ada for test-solving and talking me out of making it a double p...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
big puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2026/01/puzz...
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Puzzle #256: Order Forms
Another big puzzle for you, this time 23x19 ( pdf , puz , pdf solution , fullscreen link ) - enjoy!
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
hamnet? is that like a web slung by spider-ham?
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
the word "assassinates" starts with two asses and ends with the fancy Latin word for the ass
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
George Thorogood's most famous song is about being thoroughly bad
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
big puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/12/puzz...
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Puzzle #255: Horseshoe Falls
Got a Sunday-sized themed puzzle ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) for you all this time around. Instead of the usual PuzzleMe, I'm trying out th...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Ryan Mathiason, @xws.bsky.social, and @orta.io: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/11/indi...
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Indie puzzle highlights
November 10: Puzzle #6 (Ryan Mathiason, Boswords Fall Themeless League) November 24: Meeting of the Minds (Brooke Husic and Orta Therox, P...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Julio and Enrique Iglesias should stylize their names like JVLIO and ENRIQVE and start a Spanish-language CHVRCHES cover band
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
another chunky themeless on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/11/puzz...
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Puzzle #254: Freestyle 21
Another very cornery themeless for you ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) - enjoy! Thanks to Ada  for the test-solve.
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
there are drinks called perry and perrier, whoever invents a drink called perriest is gonna be rich
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @xws.bsky.social and a double dose of @benzimmer.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/indi...
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Indie puzzle highlights
October 20: Pitch Perfect (Ben Zimmer, Defector) October 21: Untitled (Ben Zimmer, Slate) October 25: Puzzmo Mini Crossword #25 (Brooke H...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
it's ironic that the musicians on the Titanic didn't try to flee, given that they were a band on ship
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
the masculine equivalent of "blonde ale" is "blond al"
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
themed puz on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/puzz...
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Puzzle #253: Megaphone
Time for another themed one ( pdf , puz , pdf solution )! Dig in.
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @frisco17.bsky.social and Liam Hughes: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/indi...
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Indie puzzle highlights
September 11: Fully Freehand Fhemeless #4 (Frisco17, Good Clues for People Who Love Bad Clues) September 18: AVCX Cryptic 9/18/25 (Liam Hu...
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Puzzmo @puzzmo.com · 01/10/2025
For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one! 👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1 is by brooke. It's a 5x5 grid, and the number 6 in the grid is a different color than the other numbers.
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
the apostrophe in bat'leth replaces the letter t, because a klingon battleth with it
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
a themeless that I'm hyperbolically calling "the world's most cornery crossword": blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/puzz...
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Puzzle #252: The World's Most Cornery Crossword
I actually have no idea what the world's most cornery crossword is. But this themeless ( pdf , puz , pdf solution ) is definitely cornerier ...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
here's a puzzle that hopefully doesn't occasion a 52-Across: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/puzz...
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Puzzle #251: It's Kind of Like Raspberry Ripple
New themed puzzle for you this week ( pdf , puz , pdf solution )! Asymmetrical, as my puzzles are wont to be these days. Made by Will Nedi...
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bewilderingly @bewilderingly.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
a mashup album of Alicia Keys' As I Am and Songs in A Minor called Asia Minor
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