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Puzzles for everybody! From Eric Berlin www.puzzlesnacks.com

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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 21h
Oh, the link is right there. Never noticed it. Thanks!
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 21h
Weird, I don't see this anywhere. Whatever.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 22h
Where are these Trickiness ratings happening? I've never seen this.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
All this and also puzzles! Including one by me!
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exact same experience.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Some puzzle news! I've started contributing puzzles to LinkedIn's array of games. If you're over there, try out today's Wend -- it's mine! You can also find me there at www.linkedin.com/in/erberlin/ I also have a new Patchwork puzzle for you! You'll find that here: puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is quite a thread, and an awfully bad look for DraftKings. I'm sure the other online gambling sites are much more ethical, though!
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New Patchwork puzzle! puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/ The upcoming collection is about to head to the printer -- very exciting. Have you pre-ordered your copy yet? You can do so here: www.amazon.com/Patchwork-Pu...
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/erberlin/
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Eric Berlin - The New York Times | LinkedIn
In addition to my work at the country's largest puzzle magazine publisher, I create… · Experience: The New York Times · Education: State University of New York at Albany · Location: Milford · 370 connections on LinkedIn. View Eric Berlin’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Puzzle news! Are you on LinkedIn? Have you been playing Wend, one of the fun daily puzzles they have over there? I've joined LinkedIn's team of contributors, and you'll start seeing some of my Wend puzzles over the next couple of weeks! I'll post when one of mine goes live.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
(From this movie trailer.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvW_...
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You Can See Everything | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is embarrassing, but the first version read, IF YOU THINK YOU YOU KNOW YOU EVERYTHING YOU THINK YOU AGAIN.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is now everybody.
The movie poster for the Steve Martin movie "The Man With Two Brains," in which the top of a grinning Steve Martin's head has been removed.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
In college, to a girl I didn't know very well but with whom I needed to discuss some classroom matter, I sent the following instant message: "Are you busty?" Followed immediately, of course, by "BUSY! Are you BUSY!!"
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So if you know some one who likes word searches and wants to get a fun book of them for 20% off, here's your big chance. www.amazon.com/Pause-Puzzle...
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Amazon.com: Pause for Puzzles: Word Searches for Leisure: 9781454960300: Berlin, Eric, Berlin, Janinne: Books
Amazon.com: Pause for Puzzles: Word Searches for Leisure: 9781454960300: Berlin, Eric, Berlin, Janinne: Books
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well, this is random: My wife and I have made several word search books for Puzzlewright Press, and one of them, "Word Searches for Leisure," has been selected by the Almighty Amazon Algorithm to be part of a Prime Days promotion.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm told that this week's Patchwork puzzle is on the easy side, so maybe this is a good week to branch out from ordinary crosswords and try a new kind of variety puzzle! Solve it at puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/
The grid of the 9/18 Patchwork puzzle, found at https://puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
After a week off, I'm back with a new Patchwork puzzle: puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/ Yesterday I received the edited manuscript for my upcoming collection! I'm very excited to share with you the final result. You can pre-order the book here: www.amazon.com/Patchwork-Pu...
Cover of the upcoming book "Patchwork Puzzles."
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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I picked up a copy of the collected letters of JRR Tolkien for reasons, and this is the most bullshit table of contents I've ever seen. I'm actively angry that it exists
Contents

Introduction - vii

Foreword to the Revised and Expanded Edition - xi

Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien - 1

Notes - 607

Index - 637
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This might be the worst book pitch ever.
MrBeast plugs his new book, co-written with James Patterson (and, surely, some number of ghost writers). In the pitch, MrBeast says he didn't like to read growing up and that influenced his decision to write this book. "For many people this might be the first book they actually read (and hopefully enjoy haha)."
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I once received a very eager e-mail from the founder of Lionsgate, wanting to make one of my books into a movie. A book of word search puzzles.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Today in interesting but 99.9% useless information.
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Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Remembering the time DOLLY PARTON performed the Dallas Cowboys' 2023 Thanksgiving halftime show after TONY POLLARD scored for the Cowboys, and nobody noticed they were anagrams of each other web.archive.org/web/20231124...
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is excellent. Looking forward to their rendition of "Sweet Transvestite."
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Takes a moment but it's worth the effort.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If he goes through with this, the new mnemonic would be SHAME.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The distance between the raves for "I Saw the TV Glow" and my experience with it have made me verrry skeptical about this new one.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If I had posted this picture, "here we go again" would mean "I am making another word search." No idea what it means in this guy's case.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Here's a new Patchwork puzzle! puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/ If you've been enjoying these, you should join my mailing list on that same page. I often forget to update one social media thing or another, but I'm good about letting my mailing list know when a new puzzle drops.
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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
When I was in jail, none of the Monopoly sets had dog pieces. Over a decade later, I decided to figure out why: boundlessplay.substack.com/p/play-behin...
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Play behind bars
Crosswords – by Keri Blakinger
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Maybe they just meant send the report on a thin but very, very long piece of paper.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
These are becoming more and more common. The NYC Marriott Marquis has had it in place for a couple of years. The best is the Marriott in DC, that has this system in place and also has a hotel with *negative floor numbers.*
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New Patchwork puzzle! Start your weekend with a fun solve! puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/ Say, did you see that my upcoming collection now has a cover? And it's pretty great, too. Pre-order the book at... www.amazon.com/Patchwork-Pu... Comes out in March 2027!
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My collection of Patchwork puzzles has been pushed back to March of 2027. Ah well. But in the meantime, I've got a snazzy cover to share!
Cover of the upcoming book "Patchwork Puzzles" by Eric Berlin.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I usually take great enjoyment in watching language evolve, but the suffix "-maxxing" is pure nails-on-a-chalkboard.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I am so puzzle-brained that for several moments I truly thought, the Onion is poking fun at Lollapuzzoola?! The crossword tournament?!
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wait, it's Friday again?! That was quick. Here's a new Patchwork puzzle for you! puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/ Hey, have you pre-ordered the book of all-new Patchwork puzzles, coming out in November? www.amazon.com/Patchwork-Pu...
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Ooh. Good choice.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Let's kick off the weekend with a new Patchwork puzzle! You can solve it (in Regular or Easy mode) right here: puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I also can't imagine how they plan to make it Not Weird that they have cast Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
My guess is this will be successful, but I am surely not alone in having the immediate reaction of "Sheesh, enough already."
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Raise your hand if you thought, in the year 2026, playing the movie meant hitting the Play button.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
There was no Patchwork last week because I was traveling -- but now we're back with a new puzzle! Solve it at... puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Harry Refurbished iPhone
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I have returned from the annual convention of the National Puzzlers' League, and naturally I brought puzzles to hand out to everyone there. If you'd like to solve them yourself, here they are! www.ericberlin.com/2026/07/12/t...
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Two Free Drop-Ins – Eric Berlin
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 07/07/2026
The GOP nominated Ken Paxton 6 weeks ago
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Now comes the part where people who voted for Trump shake their heads and say "tsk tsk" that someone as awful as Platner garnered so much support. The Dem political/punditry machine took too damn long to correct itself, but at least it finally did. Can't exactly say the same thing for Republicans.
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Mat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This Is Just To Say I told you so about that thing you disagreed with me about of which irrefutable proof has now emerged Forgive me it is too delicious too sweet not to remind you that you were wrong
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turgut keskintürk @tkeskinturk.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
data visualization is my passion.
fox news showing weekly temperatures: 92, 92, 92, 94, 94, 92, 92, with a very strong gap between 94 and 92.
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Puzzlesnacks @puzzlesnacks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Amused by Spotify’s attempt at parsing the lyrics of this jazz piece I’m listening to — which is an instrumental and has no lyrics.
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