Tales from the Cryptic

"Cool Flip Trick" Did I ever mention that I co-run a cryptic venue? It's called Cryptic Crossweird , which I formed in January with Momes and Dob of the Twitch stream CrossweirdTV . We pay constructors for mid-size cryptics and publish them twice a month ( submissions are open! ).

Sadly, the wonderful weekly cryptic at The Browser will be no more after the end of the year. I was able to sneak one in before the end, and it might be my favorite cryptic yet. Big thanks to their intrepid editor, Dan Feyer, who published *seven* of my puzzles in the past couple years, and helped shaped them into their best possible form. Your work will be missed!

"Pet Dragon" Ahoy! Long time no see. I hope the interminable chaos of daily life has been treating you well. If not, hopefully this special treat will ease every single one of your woes!

Cryptic Mini #000000121:   "A-Tier Drug" difficulty level: let me get back to you on that Happy Saturday! We here at the Cryptic Mini Factory pulled a long week to get this one out. We had a record number of workplace injuries, but I'd say it was worth it.

Cryptic Mini #000000120:   "Seductive In A Cute Way" difficulty level: [redacted] I had a whole month to come up with a fun intro to this puzzle, and... here it is!

Cryptic Mini #000000119:   "Bottomless Grimace Shakes" difficulty level: why are you looking at me like that aaand we're back! thank you for your patience. as a reward, here is a frustrating and tricksy puzzle that you must solve. enjoy!

Cryptic Mini #000000118:   "Broadcast News for Animals" difficulty level: did iiii do that? whoops! so i didn't upload a new puzz two weeks ago because, well, according to my publicist: "i just plain forgot" (i'm firing this publicist).