Tales from the Cryptic

hello! as sad as I am that the weekly Browser cryptic is no more, the one silver lining is now I can freely distribute the archives! So here are *all seven* of the puzzles I wrote for them. Major shoutout to editor Dan Feyer for helping hone these into perfection, and of course big ups to Sam Mattson / Frisco17 and Keshav Sriram / bolgat for the collabs!

Cryptic Mini #000000123:   "Ashtray, Pie, and Gelatin" difficulty level: my controller's broken Hello cryptic sickos! Hope everyone is having a good Seasonal Affective Disorder. Most doctors say the best cure is a weird, frustrating little puzzle. So take two and call me in the morning! (though I only have one, and please don't ever call me)

Cryptic Mini #000000122:   "Get The Hell Out Of Coachella" difficulty level: mamma mia! Hi! I didn't forget about you! I just have ADHD... which means I forgot about you. But then I remembered! So here we are.

a banner couple of weeks for me! my third published cryptic of October just dropped on AVCX ! sorry it's yet another puzz behind a paywall, but I promise I'll upload another classic Tale from the Cryptic soon! enjoy!

"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!