Tales from the Cryptic

Cryptic Mini #000000100:   "Brioche VR Experience" obscuration level: 🌜😎🌛 (moons? where we're going, we don't need moons) well folks, we did it. we made it farther than the haters said we ever would. we have produced our 10,000th cryptic mini. wait what? oh it's only the 100th? oh. hm. that's... not that impressive. damn. I was going to celebrate with a 100x100 grid, but I guess a 10x10 will have to suffice. two other big announcements: 1) time to say goodnight moons! we're doing away with the 🌕🌔🌓🌒🌑 obscuration scale. I've decided to just make every puzzle a (potential) blend of all difficulty levels. You know, like a normal puzzle. All that said... this puzzle is on the tougher side 😎 2) we're going biweekly (the every-other-week one). my work situation has picked up (yay!) but that means less time for making cryptics (boo). sorry you won't get as much of a cryptic fix, but I'll try to make the puzzles mor

Cryptic Mini #000000099:   "Marie Antoinette's Dog" obscuration level: 🌒 (i burnt my pancake) In celebration of puzzle #99, here's a 9x9! And so I guess next week... I'll make a... 10x0? I dunno, you do the math. Special thanks to Tookey and Sandy Weisz for their help on this one! Enjoy!

Cryptic Mini #000000098:   "God on Ecstasy" obscuration level: 🌕 (the cheese stands alone) It's hot out there, so here's a breezy treat. Don't solve too quickly or you'll get brain freeze! 🥶

Cryptic Mini #000000097:   "Ignore the Top Two Genders" obscuration level: 🌓 (half cheese, half abyss) Stayed up way too late hammering away at this one (big thank you to Tookey for the midnight brainstorming sesh!). Hopefully it all makes sense and is, in fact, 🌓-worthy. If not, you can send complaints right to the complaints department .