Tales from the Cryptic

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!