Tales from the Cryptic

"Gig Swiftie'" difficulty level: it's ? City over here toot toot! get out the way! Big Boy is pulling into the station! and by that i mean: a 15x15 collab with bolgat !

this post is a month late but AVCX put out another cryptic of mine , and I'm really quite of this one. it's behind a $1 paywall, but also I can send you the file if you ask nicely :). enjoy!

Do you subscribe to The Gnomon yet? If not, how can you call yourself a true cryptic sicko?

Okay cryptic sickos, plug your ears: this puzzle is *not* cryptic. But it's still devious as shit!

hello! as sad as I am that the weekly Browser cryptic is no more, the one silver lining is now I can freely distribute my archives! So here are *all seven* of the puzzles I wrote for them.

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!

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!

Oh no there's been a terrible mix-up at the cryptic mini factory! Somehow I made a full-sized grid... for AVCX?!? Here's a direct link to the puzz , which you can buy for $1 — or you can get take part in their much-needed subscription drive ! If they don't meet their goal, it's very possible AVCX cryptics will become a thing of the past 😔. It makes a great gift for the nerd(s) in your life! Enjoy, sickos!

This grid is like a mini, but... bigger? Like some kind of maxi-mini. Not sure if this allowed, s/o to Dan Feyer at the Browser for letting me experiment like this. Hope you enjoy!

Ope, another big'un comin' atcha! I had the honor of being published in the Browser again (edited by the wonderful Dan Feyer). And this time I had the honor of collaborating with wunderkind Sam Mattson, aka Frisco17 . One of my fave puzzles I've ever worked on, hope you check it out! https://thebrowser.com/crossword-archive/

Boy howdy, another full-size grid!? Is this even a mini blog anymore??

Hello cryptic sickos! Today I bring a special treat: a collaboration with Joe Adultman ! His Twitch stream is a favorite of mine (and not just because he often solves my cryptic minis 😁). I had a lovely time making the puzzle with Joe! It was a perfect 5/7, would collab again. And thank you to the wonderful testers!

Somebody *else* published one of my cryptics again! This time over at The Browser: https://thebrowser.com/crossword-archive Sadly, it's paywalled... but if you message me, I might be able to sneak you a copy :) Thank you to editor Dan Feyer, who absolutely helped hone the puzzle into something I'm really proud of! Hope y'all enjoy solving it as much as I enjoyed making it!

"Top Monsters Museum" obscuration level: 🌓 (tricksy, but not too triscky) It's this blog's birthday! One year ago, I began vomiting out cryptic minis into the void, and my affliction has yet to stop. To celebrate, I'm offering you one from the vaults crypts: my first full-sized grid!

"The Commuter's Cryptic"   obscuration level: 🌔 (some easy, some not-so-easy) Surprise! A *full-size* cryptic, on a Thursday no less! I didn't expect to break this blog's traditions after only two posts, but I didn't expect to find a collaboration partner either. It was a lot of fun making the grid with Spencer, who is new to cryptics, but has a real keen talent for them. You check out their blog for more goodness. Meanwhile, hope this ditty brings ya joy!