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 !

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

"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!

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!

Proud to present a special treat today: a collaboration with the wild wizard of crosswords, Gizmo Thwomp! If you haven't done a Gizmo puzz before, I recommend checking out his blog to see the weird wild shit he gets up to. If you *have* done his puzzles, you might expect this one to have some... weird entries. But don't worry: all the answers here are real words/phrases. But for the clues... you're on your own! 😎 𝓮𝓷𝓳𝓸𝔂

yes, it's true... sometimes I write non-cryptics (though, to be fair, this one started as a cryptic, then got demoted transmogrified). But fear not: it's themed! https://lemonadedisco.com/puzzle-suites/010-film-festival (ours is called "Notable Omissions", you have to scroll a bit) This was a collab with Dan Schwartz, crossword solving champion, crossword streamer , (fellow) crossword blogger , and all-around nice guy! Enjoy, y'all!