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Metal Monday #53 – Themeless

Memorial Day Metal Monday — themeless puzzle with lots of music density here, and some trivia that I had to look up while writing the clues. Enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #52 – “Junk In The Trunk”

The theme for this is 100% not metal, but there’s enough metal clues strewn throughout that I felt it could fit for Metal Monday. This puzzle is ridiculous enough that I think it works out just fine!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themed Wednesday #17 – “Dee-lightful”

I like themes like the one for this puzzle — it may be slightly played out, as it’s a little basic, but I find breezy early week-style puzzles like this fun to solve! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #51 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday, chock full of music references. Enjoy! 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #50 – “Money Money Money!”

Metal Monday NUMBER FIFTY! Huge thank you to everyone who has stopped by and spent part of their day with these puzzles over the past 50 weeks. It’s been really cool to see there are others out there at this intersection of crosswords and heavy music. If you know anyone else who might enjoy this,…

Saturday Special – “And They’re Off!”

Here’s a special Saturday puzzle to align with one of my favorite annual events I originally built this about two years ago as my first-ever Sunday-sized 21×21 grid, and I’ve left it unedited since then. I feel like I’ve improved quite a bit as a constructor since, but I still think this is a solid…

Metal Monday #49 – Themeless

Back with a themeless Metal Monday, and this is my first ever pangram puzzle (with all 26 letters represented at least once). So spoiler alert for that. Enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themeless Friday #18

Themeless Friday puzzle — I love my long fill, I kind of hate the short fill; so try and ignore some of the more cringe-y short stuff, and focus on the fun long stuff! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday (Sunday) #48 – “I Literally Love Them!”, Volume 4

Surprise! Another Metal Sunday here, this time celebrating the publication of my second LA Times Sunday puzzle (go check that one out today too!). If you’ve been here before, you know what to expect. If not: there’s tons of music (50 entries!) across genres, along with a familiar metal theme. Volume 3 from the series…

Themeless Friday #17

Themeless puzzle inspiration is funny. I saw a phrase, realized it was 15 letters long, and was like “OK, I’ll make a puzzle with that as my center entry.” And that’s how this puzzle came together… Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads: