The Puzzle Pit

Crosswords that shred. Metal Mondays and more.

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Metal Monday #47 – “Bandbox”

Themed Metal Monday that was kind of tricky to come up with, but once I had a couple of my themers, it all sort of fell into place. Hope you enjoy! 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #46 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday today; 4 stacks of three 9-letter entries are the feature here, with the usual music content and one Enjoy! 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themed Wednesday #16 – “Duck This Puzzle!”

I really loved this themed puzzle, and thought it may have had legs for a national publication, but after a few rejections, no such luck. All that said, while I’m biased, I feel like this is a really fun puzzle with a unique theme (I promise it’s not April Fool’s Day-related) that I haven’t seen…

Metal Monday #45 – Story Of The Year

I need to credit my wife for this puzzle; I was stuck coming up with something, and she gave me a great broad theme idea which fit nicely into a Metal Monday. Enjoy! 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #44 – Themeless

This is one of the more fun Themeless Metal Mondays (in my opinion!) so far. Over 20 music-related clues, a ridiculous seed entry, and not too much glue/crosswordy nonsense. Enjoy! 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #43 – “Turn It Up!”

When I realized the quote I used for my revealer was 15 letters long, I knew I had to put it in a puzzle; beyond the theme, this may also be the most music-dense puzzle I’ve made, ranging from pop to deathgrind in the clues. 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themeless Friday #16

This was my first attempt at a puzzle with horizontal symmetry, and I’m pretty happy with how it came out — five 15-letter entries, and only a few kind of cringy fill elements. Enjoy! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #42 – Themeless

Back for another themeless Metal Monday, with a usual dose of some metal clues, other music clues, and a fun stack of 11 letter entries, crossed by a full 15-letter vertical entry. Enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themeless Friday #15

First 3-puzzle week in months! I was very close to pulling the trigger on submitting this to a national outlet, but there were some things about it that I didn’t think were going to cut it. Anyhow, I love my seed entry (I’m sure you’ll figure out which!) and will totally try to re-use that…