The Puzzle Pit

The Puzzle Pit – Archive

Every crossword puzzle I’ve ever posted — Metal Mondays, Themed Wednesdays, and Themeless Fridays — all in one place.

Themeless Friday #13

First Themeless Friday in a few months — I had actually started this a little while back and hadn’t clued it until now. I’ll admit that the short fill could get kind of yucky in places, but I really like…

Metal Monday #36 – “…and my Axe!”

Time for another themed Metal Monday; though I’d say that the music-based clues lean more pop-punk than anything today; either way, should be a straightforward theme to start off the week. Enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #35 – Themeless

I was thinking about a word that I needed to include in a puzzle and that became my seed entry for today, and the rest kind of had to fit from there; I’m sure you can figure out which one…

Metal Monday #33 – Themeless

I’m really excited about this themeless, starting with 2 15-letter entries to start, then the rest falling into place from there. As always, a bunch of music clues and metal deeper cuts🤘 (just try to ignore the quasi-duplicate in there…

Metal Monday #32 – “Welcome to the Jungle”

I think this is a fun theme for the first Metal Monday of 2026! To make things work, this is an oversized 16×15 grid, and while I’m afraid parts of the fill may get a little dicey, the theme is…

Metal Monday #31 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday — this may be the most music-related clues (Metal or otherwise) that I’ve put into a themeless. Enjoy! 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #30 – “High Voltage”

This was a fun one to make; lots of music clues (including an answer spanning the full grid which I love!), and what I’m thinking may be a tricky theme. 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #29 – Themeless

Back-to-back days with puzzles! Themeless Metal Monday, with a bunch of deeper cuts here — this one seems to have more 90s references than prior ones (I guess I’m showing my elder millennial age here…). Enjoy! 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare…

Metal Monday #27 – “Feel the Beat”

Themed Metal Monday puzzle — a whole bunch of music clues thrown in alongside the theme. Some of the fill may get a little dicey, but hopefully it won’t ruin things too much…🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #26 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday — might be a bit lighter on the music references than past ones, but still a solid and challenging themeless to start the month of December🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #25 – “Now You See Me…”

Time for another themed Metal Monday; I had this theme revealer planned for awhile with grand plans for lots of theme depth, but had to scale it back a bit, and still think it’s a fun one!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare…

Metal Monday #24 – Themeless

I really like this grid shape — it allowed for some fun answers, and lots of opportunity to inject metal (and other genres) into the puzzle🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #23 – “Star Power”

Themed Metal Monday — tons of music references in this one, even beyond the theme; I hope it’s as fun to solve as it was to create!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #22 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday! Probably more accurately a “Music Monday” with lots of clues/answers across genres, including two nice 15-letter answers!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #21 – “Won’t you come and save me”

Some trickiness and lots of music references in this themed Metal Monday!🤘 I also hope you’ll all go check out my puzzle from yesterday’s Los Angeles Times! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

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