The Puzzle Pit – Archive

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

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…

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…

Metal Monday #41 – “The Decline”

Metal Monday this week is a themed puzzle, but not quite as “metal” as prior iterations. And I’ll admit, this is a little more meta / constructor-y than other themes I’ve done before. So I had fun making this one,…

Metal Monday #40 – Themeless

Back to your regularly-scheduled Metal Monday after a diversion for a Sunday puzzle yesterday. Today’s themeless is a bit more “general music” than metal, and leans heavily on late 90s/early 2000s references, which I think makes sense given my elder…

Themeless Friday #14

Back-to-back Themeless Fridays! I love this puzzle — I think (hope?) this is going to be a fun one to solve; lots of interesting long entries, a grid shape I find aesthetically pleasing, and even a couple music clues snuck…

Metal Monday #37 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday! I finished this puzzle, a few days ago, only to see that this Saturday’s NYT puzzle grid is strikingly similar to mine, with the 11/13/15 letter stacks at the top and bottom… Either way, as always, a…

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:

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