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.

Metal Monday #76 – Themeless

I really like this one — I’ll admit there’s some density of deeper cut proggy metal stuff in here, but hoping it’s still fair!🤘 Keeping the shameless plug for my book here. I’d be so grateful if you’d pick up…

Metal Monday #75 – “Spare Parts”

I heard a ridiculous song for the first time in ages, realized it was 15 letters long, decided it had to go into a crossword, and well, here we are!🤘 Keeping the shameless plug for my book here. I’d be…

Metal Monday #74 -Themeless

Fun (in my opinion) themeless Metal Monday here, with a 15-letter spanner that branches off to lots of music and metal fun. Enjoy!🤘 Keeping the shameless plug for my book here. I’d be so grateful if you’d pick up a…

Themed Wednesday #20 – “It’s A Gamble!”

2 straight weeks with a Themed Wednesday! This one was inspired by a vacation I took with my brother this summer — I actually started it on my plane ride home! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #73 -🤘

I’ve really wanted to use the metal horns as a puzzle title and I think this Metal Monday is an appropriate time for it!🤘 (I was bummed to see the emoji didn’t make its way onto the PDF, but just…

Themed Wednesday #19 – “Change of Fortune”

I really liked this puzzle, and submitted it to a couple national publications, and unfortunately they didn’t like it as much as I did — but I hope that you’ll all enjoy it! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #72 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday here, with the usual music content to start off your week!🤘 Keeping the shameless plug for my book here. I’d be so grateful if you’d pick up a copy and leave a review on Amazon! Solve Online:…

Metal Monday #71 – “Mash-Ups”

I’ve been kicking around the idea for this theme since I started this website, and finally got to creating it. Hopefully this lands the way I hope it would!🤘 And here’s another shameless plug for my book. I’d be so…

Metal Monday #70 – Themeless

Fun themeless Metal Monday here — lots of rock and metal clues in what I feel is one of the cleaner themeless puzzles I’ve made in a bit.🤘 And here’s another shameless plug for my book. I’d be so grateful…

Metal Monday #69 – “Gift Horse”

So my favorite band is the Canadian metal group Protest The Hero — I’ve wanted to do something related to them since I started this site, and with the release of their newest album, I felt it was time. It’s…

Metal Monday #68 – Themeless

I think it’s appropriate that Metal Monday #68 gets a 68-word themeless. Lots of really fun music clues in this one with a grid shape that kind of reminds me of a Tetris board…🤘 And here’s another shameless plug for…

Metal Monday #67 – “It’s All Relative…”

Fun news — I have a book! I self-published a sort of “best of” collection on Amazon; the link is here. If you’ve been with me from the start, you’ll recognize all the puzzles, but if not, it’s a great…

Metal Monday #66 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday here; I think this one is pretty smooth, and hopefully should all fall into place pretty nicely!🤘 EDIT: I had an incorrect clue originally on 39-Across, it’s all fixed now though! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themeless Friday #22

Another 68-word themeless puzzle. I’m continuing to try and get better with these lower word count themeless, and this is another one! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #64 – Themeless

I was playing around with some grid shapes and landed on this one, which is pretty unique; I like the intersecting 15-letter entries here too!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #62 – Themeless

I just made a pretty big new music equipment purchase, and when I parsed out that something similar could be 15 letters long, my seed entry was born. I’m excited about this one, with lots of fun and weird music…

Metal Monday #61 – “The Complete Collection”

Themed Metal Monday, here, though I’d say it may be among the least “metal” of the series; there’s still lots of music-related content, and a theme revealer that I really like, so I’ll still allow it…🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #60 – Themeless

I really like this Themeless Metal Monday; lots of metal-leaning clues including a 15-letter entry down the middle, plus plenty of other music entries. Enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

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