Author: Adam Landau

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 bunch of fun music references in here (leans more broad music, vs lots of metal…

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:

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 that was…🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themed puzzle that spans genres with lots of music content; enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

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 — I noticed it when it was kind of too late to make a change…

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 still fun, and the puzzle is full of metal and music goodness🤘 Also, I goofed…

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: