Adam Landau

Themeless Friday #12

Oct 24, 2025

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Before getting into the puzzle, I wanted to share exciting news — my first nationally-published crossword will be in the Los Angeles Times this Sunday, October 26th! Hope you check it out and enjoy! As for today, this is my first non-metal themeless puzzle on here in over a month; some fun long answers, and…

Metal Monday #20 – Themeless

Oct 20, 2025

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Adam Landau

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Oversized 16×15 themeless puzzle for this Metal Monday; lots of music references in here, enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themed Wednesday #11 – “On the Calendar”

Oct 15, 2025

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Adam Landau

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Another straightforward themed puzzle for this Wednesday! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #19 – “You can count on me!”

Oct 13, 2025

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Adam Landau

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Time for a themed Metal Monday puzzle — maybe this is a bit of a stretch, but I’ll let you be the judge of that…🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #18 – Themeless

Oct 6, 2025

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Adam Landau

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It was so great to go to the Midwest Crossword Tournament this weekend, and meet all the awesome folks there. Congrats to all the winners — looking forward to the next one! This is a themeless Metal Monday puzzle — I started with the two long central crosses, and then the puzzle kind of wrote…

Metal Monday #17

Sep 29, 2025

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Adam Landau

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There’s a little bit of a twist to this themed Metal Monday puzzle…🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themed Wednesday #10 – “Block Party”

Sep 24, 2025

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Adam Landau

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I loved making this one (co-created with my brother), and felt we had something with potential for publication here, only to find out after submission to NYT (despite searching, clearly not well enough!) that they had run a similarly themed, and admittedly, better executed puzzle a couple years back. Either way, still lots of fun…

Metal Monday #16

Sep 22, 2025

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Adam Landau

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Back to a “regular” Metal Monday, after a Sunday puzzle and 2 minis. This is a themeless puzzle, with lots of music content (not just metal!); enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Mini Metal Monday

Sep 15, 2025

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Adam Landau

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Trying something a little different here, with 2 mini 5×5 puzzles. I tried to make the majority of the clues/answers in these music-related, so while not the usual Monday puzzles, hoping this is fun as well!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare – Mini Metal Monday #1 Crosshare – Mini Metal Monday #2 Downloads:

Themeless Friday #11

Sep 12, 2025

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Adam Landau

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I really had a good time building this puzzle — lots of long answers, including a phrase from my day job that I’ve been waiting to see in a crossword, and a bunch of music clues sneaking into a non-Metal Monday puzzle… Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Author: Adam Landau