Category: Themeless Friday

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:

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 seed entry (I’m sure you’ll figure out which!) and will totally try to re-use that…

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 in because I can’t help myself…would love thoughts/feedback on this one! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

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 the longer entries, so I felt it was still worth putting out there. Enjoy! Solve…

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…

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:

This puzzle has one of my favorite clues that I’ve written, but I’d say that some of the fill is kind of mid, since I had to work it around the 15-letter answers…hopefully that won’t take away from the puzzle! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Another themeless puzzle — started with the two 15-letter seed entries, and the puzzle all fell into place from there! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

This was a fun one to make — lots of interesting 9 and 10 letter answers, and only a little bit of “crossword-ese”. Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

I thought that the big 15 letter entry at 8-Down would fit great in a crossword, so here we are! Solve Online: Crosshare Amuse Labs Downloads: