March 31, 2023
Montana-themed cryptic crossword.
Sandy Weisz
Oro y Plata
My Montana-themed puzzle for Puzzles for Democracy.
EnigMarch 2023
All my cryptic clues from EnigMarch 2023.
March 21, 2023
Puzzles for Democracy
March 9, 2023
Watsky ARG, Mystery #10, EnigMarch
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar is eating everything again.
March 3, 2023
EnigMarch launches, Canadian tourism songs, Discord
February 23, 2023
The Signals Discord
drimal scream
UChicago puzzle class, EnigMarch, Will Shortz in the New Yorker, Shift Happens, my kid the Super Bowl star
February 2023
Think of a place where you might find outlets. Turn the first letter 180° and you’ll end up with a word for another place where you might find an entirely different kind of outlet. What words are these?
February 10, 2023
Super Bowl ad, starring my son. Cain's Jawbone postcards. Puzzle workshop updates.
February 2, 2023
Chronophoto, A new crossword substack, Mystery Updates
January 26, 2023
Mystery #9, Community puzzle-writing, Disfrustrating Puzzles, It's Morbin' Time
Unflappable
A collection of sketches from my travels around the world.
January 19, 2023
Scuffttlebufftt
Hello from the other side of the 2023 MIT Mystery Hunt, which finally ended on Monday after 66 hours and 23 minutes, making it
January 2023
Think of a hyphenated word for a kind of book that contains salacious details. Remove four of the same letter from that word, and what remains will be a word for the kind of content you'd find in such a book. What are the words?
January 10, 2023
December 23, 2022
Stocking Stuffers
A new Hanukkah tradition.
December 15, 2022
A new puzzler, final projects for my puzzle design class at UChicago, Me on Hey Riddle Riddle, AI-generated palindromes, and dirty limericks
Jack Alantberry
Gift guides, new Puzzler, Midjourney promptmanteaus, puzzle podcasts, and other news from the world of puzzles.
December 9, 2022
News from LA, Glass Onion experience, new Scrabble words, HORSE but better.
December 2022
Think of an animal in 6 letters, and two things you might feed that animal. Say those three words together aloud, in that order, to get the full name of a famous literary character. What character is it?
November 29, 2022
I'm coming to LA; gift guides; new games; and a board game-smelling candle.
November 14, 2022
Cryptic of the week, HOUSE puzzle book, Oulipo twttr, and Mystery updates.
Mentor Thunderbolt
Mystery #7, Trace Room Escape game, Words Against Strangers
November 2022
Think of two six-letter words that each start and end with a T. Swap the two syllables of one of them, and phonetically, you’ll get a synonym of the other. What are the two words?
November 1, 2022
Mystery #7, and the answers to Mystery Trivia #4
Spirit Halloween
It's Halloween, and these are the only costumes left at the store.
October 24, 2022
Mystery Theme Trivia #4!
Mystery Theme Trivia #4
October 11, 2022
Hints for Mystery Trivia #3, Trace escape room, Words Against Strangers
Kent Tomorrow
Solve sessions, the newest Puzzler, and some links from around the puzzle world.
Hit the Spot
A Spotify mix tape.
October 2022
Think of a superhero. Take their alter ego's last name, and the last word of their nickname, and together you’ll get the full name of a living actor. That actor’s most famous role kind of sounds like a superhero, …
October 3, 2022
Mystery Theme Trivia #3!
Mystery Theme Trivia #3
1. While The Hulk is reminiscent of the Greek demigod Hercules, his strength doesn’t come from Zeus, but rather what type of radiation?
September 26, 2022
Hints for Theme Trivia #2, Matthew Stein on Patreon, Blockoot, On Circus Grounds
Mystery Theme Trivia #2
1. Who is the main antagonist in the Robin Hood fable? He is constantly attempting to capture the hero, when he’s not collecting
Mystery Theme Trivia #1
1. In the song “What’s This?”, this animated film character looks back and forth and sings, “There are children throwing snowballs, instead of
September 19, 2022
Mystery Theme Trivia #2
September 9, 2022
All of your great submissions to last week's Mystery Theme Trivia.
Hollywood Positions
Fifteen movies that hold a special place for me.
Brisketting With a Side of Corny
Mystery Theme Trivia, Rebuses, Anigrams, Puzzletember.
September 2022
What is a word for something you might eat at a roast, or something you might do at a roast?
September 1, 2022
A new set of Mystery Theme Trivia, by popular request.
August 24, 2022
Member survey; Heraldic Rebuses; Anigrams; Google Sheets tricks
August 16, 2022
Congressperson letter banks, Wordlisted, No such thing as a tree, European translator
Boss Flax
Mystery #4, Trivia newsletter, Galactic Puzzle Hunt, Paper Labyrinth on Kickstarter.