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I have something of a romantic theme with a heart-shaped puzzle. Reply #1. Oct 19 22, 3:17 PM |
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Here's my first ever shaped puzzle, "The Heart of It All":![]() Reply #2. Oct 26 22, 4:10 AM |
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This one has a musical note in it![]() Reply #3. Oct 28 22, 3:00 AM |
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Both look awesome. Right in line with the ask here. :) Reply #4. Oct 28 22, 8:54 AM |
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Thanks Kyle Reply #5. Oct 29 22, 6:48 AM |
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Here's one for a castle:![]() Reply #6. Oct 29 22, 5:15 PM |
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A puzzle featuring bears is in the pipeline. Reply #7. Oct 30 22, 5:29 PM |
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Here's a crossword that's just "Loaded for Bear":![]() Reply #8. Nov 04 22, 1:44 PM |
spanishliz
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Here's a more or less diamond-shaped baseball puzzle:![]() Reply #9. Nov 16 22, 9:29 PM |
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Here's a football/soccer ball (that rather looks like it's made from Lego bricks), and a similarly themed puzzle:![]() Reply #10. Dec 08 22, 8:30 PM |
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Don't you like my soccer ball? :) Reply #11. Dec 13 22, 2:02 PM |
kyleisalive
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It snuck by. Reply #12. Dec 13 22, 2:25 PM |
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This challenge hasn't been forgotten. Currently working on another animal grid that's also doubly-crossed (American style). This one has 76 words in a medium puzzle. Most of my medium British-style puzzles have about 32 words. The issue for me is the number of on-theme words... obviously it's much harder fitting theme words. I'm aiming for about 20% coverage here. I don't know if that's acceptable, but I'll submit it when I get things into a form that I feel happy about. Reply #13. Feb 02 23, 2:51 AM |
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Looking forward to it -that's my favourite type of puzzle. Reply #14. Feb 03 23, 7:08 AM |
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@agony, I hope you won't be disappointed. Current version of the puzzle (I'm presently writing the clues) has just over 40% theme words. Reply #15. Feb 03 23, 1:42 PM |
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"Mostly Water Birds" is now online:![]() Despite being a fully-crossed (American-style) grid, the completed puzzle has 38/76 (50%) of the clues/answers on-theme. I surprised myself! Reply #16. Feb 07 23, 9:24 PM |
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If my eyes don't deceive me, the bird is formed by the central black squares, yes? Interesting way of creating the shape; I like it! Reply #17. Feb 07 23, 9:32 PM |
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@spanishliz: Yes. In my mind, I've been calling it a duck. A fellow cruciverbalist I tested the puzzle on said, "look at the duckling!" without any prompting from me. Reply #18. Feb 07 23, 9:52 PM |
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A duck on a pond, with ripples. Reply #19. Feb 07 23, 9:59 PM |
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That's one awesome crossword, psnz! Reply #20. Feb 08 23, 5:24 AM |
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