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Simply General Knowledge! (556)
Another wide ranging assortment of general knowledge clues from across the boards. Have fun and good luck! |
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The World 14
Geography of the world featuring countries, islands, cities, body of waters and mountains. |
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Everyday Science, Crossed
From garden plants to the forces that keep an aircraft flying, science is part of every day. Explore familiar ideas, useful instruments and a few building blocks of nature. British spelling. |
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Grid Potpourri [2]
An American-style puzzle where anything goes. I hope you enjoy the potpourri! |
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Zany Zigzags
Phoenix Rising's current internal team challenge is to produce a crossword where the grid design is a letter of the alphabet. With one anagram, this is also an American-style puzzle. Enjoy! |
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Fragile: Truths of "A Christmas Story"
"Fragile" is a word most "A Christmas Story" followers know well. Enjoy working and learning about Ralphie and his exploits from the iconic Christmas movie. |
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Coffee and Pangrams I
The first in an occasional series of quick crosswords that should only take one cup of coffee to solve. While making a pangram is challenging for the author, it makes it a bit easier for the solver, as you know there has to be at least one Q, Z, X, J, and K in there somewhere. (Gratuitous clue material within parentheses may illuminate or obfuscate, or might even bring a tiny wry smile to your face). |
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Flash in the Pan (55)
General knowledge questions that come at you from all directions, though a number of these were inspired by words in the titles of movies from 1947. Best of luck. |
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Just Another Puzzle
This crossword puzzle features a number of songs by Olivia Dean and Benson Boone, though I still consider it a general puzzle. Unless otherwise stated, all answers are spelled in US English. |
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Time For A Cuppa 9
Another cup of tea perhaps? Then put your feet up and relax with one over this puzzle. Happy sipping. |
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Little Puzzler (xiii)
A series of mostly everyday words to be uncovered by solving cryptic clues, sometimes more than one type combined. A few double definitions. British spelling mostly (marked if not). |
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Name the TV Shows and Characters 17
A topic on a wide range of TV shows in the past and present. |
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Simply Idioms and Proverbs
The title says it all, but in many cases you will just need to fill in the blank. |
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Celebrity Bits and Pieces
Some of the celebrities mentioned here are from an earlier era, but are still fairly well known. |
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Grid Potpourri
An American-style puzzle where anything goes. I hope you enjoy the potpourri! |
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Easy Epic: Religion
A quick crossword involving a range of religious concepts. All Bible references are from the New International Version [NIV]. There is one anagram. Enjoy! |
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Music Box (145)
More hits, more artists and other music terms to whet your appetite. Best of luck. |
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Golf
Terms, players and tournaments related to club-and-ball sport. |
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Medium Bites (4)
A selection of words with a brief definition or pointer as a clue. British spelling. |
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Really Rather Ridiculous
Phoenix Rising is at it again with another internal team crossword challenge. This particular challenge is to have a letter pictured in the grid. This crossword also has an alliterative title, and every clue begins with the target letter. |
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Moonraker's Video Mix
The world of video games has been an area alien to me, but I'm attempting to rectify that with this my first venture into the genre. I'm unsure if I've succeeded, but I've tried and there are no fillers! |
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Simply Anagrams! 43
A selection of words to untangle, with each answer being an anagram of the first word(s) in the clue, followed by a light-hearted definition of the answer where possible. Unfortunately, this is more difficult with the shorter answers. |
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This Country
Come with me on a quick world tour, with a stop-over at my country and perhaps yours too, with just a few fillers en route. This crossword was created for the 2026 Author Challenge, Dreaming of Peace. |
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Where There's Smoke...
US English. Hope the clues make you see the answers more clearly |
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Numinous Nuzzles
Phoenix Rising's current internal team challenge is to produce a crossword where the grid design is a letter of the alphabet. This is also an American-style puzzle. Enjoy! |
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Bruno Mars Discography
This crossword puzzle includes a number of clues and answers related to the music of Bruno Mars. Unless otherwise stated, all answers are spelled in US English. |
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Boxes of Popcorn (58)
Purely movies, actors and directors. Best of luck. |
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Zipper Words
A zipper word contains two other words within it, where the odd letters spell one word and the even letters spell another (like the teeth of a zipper). An example would be CHAIRS (CAR + HIS). Each zipper word in this crossword will be indicated by ZIPPER, followed by two clues that form the smaller words. |
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Upper Class or Non U?
In the 1950s an earnest attempt was made to differentiate 'U' (so-called upper class) from 'non-U' (the rest of us). This is a light-hearted dig at that attitude, highlighting some of the terms used in that attempt. I hope you enjoy. |
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What's the Animal #15?
Another puzzle series on the amazing world of animals. |
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