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Salmagundi Smorgasbord (57)
A series of experimental crosswords, with a variety of puzzle sizes, grid designs and clue types. There is one anagram. Enjoy! |
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Phoenix Rising Team Challenge:Triple Pangram
The Phoenix Rising Crossword Guru has challenged his team mates to construct a triple pangram. While this makes it difficult for the crossword author, it means for the crossword solver, there will be, by necessity, some unusual words included in the grid - Great! Good luck! |
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The Elephant in the Room
A puzzle featuring a shaped grid. Enjoy! |
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Pangram Puzzler 3
One grid, two challenges. First, a double pangram as part of a Phoenix Rising Team Challenge. Secondly, an Author's Lounge Contract challenge to construct a medium crossword with exactly 46 clues. |
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A Crossword for You #4
A topic mash-up of sorts, crossword style. |
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And
Inspired by the 2025 'In the Balance' challenge, this crossword only contains words that begin with the letters A, N or D. Punctuation is not included in answers. |
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Simply General Knowledge! (546)
An assortment of general knowledge clues have been rounded up for another crossword in this series. Have fun and Good Luck? |
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Oddly Enough
Most cruciverbalists prefer symmetrical grids, but this challenge was to create a grid with an odd number of clues. |
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Your Heart's Desire 
An American-style puzzle with a shaped grid. Nine anagrams may help with some of the trickier answers. Enjoy! |
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Flash in the Pan (49): PRC Tier 2
This was created as part of an internal Phoenix Rising team challenge. Tier two required a medium sized crossword with a double pangram. Best of luck. |
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Leap Year Lunacy (Part I)
The ninth of 26 puzzles written for a November 2024 personal challenge. There is a connection between these crosswords: determining it is left to the solver. Enjoy! |
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Leap Year Lunacy (Part H)
The eighth of 26 puzzles written for a November 2024 personal challenge. There is a connection between these crosswords: determining it is left to the solver. Enjoy! |
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Leap Year Lunacy (Part G)
The seventh of 26 puzzles written beginning in November 2024 as a personal challenge. There is a connection between these crosswords: determining it is left to the solver. Enjoy! |
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Surrounding
Here you will find words that might surround you, go around something or encircle an object. You'll find other words too, of course. |
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Leap Year Lunacy (Part F)
The sixth of 26 puzzles written beginning in November 2024 as a personal challenge. There is a connection between these crosswords: determining it is left to the solver. Enjoy! |
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Pangram Puzzler 2
Another Phoenix Rising team crossword challenge! The brief: create a triple pangram in a large grid. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to determine whether I can count. Is this puzzle a single, double or triple pangram? Or is it a sneaky quadruple? |
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Team Challenge: Triple Pangram
Part of the current Phoenix Rising Team Crossword Challenge is to create a large triple pangram. In this puzzle, the answer grid contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet, at least three times. Enjoy! |
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E's the Key
The letter E's deserted the legend we see here. Nevertheless, let me beseech ye - persevere! Be never vexed; the key teems, per the effervescent E! (American English, abbreviations noted by 'abbr.') |
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Quick Pangram I
Need a quick crossword over that cup of coffee? This crossword fits the bill, even the clues have been kept short. A pangram to boot - that should make it a bit easier for you. Good Luck. |
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Pangram Puzzler
Time for another Phoenix Rising team crossword challenge, this time involving pangrams. In this puzzle the brief was to fit a double pangram into a medium grid. For added fun, all the clues are alliterative. |
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Team Challenge: Double Pangram
Part of the current Phoenix Rising Team Crossword Challenge is to create a medium double pangram. In this puzzle, the answer grid contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet, at least twice. Enjoy! |
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A Double Serving
A mix of clues. When you finish you will find that the initial letter of each Down word spells out a motivational message. Any anagrams are marked (anag.) and homophones (sound like other words) are marked (aud.). Two clues are given for each word with a comma separating them. British spelling where different. |
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Team Challenge: Single Pangram
Part of the current Phoenix Rising Team Crossword Challenge is to create a small single pangram. In this puzzle, the answer grid contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet, at least once. Enjoy! |
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Hope Shines
Hope shines through some of the clues and answers in this crossword, but I hope the grid itself will also make you smile :) |
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Salmagundi Smorgasbord (56)
A series of experimental crosswords, with a variety of puzzle sizes, grid designs and clue types. Three anagrams may help with uncommon words. Enjoy! |
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Word Wizarding (25)
Here's another installment in a subversive plot to publicise 11-letter words submitted to FunTrivia's Word Wizard game. Such events do not happen very often, so it was a big surprise to produce #39 (8D) and #40 (32A) over just two days. About that time, players weissmarc (1A) and Dagny1 (12D) also came to the party. Please enjoy this celebratory crossword containing four anagrams. |
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A Bit More of This and That 41
Just a fairly straightforward general knowledge puzzle for when you have a few minutes. I hope you will enjoy playing. |
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A Failed Attempt
This was an unsuccessful attempt to complete a contract. It is, however, a successful attempt to complete a crossword puzzle. |
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Just Another Double Pangram
Double pangrams are not easy for this author. The challenge this time was to achieve it with only thirty six clues. Solve the crossword to determine if the brief was met. |
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Word Wizarding (24)
It is always a joyous moment in FunTrivia's famous hourly word game, when you realise that you can produce an 11-letter word. Better yet when the Wizard deigns to accept it. In my slow race towards 50 such words, number 38 (8D) suddenly turned up. Previously, player paulmallon had found 12D; while a short time later, weissmarc (1A) and fado72 (32A) had their own successes. Please enjoy the latest in this series of puzzles, which seeks to celebrate these achievements, along with seven anagrams. |
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