I won’t say who rejected this puzzle. But I think it’s damn good. Also, 100 puzzles! Whut?!
Author: Stella
Tough as Nails Themeless #99
Happy November and happy solving!
For personal and professional reasons, oneth of the month mini cryptics are going away again, unfortunately.
Mini cryptics going bye for now
Apologies to my cryptic lovers: Partly because I’m getting more paying puzzle work (yay!) and partly for personal reasons, I need to cut back on unpaid projects for a while. Mini cryptics are first on the chopping block. Tough as Nails themelesses, #crypticclueaday, and #crypticcluecontest will continue for the foreseeable future.
Puzzle on, friends!
Tough as Nails Themeless #98
You probably won’t be surprised to learn that I seeded this puzzle with a lifting reference (26A). Hope it’s as satisfying a challenge as a heavy back squat!
Tough as Nails Themeless #97
Happy Wednesday! Here’s a puzzle!
Oneth of the Month Mini Cryptic #18
Here’s a little bite of a puzzle for your Sunday.
Tough as Nails Themeless #96
Welcome to CLUB 96! (If you don’t get the reference, you don’t watch enough Drag Race.)
Tough as Nails Themeless #95
I don’t always put my seed at 1-Across; it depends on how well I think the letters will work to generate good fill. But when I do, a puzzle like this one happens!
Oneth of the Month Mini Cryptic #17
This one might be a smidge harder than the minis usually are, as I’ve used a couple of combination wordplay or more unusual wordplay techniques here. It’s still bite-sized, so I hope I won’t scare any beginners away by saying that!
Tough as Nails Themeless #94
This themeless started with an idea for a clue rather than with a seed entry that I found interesting in and of itself. Said entry is one that I also think lends itself to fun cryptic cluing. Can you guess which one it was?
Crosswords and Trivia by Stella Zawistowski 