My deep apologies for multiple screwed-up clue cross-references in recent puzzles. I’m a one-woman operation and this is for precisely zero dollars, but I can still do better on that. I promise I checked this time. (And if the one pair of cross-refs in this puzzle is still wrong, please feel free to give me shit.)
Tag: themeless
Themeless #137
It’s Wednesday! Happy solving!
Themeless #136
At least once a year I think I should put some ACPT-related content in the puzzle that goes up closest to ACPT, and every year I don’t do it in time. This year is no exception. Please enjoy this crossword that has nothing to do with ACPT other than that it is a crossword, and ACPT involves doing crosswords.
Send good vibes! A gal wants to make the finals.
Themeless #135
This one has more black squares than is typical for a themeless. Let me know if you care about such things!
Themeless #134
The seed of this puzzle might not be what you think it is, since it’s a mid-length entry (27A, to be exact).
Themeless #133
I don’t often put the seed of my puzzles at 1A, but I did this time. Have fun!
Themeless #132
The seed for this puzzle is a reminder to you all of my listening habits. Have fun!
Themeless #131
For the folks who replied to my last post with “but I come here for hard puzzles!” — I have no plans to stop making hard themelesses and publishing them here every other week. The only thing that has changed is how I describe myself as a puzzlemaker.
As you may have noticed, the themelesses are offered free of charge. I do that because I like making them, and I know that the market for hard themelesses is not large enough that, were I to charge money for these puzzles, I would make enough to justify the extra work I’d have to put in for a paying audience (i.e., putting the puzzles through a test-solving and editing process).
But I now make a large part of my living making puzzles. In time, my goal is for puzzles and trivia to be the majority of my living, if not all of it. To do that, I need to sell easy puzzles. Which is something I’m good at making, and I enjoy making! Hence the rebrand.
So: Here is a hard puzzle that no longer bears the name “Tough as Nails.” Hope you enjoy it!
Tough as Nails Themeless #130
Here’s your first themeless of 2025, partly inspired by a vacation from 2019. Enjoy!
Tough as Nails Themeless #129
The last themeless of the year happens to fall on Christmas. As far as I know that’s not reflected at all in this puzzle. Sorry not sorry!
Crosswords and Trivia by Stella Zawistowski 