Puzzle 81 - 8x8

Another one. Fairly clean too.

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Puzzle 80 - 5x2: Street Grid

This one's neat. I found it in the outdoors recently - it just seemed to make words. I had to write the clues. Quite a few proper nouns. The only rule it broke is word length ...

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Puzzle 79 - 8x8

Two iffy puzzles in a row isn't ideal but here we are. I mean the short fill is rough. But we'll overlook that won't we. Wait why am I writing who is reading this that is so you I get that uh oh losing it hmph. Good day.

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Puzzle 78 - 15x15: Mish Mash

What a title. I've said before I should stop crossing proper nouns, but I didn't do that in this puzzle so feel free to look things up. At least, that's what I do when I'm solving leisurely. Five full names was fun to put in though.

Anyway the theme is kind of not great, and not quite symmetrical, but I thought it was neatish so I'm posting it. It's my site.

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Puzzle 77 - 8x8

Okay okay. I made more "ring around" puzzles. This one's probably the best of this batch, but I'm going to post the others too. So be on the lookout ...?

After solving, you can probably infer why the black squares are uneven.

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Puzzle 76 - 6x6

Now, this puzzle is the opposite of the last few. It would be a challenge to make a cleaner, duller puzzle than this. The clues might add some level of interest, but hopefully not too much (ha ha).

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Puzzle 75 - 5x5

The cramming continues. But even I have my limits. See, the square labeled 1 could have been a C, making both words more simple. But I wanted it like this. However I did not make the bottom-right square a Z, though it could be. That's too many proper nouns for a puzzle already loaded with them. But you probably know enough names to finish. As before, they're from various fields.

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Puzzle 74 - 5x5

Wow. The numbers for these puzzles are really climbing. 74 ... Anyway every answer here is great except 2-Down. I guess I try to hide the things I don't like in the downs. But then I mention them here. Alas.

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Puzzle 73 - 5x5

There were three ways I could have started making this puzzle, but this seemed best in order to get more perhaps-less-seen answers (3-Down notwithstanding).

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Puzzle 72 - 5x5

This is a sort of follow-up to yesterday's grid, but with a different letter.

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Puzzle 71 - 5x5

This mini has one questionable down answer, but the rest should be fun. 1-Across kind of set the tone of it.

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Puzzle 70 - 5x5: Potpourri 4

This, the last puzzle in the original little set I made together, has one answer that I learned from modded Minecraft and which you probably haven't heard of. But it's inferable with crosses. The following puzzles will have slightly different aims (but will still be small).

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Puzzle 69 - 5x5: Potpourri 3

More! What to write ... I suppose nothing.

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Puzzle 68 - 5x5: Potpourri 2

This next one's theme, such as it is, arose accidentally. The seed was 8-Across, and then the downs formed a cool two-by-three rectangle.

Potpourri here, in the titles, means I am trying to reach in multiple directions within each puzzle, though there is a throughline across a few grids.

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Puzzle 67 - 5x5: Potpourri 1

No more 7x7s are planned. Instead, I really like the mini puzzles that I have lined up for the next week or so. Some have mini-themes, some are closer to stunts. Some have sort of random things going on. This first one is simple, just an attempt to make a good mini puzzle that includes 3-Down.

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Puzzle 66 - 7x7

Yet another 7x7. The clues should be easier overall to make up for a pair of odd words.

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Puzzle 65 - 7x7

Another one. I have several more, and then I have planned a new mini series.

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Puzzle 64 - 8x8

Hello. I was impressed by the fill on this grid. I hope it's a good way to occupy yourself for a moment today.

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Puzzle 63 - 7x7

I still like this shape so I've come back to it. I don't know if it's possible to make one like it by hand, but the computer is a great tool.

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