Puzzle 133 - 8x8

Fun one to make, with surprising leeway. Though there is a word in the grid twice.

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Puzzle 124 - 8x8

Hi. Well that was a longish break from posting. Here's another puzzle.

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Puzzle 108 - 8x8

I hope this loop puzzle is fun. It's unusual that I can get cleanish short words along with good longer ones.

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Puzzle 97 - 8x8

Yet another. Has some interesting verbs, and the short words are mostly easy enough.

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Puzzle 94 - 8x8

Another of the "ring around" puzzles. The clues should make it easyish to find a foothold.

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Puzzle 81 - 8x8

Another one. Fairly clean too.

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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 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 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 24 - 8x8

Hello again. I might be able to get a streak going for a while, posting puzzles every day. Most will be 7x7 minis. For me, those puzzles have a good number of clues to write, and with no helper squares can be filled with only one or two clunkers. But maybe that's the wrong spirit. Maybe puzzles should be cleaner, forget the challenge of making this type. Well I haven't made that decision (yet). So here's an 8x8 with two regrettable answers. Most of it is all good though.

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Puzzle 23 - 8x8

Longer delay than I would have liked, but here's another puzzle. 8x8, two black squares. Only one odd answer. The dual animals are a neat bonus.

The Atlantic continues to have similar grid shapes, but with helper squares, which makes them cleaner and somewhat easier to produce (both good things).

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Puzzle 22 - 8x8

That was a nice week, a week ago, wasn't it. The titles were fun. In the meantime I've been working on several kinds of submittable puzzles.

This isn't that, though. It's like those previous 7x7s. Wide open. But bigger, and with another black square. So it's got two squares without letters, 62 with. I've made a few of them to post. This one has only one wacko word.

By the way - today's puzzle in The Atlantic was kind of like those puzzles I put up last week. 7x7, almost entirely open. It was tougher than usual, too.

P.S. I've edited the clues here, a few times, to try to make it less impossible.

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