Squaresville Puzzles http://www.janglerspuzzles.com Just another WordPress site Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:14:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Themed Crossword #14: Terse Verse http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=137 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=137#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:14:40 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=137 Continue reading →]]> Hi all! The original version of this puzzle didn’t have the poem below as instructions, but my tester was unable to solve that version. I’m pretty confident that now it’s safely in the easy-medium camp. Send your meta-answer, if you wish, to janglernpl at [Oasis member's first name and last initial, reversed] dot com. No prize, just bragging rights.

To solve this meta, if you choose,
First locate six distinctive clues.
Their answers, changed in certain ways,
Will lead you to a fitting phrase.

Terse Verse PUZ

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=137 1 Themed Crossword #13: Fool Me Four Times … http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=132 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=132#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 16:54:58 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=132 Hello all! An Onion-ish theme today.  Tuesday/Wednesday difficulty, but a bit more pop-culture-heavy than usual.

Themed Crossword 13 Fool Me Four Times PUZ ZIP

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=132 0 Themed Crossword #12: Bleating Hearts http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=129 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=129#comments Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:33:56 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=129 Continue reading →]]> Hello all!

A 15×16 Thursday-ish difficulty one today. The last theme entry is not for the faint of heart. Thanks to Todd McClary for the title, though I don’t know if he’d have given it to me if he knew about the last entry.

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Themed Crossword: Bleating Hearts PUZ ZIP

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=129 0 Marching Bands #1: Turning 27 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=125 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=125#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2012 17:54:19 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=125 Continue reading →]]> Hello!

In celebration of my 27th birthday today, I am posting a Marching Bands puzzle with 27 total Bands words (which can be referred to as the “Turning 27″, nyuk nyuk). If you are unfamiliar with how Marching Bands puzzles, hop on over to this post from Eric Berlin’s blog: http://blog.puzzlenation.com/2012/08/21/a-look-at-variety-crosswords-march/ for a detailed explanation as well as a sample puzzle :)

Marching Bands #1: Turning 27 PDF

 

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=125 1 Cryptic Word Search http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=121 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=121#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:41:56 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=121 Written by request. The instructions are purposefully oblique. May be too easy or too hard; I don’t have much experience with variety non-crosswords, and I’m glad to get more opportunities to try and branch out.

Cryptic Word Search PDF

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=121 4 Themeless #2 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=117 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=117#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:20:26 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=117 Hello all!

Today’s puzzle is a themeless; I will be headed to Portland, Oregon on Wednesday for the awesome annual National Puzzlers’ League convention, but I wanted to get another puzzle up before then. Enjoy!

Themeless #2 PUZ ZIP

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=117 0 Themed Crossword #11: Palace’s Restaurant http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=113 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=113#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:02:16 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=113 Not sure why I have so much puzzle-making energy at the moment, but no sense letting it go to waste!

Themed Crossword 11 Palace’s Restaurant PUZ ZIP

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=113 2 Block Cryptic #2 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=110 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=110#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:31:20 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=110 Greetings all! Today’s puzzle is a block-style cryptic crossword.

Block Cryptic #2 PUZ ZIP

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=110 0 Mini Themed Crossword #3: Representative Government http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=106 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=106#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:34:53 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=106 Continue reading →]]> Hello all! The next puzzle will probably be a block-style cryptic, but while I work on the clues for that, here’s an 11×13 mini-themed puzzle a la Matt Gaffney’s daily (I’m still amazed he makes enough puzzles to post one every weekday), but with tougher clues.

Representative Government PUZ ZIP

]]> http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?feed=rss2&p=106 0 Mini Themed Crossword #2: Avenue Heard? http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=97 http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=97#comments Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:20:10 +0000 Jangler http://www.janglerspuzzles.com/?p=97 Continue reading →]]> Welp, it’s official, tomorrow my book will be in print! Many thanks to Mike Sylvia, who provided the theme for the puzzle on page 51 (at least, I think it’s on page 51, I don’t have a copy of the book handy; in any case, it’s the puzzle where 3-Down is a Muppet’s first name). You can pick up a copy from Barnes & Noble or  Amazon online, or purchase it from a local bookstore, should you so desire. It consists of 42 10×10 crosswords, usually with a pair of main thematic entries, and jam-packed with extra pop-music entries and clues throughout. This post’s puzzle features one of the spare themes I didn’t end up using for the book; it’s a pretty good representation of what you can expect from the book, so if you like this puzzle, you’ll probably like the book.

Hope you like the puzzle! :) (Edit: Gosh dang it, 12-Across is incorrect…I knew it in the back of my mind, too)

Avenue Heard PUZ ZIP

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