I know nearly everyone who follows me is already subscribed, but— There‘s a reason why my puzzle work these days is almost exclusively with AVCX. We all know someone in our lives who does mainstream puzzles, but doesn’t know that indies exist or how good they are. If you can, gift them an AVCX sub.

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Guy who sees “hard” court tennis and thinks the alternates are “medium” and “easy”

Lil AVCX is looking for new and emerging constructors to be a part of our 2026 constructing roster. Deadline for applications is November 14, 2025. Here's the information: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We have a treat for you today, a delightful 11x13 puzzle by widely published constructor and Lil leadership team member Olivia Mitra Framke (@livienna.bsky.social). It's titled "You've Heard of Them". It's filled with fun tidbits, goofy wordplay, and a perfectly executed theme.

My gf after seeing Charlie like this: did you put the pillow there? Me: …I thought you did. Her: *looks at Charlie* Me: *looks at Charlie* Her: … Me: … Her: …… Me: ……… Her: oh wait yeah I put it there yesterday Me: DAMMIT RAE

My dreams are all connected. Like it’s my own little Dream Cinematic Universe, where I might ref things from a dream ages ago. I’ll be like, “damn, this acid rain reminds me of that beach vacation where we got hit with a blood tsunami, remember that?” And everyone nods, like “yeah it’s been rough…”

Oh my god 🥹 this means so much to me. Glad you like my puzzles!!! 💕 have you found @puzzmo.com yet? Many more there! 😊

So freakin hyped for Coco Gauff v Naomi Osaka today!!!!!! #usopen

We're beyond thrilled to present puzzles by this fantastic set of constructors at the second Midwest Crossword Tournament, October 4, 2025 in Chicago! Read more about them and register now at midwestgridfest.com

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

guy who read moby-dick last year and just watched seminal 1975 horror film Jaws for the first time voice: getting a lot of moby-dick vibes from this

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

www.theverge.com/analysis/703... very much worth the read

There are a billion clones of Wordle on the internet and @avcx.bsky.social will more than satisfy that crossword cravings. You should not be giving NYT a dime.

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This is why I love watching tennis. 🎾 what a final 🤯🤯🤯

Y’ALL??? the goal was 5,000

SO freakin happy with this one. Enjoy!!!! 🥰

Tonight we are thrilled to bring you a debut from K.J. Sarr titled "Slow Burn." This moderately challenging 9x9 puzzle is bursting with magical, nerdy-chic vibes, and, as one test solver put it, is "giving BookTok." Huzzah!

I also had a stuffie with me during the solves! 🥰 here’s Griffin having a blast 🐕

#ACPT crossword fashion 👍

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Big news for crossword constructors in my inbox today…

Honestly kinda a badass group *hairflip* Can’t wait for yall to solve puzzles by these great folx!!!

So … for real, many many people I know are actually *physically* (as well as psychologically) not doing well because of the current assault on government and decency so if that is also you then you are not weak you are normal and decent, solidarity ✊🏼

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Apply to join our kickass community!!!

Fantastic puzzles for a fantastic cause ✨💖✨

✨ DONT MISS THIS ✨

AVCX Cryptics is OPEN for submissions the month of January 2025. My fellow editors and I look forward to seeing what you folks come up with! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Love this one 🙌😉💗

Hey y'all. Your hobbit is in need of some help. My unemployment will soon run out and I still don't have a job. If you know of any fully remote data entry/customer service/administrative assistant positions pls send them my way? On site jobs in Central or North Jersey work too! Honestly anything rn.

“Is it okay for a social media platform to be an echo chamber” back in the day we had websites and websites were generally focused on a single topic and if you were into that topic you would visit that website and if you weren’t into that topic you just didn’t go on that website and it was fine

LETS GO MOMO 🙌

@mylifeisanrpg.bsky.social I freakin love your humor 😂 💞 GET OR GIFT AN AVCX SUBSCRIPTION TODAY!!! avxwords.com/memberships/

You know it’s bad when you turn to a news podcast to distract yourself from bad brain bullshit

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.

Just showing off how Charlie got to dress as one of his favorite things for Halloween this year… 🐝 Tomorrow is his 9th birthday. He’s such a good boy 🥹🫶

Absolutely incredible concert by @viennateng.bsky.social tonight, whose music continues to provide exactly what we most need. 💖💪

You can now solve AVCX crosswords on our site! Crosswordr is still tweaking some settings, but if you’re a subscriber you can now play online, comment which you love to do, and such things: avxwords.com/avcx-puzzle-...

Say hello to October with a sweet treat from our new guest constructor Olivia Mitra Framke! Solve today's "Candy Shop" puzzle with your #ApplePencil on Crossword Flow: apple.co/3TpJRpX

Where can you find a bar and open tabs, but no drinks? 🍹

Big day yesterday. Got home and immediately needed to sleep, but laundry was on my bed so I did the only responsible thing and slept on the other side of the bed … for the first time ever … and now I’m up at 3am and I feel like I’m on the dang moon, yall. It’s a whole new spooky world over here 🌖

Hey bluesky. Meet my girlfriend Rae 💕 #bisexual #pansexual #love

Who can tell me a single common word that contains two different zodiac signs? ✨ #wordnerd (pretty sure there’s only one but if you find a second valid answer you get a massive hat tip 🎩)

throwback to last month with the @lilavcx.bsky.social leadership crew 💪💖🧩 (pictured: me, @sallyhoelscher.bsky.social, @tlmberwolves.bsky.social)

A crossword sky starter pack! I’m very sure this is incomplete, so please just say the word if I forgot you and you’ll be added straightaway. go.bsky.app/4XAq8FH

Hello new followers! 👋 might I recommend you check out The Puzzle Society? Especially the daily word game “Overlapt” that I write! 🧩😎 www.puzzlesociety.com/word-puzzles...

this cone is me this week