Mad Dog Cryptics #33 is now live on MyCrossword! Without starting to screen, they call a halt to applicants (7) Massive sign on door leads to the room where it happens (9) mycrossword.co.uk/crosswords/3...

Mad Dog Cryptics #33 is now live! Download the PDF or PUZ or go solve it online at MyCrossword or Crosshare. Without starting to screen, they call a halt to applicants (7) Massive sign on door leads to the room where it happens (9) Maddogcryptics.com

My English Lit prof told me, "You write as if you are translating Latin." (This actually happened.) I don’t his point understand.

Dammit! I was going to cheer for my US soccer team against Belgium. Now FIFA has taken all the potential joy out of the game and I have to cheer for Belgium. On the positive side, my wife is Belgian.

Happy father's day to all who had to hire baby setters to make their mini cryptics today.

Another Mad Dog puzzle! I greatly appreciate the construction tools available on MyCrossword!! Spooner's at any old hotel for some orange (8) It makes things go smoother when Los Angeles Times backs her musical (8) mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3457

Mad Dog Cryptics #32 is now live! Download the PDF or PUZ or go solve it online at MyCrossword or Crosshare. No spoilers! Spooner's at any old hotel for some orange (8) It makes things go smoother when Los Angeles Times backs her musical (8) Maddogcryptics.com

Good Omens 3!!! A contest to solve a cryptic crossword. Who wrote these clues?

My birthday present. (The book, not the Dr. Seuss)

Admitting you have a problem is the first step. Unfortunately, I have no idea what the second step is.

www.maptap.gg April 25 97🔥 36🥶 99🎯 73🤗 0🤮 Final score: 550 OMG! I guessed the antipode!!!!!!

It has finally arrived!

Question: if the definition is a synonym of RAREBIT, is it acceptable to use RARE BIT in a clue or is the space unfair?

Finally returning to the states. Did anything happen while I was gone?

Started a tour of Central Europe with a stop in Prague. Wonderful city and I do love a good kolache!!

Mad Dog Cryptics #31 is now live. Sample clues: Sign that magistrate is upset after shedding sad tear (6) French vegetable beds behind hacienda walls and prim courtyard (8) mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3200

Mad Dog Cryptics #31 (PDF, PUZ, Online) is now live. Sample clues: Sign that magistrate is upset after shedding sad tear (6) French vegetable beds behind hacienda walls and prim courtyard (8) (No spoilers!) maddogcryptics.com

Mad Dog Mini #10 is now available in PDF, PUZ and online (Crosshare, MyCrossword) formats. No spoilers. Uncertain future is edgy yet appears in anime (7) Bouncy boy heard approaching Santa's lap (7) Maddogcryptics.com

Thoroughly enjoyed How to Get to Heaven from Belfast on Netflix. It's goofy and funny and Caoilfhionn Dunne is a revelation. (That's pronounced Kee-Lynn or Koi-Lynn depending on where you are in Ireland.)

I solved the 2/6/2026 New York Times Mini Crossword in 0.18! A personal record. Nice to know that I will never do better for the rest of my days.

Mad Dog Cryptics #30 is now live. PDF, PUZ, Performing cosplay in ape costume creates the setting for Planet of the Apes (10) To solve, go to Crosshare or MyCrossword or maddogcryptics.com

Finally!!!!

Loved Cory's Minute Cryptic today. Similar to a clue from the recently released MadDogCryptics #29 but his was more elegant. Utterly atonal Italian dish? (8) Minute Cryptic - 19 December, 2025 "Completely and utterly sacred?" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par

What are the top ten lines in Rob Reiner movies? 1. I'll have what she's having. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

#Pluribus "I am not one of them." This resonates far beyond the show.

Visiting London for the first time. The weather forecast was for possible showers - it rained all day. I learned the phrase "half term" and why it meant everywhere I went was crowded. Having a great time!!

I wish I lived in New York. I love the city. But most of all, I could then vote for Zohran Mamdani. Cuomo is example A of the tired Democrat trying to hold onto power. Mamdani is the epitome of what the new Democratic party should be: young, smart, principled and focused on the issues that matter.

Mad Dog Cryptics #29 is now available (PDF, PUZ, online.) Sample clues: Temporary structures hold an occupying group (7) Calculus limits contain boolean calculation that sounds good to me (4,5) Subsidize once unloved wooden structure (5) maddogcryptics.com

@rexparker.bsky.social hey, Rex. It's October and Zohran Mamdani hasn't appeared in the NYT crossword. You have to pay the over on your prediction whether it would happen by Oct. 1.

I also post my puzzles on MyCrossword because I love the site. My puzzles have a decidedly American bent, I'm afraid. mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2730

Mad Dog Cryptics #28 is now available! Sample clues: What cats can do 8 times worries the head cat (5,5) New Zealand, according to the Maori, is engaged in cacao tea roasts (8) PDF, PUZ and Online links available at maddogcryptics.com

Thoughts and prayers. Thots 'n Praers. Thoshenpurrs. Tzzzznzzzz. Zzzzzzzzz....

What is that popular timed rebus puzzle called?

So the NYT mini crossword just went behind the paywall. How long until Wordle?

The question is often asked, "If you had a time machine, what would you do?" The popular but ethically challenging answer was "Kill baby Hitler." In the future it will be "Kill baby Stephen Miller."

Who dis?

The number of Shakers in the US has risen to 3. No word yet on the increase in the number of Movers. www.npr.org/2025/08/19/n...

@lowdowncryptic.bsky.social Just subscribed to Crossweird. Can you recommend an Android app that will handle Puzzle? Thanks.

Wordle 1,508 4/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 FML.

Mad Dog Cryptics #27 (PDF, PUZ, online at Crosshare) is now live. Sample clue: Arthur's very detail oriented using traditional methods (9) Download this and all my other puzzles at maddogcryptics.com

Mad Dog Cryptic #26 is available at maddogcryptics.com as well as on MyCrossword How to do well at Chevy Chase according to Chevy Chase? Bet he'll be holding black ace. (2,3,4)

New #cryptic #crossword up at mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/2517 Sharing my American sensibilities on this beautifully redesigned site. How to do well at Chevy Chase according to Chevy Chase? Bet he'll be holding black ace. (2,3,4)

Inspired Samlet rant br @rexparker.bsky.social today. Especially since there actually are hamlet fish.

Somebody handed Tulsi Gabbard a magic 8-ball and she thinks it's AI.

From one of my older puzzles: Actor in "The Hateful Eight" (5)

I finally listened and started watching Andor. The closing minutes of episode 3 were amazingly emotional and I will be finishing both seasons in the next week.

I am excited that one of my clues will be used on Minute Cryptic on 4/19. They have done such a great job expanding the audience for cryptic crosswords around the world! I am happy to be a small part of that effort.

Mad Dog Cryptics #25 is now live! Everybody who's anybody has one post office near Washington a little south and west of Tacoma? (7) Download PDF, PUZ or solve online at maddogcryptics.com

Tommy Tuberville is the idiot in every village he visits.

"Ludwig" on BritBox, a crime procedural where the main character is a "talented puzzle setter." I don't know if this will be good but I will definitely be watching.