the word "assassinates" starts with two asses and ends with the fancy Latin word for the ass

George Thorogood's most famous song is about being thoroughly bad

big puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/12/puzz...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Ryan Mathiason, @xws.bsky.social, and @orta.io: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/11/indi...

Julio and Enrique Iglesias should stylize their names like JVLIO and ENRIQVE and start a Spanish-language CHVRCHES cover band

another chunky themeless on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/11/puzz...

there are drinks called perry and perrier, whoever invents a drink called perriest is gonna be rich

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @xws.bsky.social and a double dose of @benzimmer.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/indi...

it's ironic that the musicians on the Titanic didn't try to flee, given that they were a band on ship

the masculine equivalent of "blonde ale" is "blond al"

themed puz on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/puzz...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @frisco17.bsky.social and Liam Hughes: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/10/indi...

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one! 👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

the apostrophe in bat'leth replaces the letter t, because a klingon battleth with it

a themeless that I'm hyperbolically calling "the world's most cornery crossword": blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/puzz...

here's a puzzle that hopefully doesn't occasion a 52-Across: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/puzz...

a mashup album of Alicia Keys' As I Am and Songs in A Minor called Asia Minor

where there's a mill, Theresa May

special Lollapuzzoola edition of indie puzzle highlights, feat. @xws.bsky.social, Malaika Handa, and @cimmet.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/indi...

big themeless on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/08/puzz...

🍉 fundraising stream tomorrow! 🍉 we'll be on from 10am to 10pm central saturday, 8/23 in an effort to fundraise for @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social. we'd love to see you there whether you're in a position to donate or not. we'll be doing puzzles of all kinds! please share! www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv

having trouble distinguishing undertones from overtones? just remember, the overtone is the overt one

one potato, two potato, three potato, four, vtuber, six potato, seven potato, more

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @e-a-rly.bsky.social, @giltcomplex.bsky.social, @obergs.bsky.social, and Bob Weisz: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/08/indi...

I'm changing my name to Sirius whether you like it or not - and don't call me Shirley!

thesis: Yukon Blonde antithesis: 4 Non Blondes synthesis: Blonde Redhead

sweet child o' mine, ba ba ba

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. Halle and @luckyxwords.com: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/indi...

the last puzzle of the Joyce series is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

I wish this was called EDITH STOREY: EDIT HISTORY

the second-last (and by far the biggest) Joyce puzzle is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

Samsung backwards is Gnusmas (the holiday celebrating the birth of gnus)

the third puzzle in my Joyce series (and the last normalish one) is up: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/puzz...

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @sarbearsmiley.bsky.social, @livienna.bsky.social, and @sallyhoelscher.bsky.social: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/07/indi...

call me Johnson Mkhalali because I just released Joyce No. 2: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/06/puzz...

today's puzzle is the first of a series: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/06/puzz...

it's only a bon mot if it comes from the Bon Mot region of France, otherwise it's just sparkling conversation

barry goldwater was actually saying "extremism in the defense of liberty is novice" - like, rookie mistake!

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @bbctol.bsky.social, @akatookey.bsky.social, carly they themsen, and jqzx: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/06/indi...

First full issue of The Gnomon is live now, with five puzzles from @longyfan.bsky.social , @bewilderingly.bsky.social, and @juffowup.bsky.social , and from guest editors @joeadultman.bsky.social and Skaldskaparmal. www.gnomoncryptics.com

new puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/05/puzz...

Want to hear a cool story about reproductive justice, mutual aid, and crossword puzzles? Let me tell you about These Puzzles Fund Abortion (www.abortionpuzzles.com / @tpfa.bsky.social), a crossword puzzle fundraiser that has raised over $350,000 in five years for abortion funds. 1/9

new indie puzzle highlights, feat. @writerlyryan.bsky.social and Christina Iverson: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/05/indi...

collab with the iconic @adanicklmao.bsky.social on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/05/puzz...

I'm on a seafood diet - if I see food, I eat it! as long as it comes from the ocean

pronouncing "gamer rage" like "gay marriage"

the homework is mysterious and important

great, another holiday invented to sell flowers

wow they made a time-varying version of The Magnetic Fields

new puzzle on the blog: blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/04/puzz...