brooke husic
@xws.bsky.social
๐ค 820
๐ฅ 122
๐ 102
a. ladee (she/her) solved/wrote/edited yr crossword catch me at
@puzzmo.com
like brat, rngdle understands something deep about us as humans
2 days ago
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heron
16 days ago
i'm still making daily minis for
@puzzmo.com
! i think today's is an interesting one
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-05-20/crossword/mini
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brooke husic
Doug Peterson
29 days ago
Hey, puzzle friends! Please give my sparkly new
@puzzmo.com
crossword a try.๐๐
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-05-07/crossword
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brooke husic
about 1 month ago
My month of constructing
@puzzmo.com
mini crosswords is almost done, but itโs not too late to get in on the action with this little fella (which was a real joy to create):
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-04-29/crossword/mini
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brooke husic
about 2 months ago
Weโre at the halfway point for my
@puzzmo.com
mini crossword residency in April! Todayโs puzzle has everything: Grid-spanning entries, circled letters, and a shout-out to my grandpa in the post-solve notes. Check it out!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-04-15/crossword/mini
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brooke husic
Orta Therox
about 2 months ago
Folks! We're hiring at
@puzzmo.com
again. Since launch, I think the majority of my time has been spent on B2B systems inside Puzzmo - and it's time to start handing over some of those responsibilities to someone We're currently the puzzles infra for a gazillion publishers and more are coming
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spread the wordlist is a free resource for crossword constructors.
@enriqueha.bsky.social
has written a data-driven algorithm to compile answers we think are good from published crosswords. our goal is to remove the financial and/or time cost of curating your own wordlist ๐
spreadthewordlist.com
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
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another spread the wordlist update just dropped from me and
@enriqueha.bsky.social
! some new highly-scored faves: MAKI, KAWAII, RUDE BOY, LIVE JAZZ, LOX BAGEL, COME SAY HI, SO MUCH YES, TRIVIA TEAM, PARTY SCHOOL, POKEMON TRAINER, DECISION FATIGUE, OR SO IT WOULD SEEM ๐
spreadthewordlist.com
๐
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spread the word(list)
https://www.spreadthewordlist.com/
about 2 months ago
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Ben Zimmer
about 2 months ago
For this year's Crossword Con on Fri. Apr. 10, I'll be giving a talk on "Adventures in Gridspotting" at 11:15 am ET. Come join us in person (or watch the livestream)!
www.crosswordcon.com
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brooke husic
2 months ago
This is NOT a prank: Iโm ecstatic to be the April mini-constructor-in-residence at
@puzzmo.com
, following the impressive footsteps of
@robdubbin.bsky.social
&
@acommonrose.bsky.social
! My first puzzle is now live at the link, desperately waiting to be solved by you!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-04-01/crossword/mini
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Rose S, PhD
2 months ago
My last Puzzmo mini is running today, so I just wanted to say a big thank you to anyone who has solved and enjoyed the March minis!
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
3 months ago
Join the Puzzmo team for our third annual Crossword Con one month from today โ in Manhattan or online!
www.crosswordcon.com
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Crossword Con
Crossword Con is a half-day conference about crossword puzzles
https://www.crosswordcon.com/
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
3 months ago
@e-a-rly.bsky.social
with an all-timer today ๐คฏ play here:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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brooke husic
Rose S, PhD
3 months ago
I probably won't post every individual puzzle here (especially this week when I'm traveling), but I am Puzzmo's resident mini creator this month!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-03-02/crossword/mini
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brooke husic
sincerely, rob dubbin
3 months ago
a huge part of why i agreed to make a puzzmo mini crossword every day for a month is that crossword puzzles seem to be one of the actual battlefields for getting my peer group to stop giving money to the NYT
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Brian Callahan
3 months ago
Delighted to share a byline with
@xws.bsky.social
at
@puzzmo.com
! It's called "You should know better!" The puzzle's emoji is โ๏ธ, but it could just as easily be ๐ฆ - IYKYK
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-02-23/crossword
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brooke husic
Mina Kimes
4 months ago
Fellow puzzle lovers: In honor of the Super Bowl I made a little football-themed crossword with my friend
@robdubbin.bsky.social
for
@puzzmo.com
. You can play for free today:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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brooke husic
sincerely, rob dubbin
4 months ago
they say donโt meet your heroes, but what about getting interviewed by your editors? well, iโm happy to say in this case it went great. hereโs me interviewed by
@xws.bsky.social
for the puzzmo newsletter about my february mini crossword residency!
link.mailer.puzzmo.com/view/65959cc...
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brooke husic
sincerely, rob dubbin
4 months ago
day 3 dawns on my puzzmo mini-crossword residencyโฆ. turns out that when there are only 10 total clues in a puzzle, you can kiiiind of coax them all into sort of relating to each other. itโs WORKING TOGETHER
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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brooke husic
heron
4 months ago
i made today's (2/3/26) puzzmo crossword! i really like this one, and i hope you enjoy it too :)
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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brooke husic
sincerely, rob dubbin
4 months ago
thrilled to announce iโm doing a mini-crossword residency at
@puzzmo.com
all month! 28 tiny crosswords, one each day of february. iโll thread them here, first up is CROSSOVER EVENT
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2026-02-01/crossword/mini
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happy new year from me and
@enriqueha.bsky.social
over at spread the word(list), now updated through all of 2025! ๐พ fave new highly-ranked answers: PROP BET, I'D BE DOWN, THERAPESE, FEEDER TEAM, GENDERPLAY, VIBECODING, AURA FARMING, BEARD-SECOND, MIDWEST NICE, PUZZLE PEOPLE โจ
spreadthewordlist.com
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spread the word(list)
https://spreadthewordlist.com
5 months ago
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
6 months ago
we ๐ our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor
@xws.bsky.social
's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play ๐
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
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50 amazing Puzzmo crosswords from 2025
I started thinking critically about midi crosswords as a genre when Chris, Enrique, and I co-founded the midi branch of AVCX, where we decided to define midis not by their rows and columns, but by the...
https://blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/12/19/xwords-2025/
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brooke husic
Onefin
6 months ago
โ๐งฉ new puzzle ๐งฉโ today is my
@puzzmo.com
debut! it's my first time having a crossword published anywhere and it means a lot to me :D it's free to play today, and playable anytime after with a subscription:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-12-15/crossword
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
6 months ago
who said minis have to be square ๐ค
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-12-03/crossword/mini
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brooke husic
Orta Therox
6 months ago
It's a
@xws.bsky.social
and Orta Cross|word day on
@puzzmo.com
www.puzzmo.com/play/crosswo...
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brooke husic
The Abominable Dr. Vibes
7 months ago
I have been an avid crossword-puzzler for as long as I can remember, including cryptics and currently learning about metas, and I still learned stuff from the mini series. Very worth a play, you can easily get the seven-day free trial and run through all the minis in a few hours
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
7 months ago
dream team
@maaaaybeheron.bsky.social
+
@obergs.bsky.social
collab alert ๐คฉ
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-11-10/crossword
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brooke husic
sincerely, rob dubbin
7 months ago
if youโve ever been curious about getting into solving crossword puzzles, puzzmo has just wrapped an incredible series of 30 daily 5x5 minis, each one tuned to share something new about how crosswords work. itโs like a breezy duolingo++ course for the form, by the always top-of-game
@xws.bsky.social
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i loved this project so much. i wanted to make the resource i wished i'd had when i started solving crosswords. if you solved any or all of the minis: thank you for being a part of it!!! and... minis (sans lessons) on
@puzzmo.com
will be continuing ๐
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7 months ago
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
7 months ago
The last mini of the series! ๐
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Zach Gage
7 months ago
these just continue to be absolute bangers
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big day
add a skeleton here at some point
7 months ago
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
8 months ago
early reviews are saying this one is a banger
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brooke husic
Natan Last
8 months ago
an absolute dream to have a poem in the new yorker today, on why being a yankees fan is good, actually, present cursed season aside ...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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โI Consider Myselfโ
โWhen Soto went crosstown I couldnโt / believe it, the traitor, the bat in front of / that sculpture Judge.โ
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/10/20/i-consider-myself-natan-last-poem
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oops, all highlighted answers today ๐
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8 months ago
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@enriqueha.bsky.social
and i are back with more spread the word(list)! some new favorites, now with q3 and all of
@puzzmo.com
: SSRI, LUMON, VAN LIFE, CARE WORK, ETSY WITCH, ZEBRA PRINT, MAJOR BUMMER, PROTEST SONG, CALL ME ISHMAEL, EMAIL BANKRUPTCY, SONG OF THE SUMMER ๐ฅ ๐ฆ
www.spreadthewordlist.com
๐ฆ
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spread the word(list)
https://www.spreadthewordlist.com
8 months ago
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
8 months ago
๐ Puzzmo Mini Crossword #8:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-10-08/crossword/mini
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brooke husic
Dig Dug
8 months ago
@puzzmo.com
is running a mini crossword series that teaches you tricks to interpret clues and I love it. Brooke is doing such a great job building on each lesson and honestly, it's both fascinating and kinda making me want to learn how to build(?) crosswords myself.
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today's was a tough one to make ๐
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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brooke husic
Zach Gage
8 months ago
weโre three days in on the mini and itโs all bangers. checkout todayโs (and all the previous ones) in this thread:
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
8 months ago
incredible stuff from
@e-a-rly.bsky.social
today ๐
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-10-02/crossword
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brooke husic
Mikkel Snyder
8 months ago
Remembering I have public facing social media just long enough to share my solo
@puzzmo.com
debut. Fandoms! Language! And an (un?)surprising number of Gundam fans saying how they feel seen by 18D!
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-10-01/crossword
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brooke husic
Zach Gage
8 months ago
@puzzmo.com
just launched a free mini crossword by Brooke. ๐ธ bonus: it's amazing ๐ double bonus: it will teach you how to solve full-size crosswords ๐ triple bonus: even if you are a crossword pro you will love this mini, each one is exquisite. play it โข
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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2 years ago:
@stfj.net
says puzzmo will never run minis 6 months ago:
@orta.io
and i brainstorm how i might design a mini that could change zach's mind today:
@puzzmo.com
's first mini join us for 30 days of minis that teach you how to solve crosswords. start here:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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8 months ago
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brooke husic
sincerely, rob dubbin
8 months ago
they said it was the height of foolishness to go up against baby steps on 9/23. don't do it, they pleaded, you must postpone. but no.... i vowed this wave of silksong delays would end with me. and so, i am pleased to announce i made today's puzzmo crossword, SELECTED WORKS
puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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Puzzmo - Cross|word
Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.
https://puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-09-23/crossword
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
9 months ago
i mean: how delightful is it to see *this* when you go to
www.puzzmo.com
today ๐ป
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
9 months ago
Joe Deeney does it* again *makes an amazing crossword for us ๐
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
๐
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brooke husic
Puzzmo
9 months ago
Get moving!!! With
@amiewalker.bsky.social
and
@amandarafkin.bsky.social
๐จ
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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brooke husic
bewilderingly
9 months ago
special Lollapuzzoola edition of indie puzzle highlights, feat.
@xws.bsky.social
, Malaika Handa, and
@cimmet.bsky.social
:
blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/indi...
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Indie puzzle highlights: Lollapuzzoola edition
This year's Lollapuzzoola featured a thoroughly excellent set of puzzles, so this special edition of indie puzzle highlights will cover thre...
https://blog.bewilderinglypuzzles.com/2025/09/indie-puzzle-highlights-lollapuzzoola.html
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