New Classic puzzle from Karen Lurie and Peter Gwinn drops tonight. Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate! avxwords.com/tip-jar/

If you want to buy something today, reminder that physical books rock: -Temporary break from rapacious machine dystopia -Financially support people who think, express, communicate, create -Feels good rather than bad to read -Cool to hold/see on a shelf/share

AVCX, the world’s finest puzzles and games service, and an independent media venture, has done some really cool stuff this year! A thread to brag (and to hype our mini subscription drive) …

y’all I’m going to be real, the workers at the biggest music venues in DC are trying to unionize we need IMP the parent company to recognize voluntarily that won’t happen without noise please, bluesky, do what u do best @930club.bsky.social @theatlantisdc.bsky.social @theanthemdc.bsky.social

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-...

Shanah Tovah, New York City. Here's to a sweet and hopeful New Year.

mad that the new york times mini got paywalled? want to support your good pal (and friendly neighborhood puzzle editor) @giltcomplex.bsky.social ? Solve the atlantic crossword instead— it gets bigger and harder through the week, but I promise it's fun! www.theatlantic.com/games/daily-...

🍉 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

NEW— ICE vehicles chased a landscaping truck through Takoma Park, MD, on Monday about a mile from DC, which ended with the truck crashing on someone’s lawn and narrowly missing another car, multiple residents confirm to me. Video shows ICE going into a backyard to find/arrest the men from the truck.

Thanks to all for an amazing tourney yesterday! 🐶🐭🐷🐸🐰🐯 Congrats to the winners: Jenna LaFleur (express), Patrick Kingchatchaval (Local), and Shannon Rapp/Will Eisenberg (Pairs). See you next year on another Saturday in August! bemoresmarter.com #crossword #puzzle #tournament #tiebreaker #slowpizza

Pairs champions at Lollapuzzoola with @norahsharpe.bsky.social

2nd place at @lollapuzzoola.bsky.social !! Thank you to Brooke, Brian, and the constructors and volunteers for an amazing day

boobs not bombs

trans kids deserve so much more than what this wretched world has to offer

I made a cryptic crossword for you! Go check it out! www.patreon.com/crypticcross...

We have so much great local reporting in this city that you could happily avoid the NYT without missing a single beat: @cityandstateny.bsky.social @thecity.nyc @hellgatenyc.com @nysfocus.bsky.social @wnyc.org @gothamist.com @errollouis.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social to name but a few.

I have today's puzzmo! www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

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

We are happy to announce that our crossword pack is now available! Thank you to those who donated during our presale; you will receive the puzzles today. We are currently at 15% of our fundraising goal! Check us out at fund.nnaf.org/tpfa if you haven’t donated yet!

Happy Valentine’s Day! We are so excited to announce that TPFA5 is available for presale! fund.nnaf.org/campaign/the... ⬆️Donate here, and be first in line to get your puzzles when the pack drops in March!

🚨🚨🚨 new cryptic outlet alert! 🚨🚨🚨 Proud to announce Cryptic Crossweird, a venue for midsized cryptics at $2.50/mo. For launch, we have a special 4-puzzle pack featuring: @fabioethics.bsky.social, @bewilderingly.bsky.social, @joeadultman.bsky.social and us! patreon.com/crypticcross... 💖

Getting off this app for a while

I don’t really feel like blaming anybody except people who were willing to vote for trump

NYT tech workers are on strike for a fair contract. We are asking you to #BreakYourStreak on NYT games in solidarity. You can also support our strike fund to keep us going. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

The expanded AVCX is ramping up our subscription drive, hoping to add 1,000 new subscribers by January 1. If you can spread the word now about our independent, creator-focused games, we’ll appreciate it! We pay well, at this point have zero corporate ties, we mentor … Avxwords.com

I wrote on the shockingly bad CBS interview of Ta-Nehisi Coates, the watering down of “antisemitism,” and the fear, dread and confusion of this year’s Jewish high holidays and upcoming U.S. presidential election. It’s a lot. But maybe it resonates with you, too. L’Shanah Tovah.

Ok

Well this was unexpected! #westwords

A few of us at the #westwords photo booth

Please enjoy!!

You really see people making decisions

In general I would like to do more collaborations!! Please let me know if I can make a puzzle with you

Still processing ACPT but I had a great time and it was so fun meeting people! Finished 18th overall which is not so bad.

Today’s USAT puzzle comes from me and @danschwartz.bsky.social (and Olivia Rodrigo)

A puzzle from me and @norahsharpe.bsky.social!!! avxwords.com/puzzles/1504/

I don't know what person I will be in the new year

What I want is difficult

Can't tell if something I'm thinking is positive or negative

PUZZLE SUITE ALERT lights, camera, action! lemonade disco’s “film festival” suite is set for premiere! these award-worthy puzzles are sure to delight all audiences, so come on over and solve! now shhhhh, the show’s about to start! lemonadedisco.com/puzzle-suite...