Today's Puzzle Zoo video came out a little longer than Bluesky likes, so go check it out on Facebook. www.facebook.com/share/v/1BNY...

Let's head back to the Puzzle Zoo and try another one of its puzzles...

A special announcement! Puzzlesnacks is teaming up with Project Sunshine (projectsunshine.org) on their June fundraiser, the Summer Solstice Play-a-Thon. /1

Nuthatch. An older comic.

Here's a new Patchwork puzzle to ease you into your weekend! puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/

Puzzle boxes... made of Lego?? Yes, and they're excellent.

Another trip to the Puzzle Zoo! Featuring a puzzle whose very existence I predicted!

I am back from the @scrippsbee.bsky.social, where I ran a puzzle event for the kids as an icebreaker. Now let's take another trip to the Puzzle Zoo!

Another puzzle from the Puzzle Zoo, by Noneuclidean! Can you get the answer before I reveal my great big hint?

Good morning and welcome to Friday! Here is a new Patchwork puzzle to kick off the weekend. puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/

Our tour of Noneuclidean's Puzzle Zoo continues with one of the most elegant puzzles we've seen so far. (Random shoutout to @scrippsbee.bsky.social!)

Given my background and overall nerdiness, I should by all rights be a big MST3K fan, and Doctor Who. Tried 'em both, neither stuck.

In the next post, I'll give you four words and four clues. Place a lacuna in each word to get an answer phrase that matches one of the clues.

Our continuing tour of the Puzzle Zoo! Part 3: A whole lotta rabbits

Continuing our visit to the Puzzle Zoo! Puzzles by Noneuclidean. What animal is the answer to this puzzle?

The latest author opportunity in my inbox: The Calgary Women's Social Book Club would like to feature Puzzlesnacks, as their members "are eager to explore themes such as identity, social dynamics, and human experience." I had no idea my Patchwork puzzles are so deep.

The first video in a new series: A Tour of the Puzzle Zoo, a delightful series of puzzles by Noneuclidean.

There is nothing less manly than worrying constantly about how manly you are.

I post a new Patchwork puzzle online every Friday. If you haven't tried this fun crossword variant, I've got an Easy mode so you tiptoe into it. But if you love puzzles, you should find the Regular mode perfectly approachable, too. Solve it here: puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/

This post has popped up in my feed a number of times today, because the discussion it inspired keeps going and going... ...and every time, I read it first as "this site's unofficial eyesore." And I'm like, aw, Dave, you're not so bad!

New Patchwork puzzle! Give it a try! puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/

I get a lot of AI slop book marketing emails, but this is the first time I have ever been . . . mistaken for Jane Austen.

I have never played a dungeon exploration game as purely enjoyable as the all-ASCII Nethack. I still go back to it now and again. (And why not, it’s not like I’ve ever come close to winning it.)

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What do you get if you cross an anagram with a joke? A kind of joyous, eager magic that wows at any hour. #anagram

I can hardly believe somebody had the gall to write this.

New Patchwork posted! Never tried one before? Give it a try on "Easier" mode -- you'll catch on quick. Next week you can try it in Regular mode. puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/

The answer to each clue uses the previous answer’s letters, plus one more, all scrambled up. Fortitude Wild cat ER nurse’s job, sometimes Hard rock Large star with a colorful aura (2 wds) Hamlet and Romeo both meet one (2 wds) Setting up for a party, say NY fort established in the 18th century

Answer to yesterday's puzzle: You can add the letters of the word IDEA to each string of letters (in order, but not necessarily consecutively) to make the following words and phrases: BIG DEAL CINCO DE MAYO CONSIDERABLY FIDEL CASTRO KIDS MEAL PRIDE FLAG SPIDER-MAN SIDEWALK VIDEOCALL WINDOW SEAT

Let's see how this one goes... “Indoctrinate” these strings of letters in the same way so that they become common words and phrases. BGL CNCOMYO CONSRBLY FLCSTRO KSML PRFLG SPRMN SWLK VOCLL WNOWST

Today's puzzle is too enormous for a mere Bluesky post! Go solve it on... Facebook: www.facebook.com/puzzlesnacks... LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/erberl... And if that wasn't enough: Go try my latest Patchwork puzzle! puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/

Yesterday's answers: FORBID (FORD) AUDACIOUS (AUDI) DISLODGE (DODGE) ACCURATE (ACURA) RENAISSANCE (NISSAN)

The @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day is BRAZEN. Place a car company into the blanks to make a synonym for the given word. BAN _ _ _ BI _ BRAZEN _ _ _ AC _ OUS EXTRICATE _ ISL _ _ _ _ FACTUAL _ _ C _ _ _ TE REVIVAL RE _ A _ _ _ _ _ CE

Yesterday's answer: ANYHOW

What is the only other common six-letter word with the consecutive letters YH?

I was at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament all weekend, so I forgot to spread the word that I posted a new Patchwork puzzle on Friday. You can find it here: puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/

Ain't no way today's puzzle is fitting in a Bluesky post. Go take a look at it on Facebook: www.facebook.com/puzzlesnacks Or on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/erberl...

Yesterday's answer.

Hope a ceasefire contains this? (5) #cryptic #crossword #crosswordclue #repost

The answers to these clues can be placed into the grid (in some order) so that every answer reads both across and down. Actor Pratt Out of practice Panache Regular hangout spot What spies gather

In the following posts, you'll get sets of three clues. Two clues will lead to 4-letter words. One begins with a certain letter and the other ends with that same letter. Drop these and put what's left side by side. You’ll get a 6-letter word that answers the remaining clue. Ex: KNOT + TOCK = COTTON

The @merriam-webster.com Word of the Day is VERDANT. Take the letters from one square in each column, reading left to right, to make six green things.

Yesterday's answers: AIREDALE RED ALERT ESPRESSO PRESS ONE FATALISM TALISMAN FIRESIDE RESIDENT SALINGER LINGERIE

I don't generally announce my NYT crossword times, but when I get below 5 minutes on a Saturday, I'm gonna say so. (My average time is just under 14 minutes.)

The clue “TV host Ryan, that smart aleck” would lead you to the answer WISEACRE SEACREST, which overlaps by six letters. In the next post, I'll give you clues to pairs of words or phrases that also overlap by six letters. How many can you get?

I am enjoying the not-really-a-reality-show "Corporate Retreat" for the most part, and look forward to watching the final episode later today, but way more than in the first season ("Jury Duty"), the whole thing depends on their mark being, ah, a bit on the credulous side.

Patchwork! The new crossword puzzle that is sweeping America*! I've posted a new puzzle at puzzlesnacks.com/patchwork/ Go give it a try! As ever, you can do it in Regular mode or Easier mode. (I recommend Regular mode unless you want to finish the puzzle REALLY fast.) *very, very slowly

Absolutely no way today's puzzle is fitting in a Bluesky post. Go give it a try on Facebook: www.facebook.com/puzzlesnacks

Yesterday's answers: HOOLIGAN MULLIGAN CARDIGAN PTARMIGAN (And I suppose "SHENANIGAN," except that was plainly a given, and also who uses that word in the singular??)

There are four reasonably common uncapitalized words that end in -IGAN. How many can you name?