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Published Crossword Puzzles


updated as of 2/18/2026


2026


May. Universal: “Career Break”, with Brian Callahan
March 25. USA Today: “Dot Dot Dot”
February 24. Lil AVCX: “A Polar Bear is Looking at You”
February 18. Placeholder Puzzles: "It's the Winter O-lympics"
February 17. People Magazine: "From Ice to Ink"
February 15. People Magazine: "Team USA's Champion Ice Dancing Duo"
February 9-23. People Magazine: Daily Minis (14-day stint)
February 8. People Magazine: "Halftime Papi"
February 4. Crossword Flow: "Be Excellent to Each Other"
January 21. Crossword Flow: "Like Sands Through the Hourglass"
January 19. People Magazine: "There's Something About Her"
January 13. People Magazine: "Gen-Z Jazz-Pop Musician"
January 7. Placeholder Puzzles: "Rain Rain Go Away", with Matthew Gritzmacher
January 4. People Magazine: "2026 Critics Choice Awards Host"


2025

December 22. Crossword Flow:  "We're Goin' Up, Up, Up"
December 16. Crossword Flow: "It's Not Easy Being Green"
December 11. USA Today: “That’s Delish-ish!”, with Shannon Rapp
December 6. Crossword Flow: "Let's Go Down the Androscoggin"
November 25. Placeholder Puzzles: "The Reason for the Season"
October 13. Placeholder Puzzles: "It's starting to rain"
September 17. Placeholder Puzzles: “It’s not a limbo contest”
September 5. Crossword Flow: “Post-It Notes”
September 1. Placeholder Puzzles: "A Crossword Mini-festo"
August 18. Placeholder Puzzles: “Pears Division”
August 10. Crossword Flow: “Stuck in a rut”
August 4. Placeholder Puzzles: “My favorite things”, with Liesel Mullerheim (debut puzzle for my niece Liesel)
July 21. Placeholder Puzzles: “Summer vacation”
July 7. Placeholder Puzzles: “Ten-nis, anyone?”
June 24. Placeholder Puzzles: “Up and Down”
June 21. Crossword Flow: “Is it cake?”
June 9. Placeholder Puzzles: “What’s black and white and solved all over”
June 6. Crossword Flow: “Why? Why not!”
May 26. Placeholder Puzzles: “Run 10k with me”
May 13. Crossword Flow: “Practice makes perfect”
May 10. Placeholder Puzzles: “Word to your mother”
April 28. Placeholder Puzzles: “I Am Not A Robot”, with Shannon Rapp, Sally Hoelscher, Matt Luter, Geoffrey Schorkopf
April 14. Placeholder Puzzles: “Spring has sprung”
April 7. Crossword Flow: “Have fun with 5-down!”
March 21. Crossword Flow: “Legends”
February 24. Lil AVCX: “Let’s go spelunking!”
January 25. USA Today: “Ziplines”
January 15. Crossword Flow: Untitled
January 3. Crossword Flow: “Take a hike!”


2024

December 26. Crossword Flow: “It’s a plus!”
December 21. Crossword Flow: “What’s up?”
December 10. Crossword Flow: “Chomp”
November 29. Crossword Flow: “Anything you can do, I can do better”
November 4. Lil AVCX: Hard Themeless: "These Go To 11..."
September 20. Crossword Flow: Untitled
September 1. Crossword Flow: Untitled
August 20. Lil AVCX: “The Lion’s Share”
August 19. Crossword Flow: “Did you save room for dessert?”
August 9. Crossword Flow: Untitled
July 24. USA Today: “Airline Food”, with Matthew Brinck
July 10. USA Today: “Split Peas”, with Shannon Rapp 
July 8. Lil AVCX: “The Roswell Incident”
May 27. Lil AVCX: “Your mission, should your choose to accept it…”
April 8. Lil AVCX: “Eclipse”
February 20. Lil AVCX: “Winter’s My Jam”

2018-2022

August 15, 2022. Daily POP crosswords: “Phish”
March 21, 2022. Boswords Spring Themeless League tournament: “Themeless”
September 29, 2021. 7x7 project: “September 29”
June 2, 2021. Colgate University alumni magazine, “Go, ‘Gate!”
May 5, 2021. 7x7 project: “May 5”
April 4, 2021. 7x7 project: “April 4”
March 29, 2021. Daily POP crosswords: “Picabo Street (Turns 50)”
March 15, 2021. Daily POP crosswords: “Formula 1”
December 21, 2020. Daily POP crosswords: “Cobra Kai”
December 1, 2020. Crosswords Club: “Puzzle 2600: Winter Workout” (end of year themeless)
November 23, 2020. Daily POP crosswords: “The Bachelorette”
May 18, 2020. USA Today: “Bear Left”
May 6, 2020. Fill Me In podcast: O3
September 8, 2019. Wall Street Journal: “Friends of Ours”, with Brad Wilber
September 1, 2019. Crosswords Club: “Puzzle 2508: Appendixes”, with Erik Agard
June 13, 2019. Inkubator. “GOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!!!!!” (soccer ball-shaped grid art)
November 27, 2018. Universal: “A+”, with Andrea Carla Michaels

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