Jeff’s Puzzles

Spring Ahead? Please?

Words: 40 (11×11) Average Length: 4.75 The main seed for this puzzle, 35 Across, is a term I hadn’t heard until around three weeks ago and hope never to hear again.  After finding two more suitably frozen seeds, the puzzle came together quickly.  There’s lots of good music (3 Down, 16 and 37 Across) and…

Great Public Servants, Not-So-Great Presidents

Words: 70 (17×13) Average Length: 5.11 I’m jumping the gun on Presidents Day by a week, but so are the mattress sales.  Over the course of a few years pre-Pandemic, I read biographies of every US president.  What a mixed bag (the presidents, not the bios): a very few were excellent (Lincoln, FDR, Washington), some…

Leisure to Labor

Words: 28 (9×9) Average Length: 5.21 I was reading something about classic movies, and 1A popped up.  Sounds like a seed to me!  Then I went looking for something to pair it with, and 24A came to mind.  I spent untold hours listening to 4D when I was in high school (arrgh, half a century…

Themeless 121

Words: 70 (17×13) Average Length: 5.46 38A (repurposed from a themed puzzle that wouldn’t come together) and 10D were the seeds for today’s puzzle.  Sorry for a couple of brand names infiltrating the grid – I hope they’re well-known enough not to be stumbling blocks. online | puz | pdf | solution

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Music, history, food, science, and travel all wrapped up in moderate-to-challenging crosswords. Enjoy!

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