Jeff’s Puzzles

Themeless 126

Words: 72 Average Length: 5.31 I began constructing this grid by deciding I would put a 12/15/12 stack across the middle, as one of my favorite constructors, Tim Croce, often does.  (If you like super-challenging themeless puzzles, he’s one of the best in the biz.  He posts new puzzles every Tuesday and Friday evening at…

Daisy Daisy

Words: 42 (11×11) Average Length: 5.00 A few weeks ago, I wrote that I’d clued a certain flower cryptically because I was tired of seeing it clued as “daisy relative.”  Then came my granddaughter’s fixation with a certain cartoon mouse and her best friend.   A cruciverbalist’s mind is never at rest, so while I was…

Vegetarian Grammarian

Words: 74 Average Length: 5.05 The two seeds for this puzzle were 39A (a phrase I heard from my son) and 18A (the debate over which amuses me greatly).  My original plan was to make this a themeless, but then I realized that 39A could be part of the title of a well-known book about…

Themeless 125

Words: 72 Average Length: 5.31 The seed for today’s themeless was the quote at 44 Across.  May your weekend be filled with many a 3 Down.  Enjoy! online | puz | pdf | solution

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