Jeff’s Puzzles

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

A PC Puzzle

Words: 28 (9×9) Average Length: 5.07 Almost every night, Sandy and I eat some 10 Down and watch Jeopardy! followed by a baking show/The Voice/AGT/baseball, depending on the season.  Often, once Jeopardy! is over – for the show is sacrosanct – I’ll multitask, crafting/cluing/cogitating about a puzzle while absurdly talented kids/singers/acrobats/athletes are strutting their stuff. …

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

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