Jeff’s Puzzles

Themeless 131

I usually alternate between themed and themeless puzzles, but when I took a fresh look at the themed puzzle I intended to post today, I wasn’t thrilled with it.  So here’s next week’s planned puzzle a week early.  The seeds for this grid were 6D/20A and 7D.  My favorite clue is 29A – it’s not…

I Can’t Find My Knees

Words: 18 (7×7) Average Length: 5.00 I just finished a fascinating (to me at least) book about the relationship between Bob Dylan and The Beatles, “Where the Music Had To Go,” by Jim Windolf.  At one point, the book discussesthe Dylan song that’s in 8A, which is one of my favorites of his.  I think…

Themeless 130

Words: 62 (17×12) Average Length: 5.56 The two seeds for this puzzle, 26A and 5D, originally were intended to seed a themed puzzle, but I couldn’t come up with two other good theme answers and a revealer.  Instead, they anchor this themeless, which I think should play on the challenging side.  If you’re interested, here’s…

In A Pickle

Words: 38 (11×11) Average Length: 5.42 14A was the seed for today’s midi.  I couldn’t come up with any other decent pickle-related puns, so I went with 26A and 6D to round out the theme set. 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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