Jeff’s Puzzles

From Start to Finish

Words: 16 (7×7) Average Length: 4.88 I constructed this one as an exercise:  I wanted to make a mini puzzle starting with 1D and ending with 12D.  As exercises go, it turned out to be of the not-exactly-breaking-a-sweat variety: to my surprise, filling the grid only took a half hour or so after I’d settled…

Themeless 129

Words: 73 (16×15) Average Length: 5.37 I’m posting this a day earlier than usual because I’m heading out of town to celebrate my niece’s wedding.  Congratulations, 13A and Marco!!! online | puz | pdf | solution

Conventionally Identifying Seabird Holds Water

Words: 16 Average Length: 5.00 The seeds for this puzzle were the title clue (used in 5D), which came to me out of the blue the other day, and 8A, which I learned from a Norwegian gentleman a few weeks ago. The title clue is cryptic. If you solve the online version, there’s a conventional…

Grammar Got Run Over By a Pun, Dear

Words: 81 (17×15) Average Length: 5.14 I’d had the clue for 20A in my list of ideas for a while.  I decided to try coming up with two other grammar-related answers/punny clues, which turned into 36A and 56A.  Having said that, my favorite answer/clue combination is 64A – it’s not a pun but it’s a…

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