Beneath The Surface

  PDF  -  puz  -  online  -  solution For this month's midi cryptic, I chose to go with a grid highlighting 11-letter answers. Thanks to Evan Jenkins for test-solving and helping to improve 9A and 9D. Enjoy!

  PDF  -  puz  -  online  -  solution Here's my first midi of 2026! Hope you enjoy solving it. Thanks to Evan Jenkins for testing.

  PDF  -  puz  -  online  -  solution Hope my last midi of 2025 contributes a little more delight to your festive puzzling season! See you in 2026.

  PDF  -  puz  -  online  -  solution Well, I didn't expect there would be a gap of a few months between my last puzzle and this one, so apologies for the lack of activity here recently. Simply put, I didn't have much time to make cryptics, mainly due to demands in my day job. Also, I had some other crossword projects that needed attention, especially getting ready for the Midwest Crossword Tournament last month, where I was one of the constructors (a personal milestone, and a huge blast to boot!). Finally, I managed enough time this past week to throw together this midi and get it tested (thanks as ever to Evan Jenkins for testing it out). I think I should be able to make another midi next month, and then it will be time to reflect on where this blog goes in 2026. Solvers of The Browser's weekly cryptic will know that their run of puzzles will wrap at the end of 2025. I'm fortunate to have one more puzzle in the queue there so look out for it (likely ...

PDF - puz  -  Online  -  solution I'm posting this puzzle while on vacation, so I'll keep this short: mini cryptic this month! Enjoy!

  PDF  -  puz  -  online  -  solution My favorite clue here is 8 (I'm a fan of the original source materials for the surface, though I've not kept up with the more recent entrants to its canon).  Have fun and stay cool! Back next month.

  Puzzle (PDF)  -  Solution (PDF) Surprise! Instead of a cryptic, this month's puzzle is a Printer's Devilry--my first since February 2023. Enjoy! (And yes, there will be a cryptic next month.)