Category: Free Association Puzzles

I am so thankful for all of you wonderful people in the puzzleverse. Although it’s been a while since I posted, I wanted to make sure I expressed my appreciation this holiday with a puzzle to solve while you’re taking a break from feasting. Be sure to check out...

Happy Friday! I’ve been a little slower here at Grid Therapy lately as I have some other projects I’ve been working on. One of those is a new daily game I’m writing for the Puzzle Society called Thematik. It’s sort of a mashup of Wheel of Fortune and Family...

Grid Therapy is 3 years old! I thank all of you for solving and for your encouragement. This little project is a labor of love but it has also helped me grow and improve. Many thanks to Bruce Ryan for stepping in to test solve today’s puzzle. I hope...

This past weekend, I had the amazing experience of getting together with DC area crossword constructors. This group of humans was everything I have come to expect from puzzle people. And there was a bonus appearance by one of my test solvers saviors, Matt Gritzmacher, who happened to be...

I’m back from my little break with a new Free Association. London was fabulous. I fear you may get a bit tired of me this week since I constructed the New York Times puzzle coming up this Friday as well as the AVCX+ puzzle which will drop right around...

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I’m told this is the hardest Free Association puzzle I’ve constructed so far. Those of you who are world-class speed solvers will no doubt still devour it in nothing flat, but I’ll be interested to hear feedback about whether this deserves its 5-couch rating. Thanks once again to Matt...

My youngest child just got her driver’s license last week. Three of my kids are graduating high school this week. The train of life just keeps relentlessly chugging down the track. Doing a puzzle every day is an anchor in a sea of change, and I hope this one...

And now back to your regular programming… Across Lite (.puz) PDF...

Super proud of #1 son for landing a great job at Callaway Golf headquarters in California after recently completing his Masters degree. I’m sure it’ll be great for him, but mainly I’m happy that I’m getting that sweet sweet family discount to make my game suck ever so slightly...