Category: Free Association Puzzles

Happy Wednesday everyone! This Friday, check out my Universal crossword which will appear in the Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, and other fine newspapers around the country. Or use this link to solve online this Friday. I hope you enjoy this one, and I’ll see you back here...

Check out the New York Times on Monday for a crossword I co-constructed with Beth Rubin. And if you’re a NYT solver here for the first time from Wordplay or XWordInfo, welcome! Please sign up to be notified when new puzzles appear. Thanks to Norah Sharpe and Matt Gritzmacher...

I just got through filling out the FAFSA for my kids. I have three graduating high school this year. I trust you’ll excuse me if I don’t have much to say today. What I do have is a puzzle. I hope you like it. Get the jab or get...

I appreciate you being patient with my slower pace here at the end of the year. Good things are happening on the publishing front, so that’s been taking up some time. But I’m back with a little diversion I hope you enjoy to end your week. Be on the...

Happy belated birthday to Grid Therapy! It turned 2 years old in late October and it completely slipped my mind. Hopefully you will not experience any ‘terrible twos’ as you solve over the coming year. I’ll do my best. Enjoy the puzzle and I’ll see you back here soon....

As per usual, the picture above does have to do with an entry in the puzzle. In this case, I mostly wanted to say, “This is my dog. His name is Donut. You’re welcome. Your day will be better now. He does that.” I hope you enjoy this Free...

“Dad, every time I come in your office you are Googling the weirdest stuff!” – My 16-year-old daughter Guilty. I hope you enjoy the fruits of my labor. Be well and see you soon! Across Lite (.puz) PDF...

My youngest kids are now juniors and seniors in high school. But back in the day, I was exposed to certain kids’ shows over and over and over to the point that I will likely be singing stuff like the “Dora the Explorer” theme when I’m in the memory...

Hi everybody. It’s been about three weeks since you heard from me, and I’m sorry for the delay. Unfortunately we lost my father-in-law recently and there have been lots of things to do. It was not unexpected and he passed very peacefully. Turns out I was put in charge...

Happy Labor Day weekend everyone! I’m back from my little crossword vacation and hopefully refreshed and renewed to return to weekly-ish postings. Since I last spoke to you, I turned 50 and made the decision to retire from my full-time job as a psychologist with the Federal Bureau of...