Puzzles I've Made
I've been making puzzles professionally - as in, for national print outlets - since 2020. This page lists all of those, as well as the puzzles I've made for other people's blogs, and for various subscription services.
This list isn't totally comprehensive - for instance, there's no point in linking to literally every weekly midi puzzle I make for Crossword Club, because that would just be overkill. (This one is a personal favorite, if you're looking for a representative sample.) Likewise, the dozens of puzzles I upload each year on my blog, QVXwordz, are all helpfully catalogued with Blogger's user-friendly tag system - no point in copying all those over. And I edit puzzles for various outlets, which isn't the same as making them. But other than that, this list is basically a complete list of puzzles I've made for other assorted places, give or take a couple of *really* early puzzles that I'm no longer proud of.
Whenever possible, I have linked to where you can do that crossword; this isn't always possible for some websites that don't really have a functional archive. A dollar sign ($) denotes paywalled content. A pencil ( Τ ) denotes and links to an external write-up of my puzzle from a crossword blog. A moon ( Λ ) denotes a puzzle I am particularly proud of.
For Mainstream Outlets
- ($) Jan. 26, 2021: The (Thursday) Crossword (w/ Dan Ziring), New York Times
- Aug. 29, 2021: Untitled, The Atlantic
- May 29, 2021: Themeless Saturday (w/ Matthew Stock), Newsday Τ
- Apr. 21, 2021: Earth Day, The Atlantic Λ
- Feb. 28, 2021: Untitled (w/ Matthew Stock), The Atlantic
- Jan. 25, 2021: Center Cut (w/ Matthew Stock), USA Today Τ
- Jan. 7, 2021: It's Your Thing, USA Today Τ
- Dec. 7, 2020: VR Headset (w/ Matthew Stock), USA Today Τ
For Indie Outlets
- Jan. 5, 2023: Good Housekeeping, Crucinova
- ($) Oct. 26, 2022: Monster Mash, AVCX Λ
- ($) Sept. 15, 2022: Themeless #35, The Inkubator Λ Τ
- ($) Aug. 24, 2022: Pocket Monsters (w/ Will Nediger), Crucinova
- ($) July 27, 2022: Estrange Brew, AVCX
- ($) Feb. 18, 2022: Hat Trick, Crucinova
- Dec. 30, 2021: Crying/Laughing, Crucinova Λ
- Dec. 10, 2021: A Little Black Comedy (Themeless), AVCX+ Λ
- ($) Aug. 16, 2021: Rear Mirror, AVCX
- ($) July 15, 2021: P.S. I Love You, Fireball Τ
- ($) July 1, 2021: Take a Stab, Crucinova
- ($) May 26, 2021: AVCX Themeless #57 (w/ Brendan Emmett Quigley)
For Indie Bloggers
- Dec. 2, 2022: Stock Phrases (w/ Alex Boisvert), Crossword Nexus
- Nov. 17, 2022: Banging on Pots, Lemonade Disco #3
- June 4, 2022: Hi :) (acrostic) (w/ Alex Boisvert), Crossweird
- Apr. 15, 2022: Rosanna (w/ Alex Boisvert), Crossword Nexus
- Dec. 19, 2021: December 19 (midi), 7xwords Λ
- Oct. 3, 2021: The Space Between Us (w/ S. Hoelscher & R. Trudeau), Rossword Puzzles
- Oct. 2, 2020: Deep Doo Doo (w/ Matthew Stock), Happy Little Puzzles