Quid Pro

  1. A Somewhat Topical Themeless

    I had the idea for 17-Across burning a hole in my mixed metaphorical pocket and played around with a few themes using the same device...

  2. Taylor Swifties

    The idea for the theme to this puzzle came to me earlier this year and I’ve been honestly surprised to see no one else attempt...

  3. It’s AAll AAbout Me!

    This is one of those puzzles that came out of nowhere; I haven’t really been in a puzzle making mood for a while but I...

  4. Pals

    I constructed this puzzle at the end of 2023 during the winter holidays, it was one of those themes that came out of a different...

  5. Rotisserie League

    I first finished this puzzle back in May 2023 and spent the rest of that year submitting to — and getting rejected from — various...

  6. Bad Sports

    After a run of themeless puzzles — many of them minis or midis — I decided it was time for a straight down the middle...

  7. Blame The Normans

    This puzzle harkens back to late last year when I was building puzzles that were completely themed — although this one is only about 25%...

  8. Easy Peasy

    I’ve been thinking a lot about how it can be more difficult to make easy puzzles (say Monday NYT), in particular because of how clean...

  9. Themeless (June 2023)

    This 70 word themeless came together pretty quickly, both 20-Across and 49-Across have been in my list of longer phrases for awhile now and it...

  10. Themeless (April 2023)

    This is my first 15x puzzle of 2023 — I’ve been more focused on minis and other crossword projects of late. But it is good...

  11. Themeless #7

    I wrote this 68 word themeless back in September of 2022 before embarking on a run of more heavily themed puzzles. I haven’t had a...

  12. Something In The Air

    This puzzle was created in honor of my daughter Astrid, who is a few months away from finishing her PhD thesis. This year’s Thanksgiving...

  13. Unquote #1

    OK, I know you don’t like quote or quip puzzles: I don’t really either. This was one of the earlier puzzles I constructed, I finished...

  14. Themeless #6

    This 70 word puzzle is a recent favorite among my themeless puzzles — I was happy with the four longer seeds. Although (as has become...

  15. Themeless #5

    This 70 word themeless was created back in May and was seeded with the two long 15s at 15-Across and 51-Across. The reason for the...

  16. For Smarties

    This is a 74 word themed puzzle that I created a few months ago. I am just getting around to posting here after I tested...

  17. Dessert Treat

    This 72 word themed puzzle came together quickly as my mind wandered during a hike (see 17-Across) and it wasn’t long before I found three...

  18. Themeless #4

    For my fourth themeless, I wanted to do a super low word count — 62 to be exact. I also was interested in building a...

  19. The Ultimate Questions

    They say you can’t be a published author until you’ve been a rejected author and with this puzzle, I guess I’m halfway there. I finished...

  20. Dog Tired Jokes

    I had fun with the silliness of this one, I debated whether to submit it to a publication and ultimately figured it wouldn’t be to...

  21. Themeless #3

    I wanted to keep inching down on the word count for my third themeless, this one clocks in at only 66 words. Featuring two double...

  22. Themeless #2

    For my second themeless, I wanted to build a puzzle with a big open middle and relatively low (70) word count. My seed was 37-Across,...

  23. It’s Crisper

    This is my first attempt at a themed puzzle since returning to crosswording. The revealer is the same as a relatively recent NYT Sunday puzzle...

  24. Themeless #1

    This 78 word themeless is my first puzzle since returning to puzzle making. I knew from the start that the word count was too high...

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