Quid Pro

  1. Live Each Day

    I recently lost my wife of 40 years, this is the not surprising reason my puzzle constructing has been sporadic over the last few months....

  2. A Bowie Extravaganza

    In late 2022, I spent some time trying to construct crosswords that were 100% themed — where every single clue referenced the puzzle’s subject in...

  3. A Midi with a Bone to Pick

    The topic of this puzzle moved around a bit. I ultimately decided that the theme would honor the start of baseball season and my home...

  4. Stop Bugging Me

    It’s been raining a lot in our part of town (as with much of Northern California) and after the soil gets sufficiently waterlogged, a certain...

  5. A Dutiful Midi

    I blamed our new puppy for the ish-ness of the theme of my last midi and I get to credit her with inspiring the...

  6. A Theme-ish Midi

    I described my last midi as “coming together quickly” and this week the puzzle gods got their karmic retribution in that this one never...

  7. I’d Settle for a Flurry

    This is one of those midis that came together quickly — and I think the theme kind of speaks for itself without needing much additional...

  8. Heading Home for the Holidays

    It’s that time of year when many people are on the move, heading home to see family or leaving home for warmer (or colder) climes....

  9. A Very Veggie Thanksgiving

    For the last two years, couples crossword puzzle solving has been a Thanksgiving tradition at our house — we’re not much for watching football on...

  10. A Mid-Autumn Tea Break

    The fun part about midis — to me, anyway — is getting to play with wackier formats. In a 15x15, I try to hew closer...

  11. An End of Summer Midi

    I’ve been having fun constructing midis lately. Although I have been working on a few 15x’s on the side, I am finding that the smaller...

  12. Sensational

    This is the first 9x9 puzzle I have posted here, it’s not a dimension I normally gravitate to as it’s a little betwixt and between....

  13. Not For GenX Only (May 2024)

    These days there are so many good Millennial and GenZ puzzle constructors with their hip, au courant puzzles that I thought I might throw a...

  14. A Rousing Midwinter Midi

    The layout of this grid is one of my favorites, I used the same pattern back in November for another themeless midi. Let’s call...

  15. A Thanksgiving Midi

    I had tried to make the theme for this puzzle work as a 15x for awhile before realizing it really wanted to be something smaller,...

  16. Themeless Midi (November 2023)

    I’m continuing to focus on smaller puzzles which, it turns out, are a lot easier to make than bigger puzzles. I know, it takes me...

  17. Themeless Midi (October 2023)

    I am finding I enjoy making themeless midis, so I present you one for October 2023. When I have a good theme idea, I tend...

  18. Themeless Midi (August 2023)

    I’m trying to write more mini and midi puzzles lately and this is a result: my first themeless midi. Given the smaller sized puzzle, I...

  19. Ooh... A Midi

    I built this midi because I had a couple of phrases that I wanted to use that sort of had a theme, but not really....

  20. Film Buffed

    I came across a Charlie Chaplin quote that felt like a good starting point for a film industry puzzle. I had to paraphrase the quote...

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