Quid Pro

  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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,...

  5. 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%...

  6. 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...

  7. 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....

  8. 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...

  9. Something In The Air

    This puzzle was created in honor of my daughter [Astrid](https://inspirehep.net/authors/1929711), who is a few months away from finishing her PhD thesis. This year’s Thanksgiving vacation...

  10. 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...

  11. Tom Petty Mini

    As part of constructing crossword puzzles, I have been thinking a lot about heavily themed puzzles — more than just a few long theme entries,...

  12. 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...

  13. Honey Bunch

    My newest creation was a present for my wife and my first attempt at something larger than the normal weekday 15x15. This themed puzzle comes...

  14. 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...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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...

15x15s - All Crosswords - Larger than 15x15 - Midis - Minis - Published Elsewhere - Themed - Themeless