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New Classic puzzle from Karen Lurie and Peter Gwinn drops tonight.
Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!
avxwords.com/tip-jar/
Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!
avxwords.com/tip-jar/
Tip Jar – AVCX
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December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New Classic puzzle from Karen Lurie and Peter Gwinn drops tonight.
Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!
avxwords.com/tip-jar/
Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!
avxwords.com/tip-jar/
New Classic puzzle from Karen Lurie and Peter Gwinn drops tonight.
Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!
avxwords.com/tip-jar/
Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!
avxwords.com/tip-jar/
Tip Jar – AVCX
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December 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New Classic puzzle from Karen Lurie and Peter Gwinn drops tonight.
Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!
avxwords.com/tip-jar/
Today is also the one day each year when we ask for tips! If you are able to support us with a tip, our gratitude would be hard to overstate!
avxwords.com/tip-jar/
People ask us about an AVCX print crossword book but maybe we should just make a zine?
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
People ask us about an AVCX print crossword book but maybe we should just make a zine?
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AVCX Classic submissions are open for the December-January cycle! We would love to see your stuff, and we aim for a quick turnaround time and supportive replies with real feedback.
See our spec sheet here: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...
See our spec sheet here: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...
Submit a Puzzle – AVCX
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December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
AVCX Classic submissions are open for the December-January cycle! We would love to see your stuff, and we aim for a quick turnaround time and supportive replies with real feedback.
See our spec sheet here: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...
See our spec sheet here: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...
AVCX Classic submissions are open for the December-January cycle! We would love to see your stuff, and we aim for a quick turnaround time and supportive replies with real feedback.
See our spec sheet here: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...
See our spec sheet here: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...
Submit a Puzzle – AVCX
avxwords.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
AVCX Classic submissions are open for the December-January cycle! We would love to see your stuff, and we aim for a quick turnaround time and supportive replies with real feedback.
See our spec sheet here: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...
See our spec sheet here: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...
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Indie crossword service AVCX has an exciting offer this holiday season! Subscribe, then claim your free meta mini pack by sending an email to freeminis@avxwords.com. Submit the meta solution to win a free copy of @natanlast.bsky.social's book "Across the Universe."
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November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Indie crossword service AVCX has an exciting offer this holiday season! Subscribe, then claim your free meta mini pack by sending an email to freeminis@avxwords.com. Submit the meta solution to win a free copy of @natanlast.bsky.social's book "Across the Universe."
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I'm very excited about the excellent puzzles we've got lined up for Issue 2, coming out in January.
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Unch Crossword Magazine
Unch, the clued-up crossword magazine
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November 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm very excited about the excellent puzzles we've got lined up for Issue 2, coming out in January.
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Setters this time will be:
ALP
Gennaro
Catnip
The Void
Heron
Ruskin
Umpire
Crenditi
Bard
Henri
That's 8 standard cryptics, an alphabetical jigsaw, and a barred thematic. Fun!
unchcrosswords.com
Thanks to all our solvers/supporters for keeping us afloat. We subsist each year mainly from what we make in Nov/Dec, when I guess people are feeling the most crosswordy.
If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
Avxwords.com
If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
Avxwords.com
AVCX – Crosswords for the (not) faint of heart.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks to all our solvers/supporters for keeping us afloat. We subsist each year mainly from what we make in Nov/Dec, when I guess people are feeling the most crosswordy.
If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
Avxwords.com
If you subscribe now, or buy a gift sub, you help us a ton. And you get a free meta mini pack! So come on aboard:
Avxwords.com
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I fEEL this might be useful for crossword constructors/solvers
My Eel Facts Advent calendar arrived from @sarahmackattack.bsky.social!
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I fEEL this might be useful for crossword constructors/solvers
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Working on the @avcx.bsky.social variety puzzle in between pies & my 5yo keeps asking “can I help? Can I help?”
Finally had to explain to her that knowing how to read and spell are prerequisites. Love that energy, though!
Finally had to explain to her that knowing how to read and spell are prerequisites. Love that energy, though!
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Working on the @avcx.bsky.social variety puzzle in between pies & my 5yo keeps asking “can I help? Can I help?”
Finally had to explain to her that knowing how to read and spell are prerequisites. Love that energy, though!
Finally had to explain to her that knowing how to read and spell are prerequisites. Love that energy, though!
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If you do, you’ll get a free copy of this mini meta pack I helped put together, with a bunch of my friends who are doing amazing work.
Puzzles are an art; art dies if left unnourished by human patronage. I know that sounds serious, but the people who care about the art take it that seriously.
Puzzles are an art; art dies if left unnourished by human patronage. I know that sounds serious, but the people who care about the art take it that seriously.
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If you do, you’ll get a free copy of this mini meta pack I helped put together, with a bunch of my friends who are doing amazing work.
Puzzles are an art; art dies if left unnourished by human patronage. I know that sounds serious, but the people who care about the art take it that seriously.
Puzzles are an art; art dies if left unnourished by human patronage. I know that sounds serious, but the people who care about the art take it that seriously.
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I know nearly everyone who follows me is already subscribed, but—
There‘s a reason why my puzzle work these days is almost exclusively with AVCX. We all know someone in our lives who does mainstream puzzles, but doesn’t know that indies exist or how good they are. If you can, gift them an AVCX sub.
There‘s a reason why my puzzle work these days is almost exclusively with AVCX. We all know someone in our lives who does mainstream puzzles, but doesn’t know that indies exist or how good they are. If you can, gift them an AVCX sub.
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I know nearly everyone who follows me is already subscribed, but—
There‘s a reason why my puzzle work these days is almost exclusively with AVCX. We all know someone in our lives who does mainstream puzzles, but doesn’t know that indies exist or how good they are. If you can, gift them an AVCX sub.
There‘s a reason why my puzzle work these days is almost exclusively with AVCX. We all know someone in our lives who does mainstream puzzles, but doesn’t know that indies exist or how good they are. If you can, gift them an AVCX sub.
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I love @avcx.bsky.social crosswords and have gotten so much joy out of my subscription
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I love @avcx.bsky.social crosswords and have gotten so much joy out of my subscription
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AVCX is one of my all-time favorite subscriptions. If you're a fan of crosswords of any type (especially my beloved favorite: cryptics), you should join their membership. You get fantastic puzzles and support a wonderful team of constructors, editors, and solvers alike.
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
AVCX is one of my all-time favorite subscriptions. If you're a fan of crosswords of any type (especially my beloved favorite: cryptics), you should join their membership. You get fantastic puzzles and support a wonderful team of constructors, editors, and solvers alike.
The mini meta contest will be announced in today’s Classic email.
Submit the solution to be entered in a drawing to win a copy of @natanlast.bsky.social ‘s new crossword history book, Across the Universe. Instructions for getting the pack below!
Submit the solution to be entered in a drawing to win a copy of @natanlast.bsky.social ‘s new crossword history book, Across the Universe. Instructions for getting the pack below!
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The mini meta contest will be announced in today’s Classic email.
Submit the solution to be entered in a drawing to win a copy of @natanlast.bsky.social ‘s new crossword history book, Across the Universe. Instructions for getting the pack below!
Submit the solution to be entered in a drawing to win a copy of @natanlast.bsky.social ‘s new crossword history book, Across the Universe. Instructions for getting the pack below!
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Today's puzzle is an 11x11 by roster member Ben Wilson (@zerofiftyone.bsky.social), titled "A Lot to Unpack." In this fun, breezy puzzle, Ben once again wows us with his ability to connect an amazing number of unrelated entries together through clever cluing angles.
![Crossword puzzle with 3-Down highlighted: [New parents in Scotland receive a basic one for free, along with clothes and other supplies] (4 letters)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4yky6m7w7bd4kinepwyqjg5v/bafkreifklv7jptdzurt5c344jvvhcqz7n2j5rt3xioa4ic72szekflidxy@jpeg)
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Today's puzzle is an 11x11 by roster member Ben Wilson (@zerofiftyone.bsky.social), titled "A Lot to Unpack." In this fun, breezy puzzle, Ben once again wows us with his ability to connect an amazing number of unrelated entries together through clever cluing angles.
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Did I just solve the latest @avcx.bsky.social variety puzzle purely on the strength of my 80s music knowledge? I sure did 😂
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Did I just solve the latest @avcx.bsky.social variety puzzle purely on the strength of my 80s music knowledge? I sure did 😂
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I loved it too! (Finished it in one evening, felt nice and smug.)
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I loved it too! (Finished it in one evening, felt nice and smug.)
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A simply huge sickos-yes to the instructions for the new variety puzzle from @avcx.bsky.social (started it last night and loved it, still a long way to go)
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A simply huge sickos-yes to the instructions for the new variety puzzle from @avcx.bsky.social (started it last night and loved it, still a long way to go)
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Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
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AVCX is great! They put out a really fun variety puzzle last night that was perfect to do during a middle-of-the-night baby feed.
It was also my first time solving a pdf in the books app, which worked surprisingly well.
It was also my first time solving a pdf in the books app, which worked surprisingly well.
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
AVCX is great! They put out a really fun variety puzzle last night that was perfect to do during a middle-of-the-night baby feed.
It was also my first time solving a pdf in the books app, which worked surprisingly well.
It was also my first time solving a pdf in the books app, which worked surprisingly well.
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Solving, constructing for, and editing for @avcx.bsky.social has been one of the greatest joys of my puzzling life. If you’re looking for a great gift that supports independent media, check out this fantastic subscription - minis, full-size crosswords, cryptics, and trivia to your inbox weekly.
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Solving, constructing for, and editing for @avcx.bsky.social has been one of the greatest joys of my puzzling life. If you’re looking for a great gift that supports independent media, check out this fantastic subscription - minis, full-size crosswords, cryptics, and trivia to your inbox weekly.
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Here’s the deal! Subscribe, renew, or buy a gift subscription from avxwords.com from now thru the end of the year, and get a new meta mini pack, free.
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to freeminis@avxwords.com with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
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Announcement: We’re putting the finishing touches on a new meta mini pack!
It’s co-constructed by various AVCX people, and it’s a bonus related to our subscription drive. More to come very soon, including details on how you can get your copy …
It’s co-constructed by various AVCX people, and it’s a bonus related to our subscription drive. More to come very soon, including details on how you can get your copy …
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Announcement: We’re putting the finishing touches on a new meta mini pack!
It’s co-constructed by various AVCX people, and it’s a bonus related to our subscription drive. More to come very soon, including details on how you can get your copy …
It’s co-constructed by various AVCX people, and it’s a bonus related to our subscription drive. More to come very soon, including details on how you can get your copy …
Announcement: We’re putting the finishing touches on a new meta mini pack!
It’s co-constructed by various AVCX people, and it’s a bonus related to our subscription drive. More to come very soon, including details on how you can get your copy …
It’s co-constructed by various AVCX people, and it’s a bonus related to our subscription drive. More to come very soon, including details on how you can get your copy …
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Announcement: We’re putting the finishing touches on a new meta mini pack!
It’s co-constructed by various AVCX people, and it’s a bonus related to our subscription drive. More to come very soon, including details on how you can get your copy …
It’s co-constructed by various AVCX people, and it’s a bonus related to our subscription drive. More to come very soon, including details on how you can get your copy …