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@avcx.bsky.social
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Puzzles can’t un-furlough anyone or bring a job back from AI automation, but if solving gives you some pleasure you shouldn’t have to miss out just because of robber barons.
November 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Puzzles can’t un-furlough anyone or bring a job back from AI automation, but if solving gives you some pleasure you shouldn’t have to miss out just because of robber barons.
So much to be proud of! And you can get all this for as little as $13/year, with our tiered pricing at avxwords.com. Try us out!!
If you need another reason to support us, our independence means we can be politically open. In today’s fascistic media landscape, we value this, and hope you do too.
If you need another reason to support us, our independence means we can be politically open. In today’s fascistic media landscape, we value this, and hope you do too.
AVCX – Crosswords for the (not) faint of heart.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So much to be proud of! And you can get all this for as little as $13/year, with our tiered pricing at avxwords.com. Try us out!!
If you need another reason to support us, our independence means we can be politically open. In today’s fascistic media landscape, we value this, and hope you do too.
If you need another reason to support us, our independence means we can be politically open. In today’s fascistic media landscape, we value this, and hope you do too.
AVCX Cryptics continues to help keep the form alive for Americans, and periodically runs mini cryptics, which make the form accessible to new solvers, and also enable the editors to mentor newer constructors, as cryptic editing is labor-intensive. They published a 15-year-old constructor this year!
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
AVCX Cryptics continues to help keep the form alive for Americans, and periodically runs mini cryptics, which make the form accessible to new solvers, and also enable the editors to mentor newer constructors, as cryptic editing is labor-intensive. They published a 15-year-old constructor this year!
Here’s their spec sheet btw docs.google.com/document/u/1...
They also continue to be one of the only venues running exclusively themeless U.S.-style crosswords.
They also continue to be one of the only venues running exclusively themeless U.S.-style crosswords.
AVCX+ variety puzzle submission guidelines
*** NOTE: The below call for puzzles is now closed. We will announce if/when our next call is open. Thank you! *** AVCX+, a branch of the indie crossword venue AVCX, is excited to openly invite submi...
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October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Here’s their spec sheet btw docs.google.com/document/u/1...
They also continue to be one of the only venues running exclusively themeless U.S.-style crosswords.
They also continue to be one of the only venues running exclusively themeless U.S.-style crosswords.
AVCX + launched a brand-new series of variety puzzles, feat. both well-known variety types and some completely original concepts. It’s the only venue with open submissions for variety puzzles. Each puzzle in the series is also a contest, and they’ve been averaging ~300 contest entries per puzzle.
October 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
AVCX + launched a brand-new series of variety puzzles, feat. both well-known variety types and some completely original concepts. It’s the only venue with open submissions for variety puzzles. Each puzzle in the series is also a contest, and they’ve been averaging ~300 contest entries per puzzle.
@avcx.bsky.social ran, as ever, a puzzle every single week of the year. We ran debuts; work by young constructors and veterans alike; Beastie Boys themes; extremely x-rated stuff; father-daughter collabs; and pathbreaking visual themes.
We tried to break the form and to have fun in the process.
We tried to break the form and to have fun in the process.
October 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@avcx.bsky.social ran, as ever, a puzzle every single week of the year. We ran debuts; work by young constructors and veterans alike; Beastie Boys themes; extremely x-rated stuff; father-daughter collabs; and pathbreaking visual themes.
We tried to break the form and to have fun in the process.
We tried to break the form and to have fun in the process.
@avcxtrivia.bsky.social has two new editors, T.J. and Karen, who took over from feature creator @aimeelucido.bsky.social
They’ve run 20 trivia puzzles (including contests) this year, including 8 from new authors.
“When the theme clicked I was so mad in the best way,” one solver wrote in.
They’ve run 20 trivia puzzles (including contests) this year, including 8 from new authors.
“When the theme clicked I was so mad in the best way,” one solver wrote in.
October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
@avcxtrivia.bsky.social has two new editors, T.J. and Karen, who took over from feature creator @aimeelucido.bsky.social
They’ve run 20 trivia puzzles (including contests) this year, including 8 from new authors.
“When the theme clicked I was so mad in the best way,” one solver wrote in.
They’ve run 20 trivia puzzles (including contests) this year, including 8 from new authors.
“When the theme clicked I was so mad in the best way,” one solver wrote in.
@lilavcx.bsky.social , who make our midi puzzles, does a ton of mentoring work. They added seven new constructors this year, and mentored them all. Each constructor made 4-6 puzzles.
Lil ran 78 puzzles total, and they were tremendous and often genre-bending.
Lil ran 78 puzzles total, and they were tremendous and often genre-bending.
October 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@lilavcx.bsky.social , who make our midi puzzles, does a ton of mentoring work. They added seven new constructors this year, and mentored them all. Each constructor made 4-6 puzzles.
Lil ran 78 puzzles total, and they were tremendous and often genre-bending.
Lil ran 78 puzzles total, and they were tremendous and often genre-bending.
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@avcx.bsky.social is great for this. You get a PDF emailed to you and you can print it out. The crosswords are excellent! And you get to support indie constructors. 👍
September 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
@avcx.bsky.social is great for this. You get a PDF emailed to you and you can print it out. The crosswords are excellent! And you get to support indie constructors. 👍
That means the world to us.
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
That means the world to us.