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Puzzles for everybody! From Eric Berlin http://www.puzzlesnacks.com
Age yourself with gaming.
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Age yourself with gaming.
Every year I create a small puzzle hunt for the Mohonk Mountain House, host of the annual Wonderful Weekend of Words. And this year's puzzle set -- Have Fun Storming The Castle! -- is now available for at-home solving!
You can grab it in the Shop at puzzlesnacks.com (look under Puzzle Hunts).
You can grab it in the Shop at puzzlesnacks.com (look under Puzzle Hunts).
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Every year I create a small puzzle hunt for the Mohonk Mountain House, host of the annual Wonderful Weekend of Words. And this year's puzzle set -- Have Fun Storming The Castle! -- is now available for at-home solving!
You can grab it in the Shop at puzzlesnacks.com (look under Puzzle Hunts).
You can grab it in the Shop at puzzlesnacks.com (look under Puzzle Hunts).
Hard to see what choice he has.
November 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hard to see what choice he has.
Very few examples of "This could have been a headline from The Onion!" actually feel like they could have been from the Onion, but I do think this one qualifies.
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Very few examples of "This could have been a headline from The Onion!" actually feel like they could have been from the Onion, but I do think this one qualifies.
"Trick or Treat" is a Halloween favorite! Have your kids played it yet? Get it at puzzlesnacks.com/product-cate...
October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Trick or Treat" is a Halloween favorite! Have your kids played it yet? Get it at puzzlesnacks.com/product-cate...
A new business that opened near me is two kinds of trouble.
August 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
A new business that opened near me is two kinds of trouble.
{starts humming the theme song to that hilarious sitcom, "Those Wacky Autocrats!"}
August 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
{starts humming the theme song to that hilarious sitcom, "Those Wacky Autocrats!"}
The answers to yesterday’s puzzle.
July 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The answers to yesterday’s puzzle.
Get “Off The Wall Word Searches” for your favorite word search lover! (Oh, and see if you can solve this puzzle!)
July 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Get “Off The Wall Word Searches” for your favorite word search lover! (Oh, and see if you can solve this puzzle!)
Me: MUON!
Spelling Bee: Um, no.
Spelling Bee: Um, no.
April 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Me: MUON!
Spelling Bee: Um, no.
Spelling Bee: Um, no.
I know not every possible word can be in the Spelling Bee dictionary, but every word I PERSONALLY KNOW should be in there, dang it.
April 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I know not every possible word can be in the Spelling Bee dictionary, but every word I PERSONALLY KNOW should be in there, dang it.
Saw your post from the hotel.
April 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Saw your post from the hotel.
Yesterday’s answer.
1 MUTE
2 STUMBLE
3 BRED
4 AIDE
5 GEL
6 ALIAS
7 LAGER
I’m traveling, so my puzzle-every-day streak has come to its inevitable end. Back soon with more.
1 MUTE
2 STUMBLE
3 BRED
4 AIDE
5 GEL
6 ALIAS
7 LAGER
I’m traveling, so my puzzle-every-day streak has come to its inevitable end. Back soon with more.
March 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Yesterday’s answer.
1 MUTE
2 STUMBLE
3 BRED
4 AIDE
5 GEL
6 ALIAS
7 LAGER
I’m traveling, so my puzzle-every-day streak has come to its inevitable end. Back soon with more.
1 MUTE
2 STUMBLE
3 BRED
4 AIDE
5 GEL
6 ALIAS
7 LAGER
I’m traveling, so my puzzle-every-day streak has come to its inevitable end. Back soon with more.
The answers to these clues can be entered into the grid in an askew manner, with each entry making a single 90 degree turn. Every space in the grid will be used exactly twice.
1 Make silent
2 Trip and almost fall
3 Raised, as cattle
4 Congress staffer
5 Toothpaste form
6 Fake name
7 Hearty brew
1 Make silent
2 Trip and almost fall
3 Raised, as cattle
4 Congress staffer
5 Toothpaste form
6 Fake name
7 Hearty brew
March 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The answers to these clues can be entered into the grid in an askew manner, with each entry making a single 90 degree turn. Every space in the grid will be used exactly twice.
1 Make silent
2 Trip and almost fall
3 Raised, as cattle
4 Congress staffer
5 Toothpaste form
6 Fake name
7 Hearty brew
1 Make silent
2 Trip and almost fall
3 Raised, as cattle
4 Congress staffer
5 Toothpaste form
6 Fake name
7 Hearty brew
When Hollywood has a career development day.
March 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
When Hollywood has a career development day.
{looks at cover} Oy.
{looks at sample puzzles} PLEASE STRIKE ME BLIND.
{looks at sample puzzles} PLEASE STRIKE ME BLIND.
March 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
{looks at cover} Oy.
{looks at sample puzzles} PLEASE STRIKE ME BLIND.
{looks at sample puzzles} PLEASE STRIKE ME BLIND.
You can take 5 consecutive letters from SCHADENFREUDE, add a letter, and scramble to get the answers to these clues:
Appear gradually, as an image (2 wds)
Big name in adult mags
Broke into, in a way
Buddy
Country homes, in Russia
Money back
One of the Scooby gang
Put through a blender
Rode a wave
Appear gradually, as an image (2 wds)
Big name in adult mags
Broke into, in a way
Buddy
Country homes, in Russia
Money back
One of the Scooby gang
Put through a blender
Rode a wave
March 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You can take 5 consecutive letters from SCHADENFREUDE, add a letter, and scramble to get the answers to these clues:
Appear gradually, as an image (2 wds)
Big name in adult mags
Broke into, in a way
Buddy
Country homes, in Russia
Money back
One of the Scooby gang
Put through a blender
Rode a wave
Appear gradually, as an image (2 wds)
Big name in adult mags
Broke into, in a way
Buddy
Country homes, in Russia
Money back
One of the Scooby gang
Put through a blender
Rode a wave
What do the answers to these clues have in common?
Ali, notably
Draconian
Industrial strength
It’s way past necking
Liquid used in nuclear reactors
Loud rock genre
Rich addition to mashed potatoes
Slugger
Ali, notably
Draconian
Industrial strength
It’s way past necking
Liquid used in nuclear reactors
Loud rock genre
Rich addition to mashed potatoes
Slugger
March 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What do the answers to these clues have in common?
Ali, notably
Draconian
Industrial strength
It’s way past necking
Liquid used in nuclear reactors
Loud rock genre
Rich addition to mashed potatoes
Slugger
Ali, notably
Draconian
Industrial strength
It’s way past necking
Liquid used in nuclear reactors
Loud rock genre
Rich addition to mashed potatoes
Slugger
If you add OB to TRANSPIRE and scramble the letters, you can make something to eat. (Enumeration: 7 4)
If you add GW to TRANSPIRE and scramble the letters, you can make something to drink. (Enumeration: 6 5)
If you add GW to TRANSPIRE and scramble the letters, you can make something to drink. (Enumeration: 6 5)
March 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If you add OB to TRANSPIRE and scramble the letters, you can make something to eat. (Enumeration: 7 4)
If you add GW to TRANSPIRE and scramble the letters, you can make something to drink. (Enumeration: 6 5)
If you add GW to TRANSPIRE and scramble the letters, you can make something to drink. (Enumeration: 6 5)
The letter strings below used to be a lot longer, but I have cut the fat—which is to say, I have dropped the letters FAT (in some order) from each one. Can you figure out what words they were before they went on a diet?
C
ER
OO
UCE
SEY
IES
LELE
DELE
LOSM
C
ER
OO
UCE
SEY
IES
LELE
DELE
LOSM
March 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The letter strings below used to be a lot longer, but I have cut the fat—which is to say, I have dropped the letters FAT (in some order) from each one. Can you figure out what words they were before they went on a diet?
C
ER
OO
UCE
SEY
IES
LELE
DELE
LOSM
C
ER
OO
UCE
SEY
IES
LELE
DELE
LOSM
Yesterday's answers.
Across
1 MOP UP (MO + PUP)
4 GUISE (homophone)
5 CARRY (RR inside CAY)
Down
1 MAGIC (MAG + I + C)
2 PRIOR (double def.)
3 PIETY (PIE + TY)
Across
1 MOP UP (MO + PUP)
4 GUISE (homophone)
5 CARRY (RR inside CAY)
Down
1 MAGIC (MAG + I + C)
2 PRIOR (double def.)
3 PIETY (PIE + TY)
March 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Yesterday's answers.
Across
1 MOP UP (MO + PUP)
4 GUISE (homophone)
5 CARRY (RR inside CAY)
Down
1 MAGIC (MAG + I + C)
2 PRIOR (double def.)
3 PIETY (PIE + TY)
Across
1 MOP UP (MO + PUP)
4 GUISE (homophone)
5 CARRY (RR inside CAY)
Down
1 MAGIC (MAG + I + C)
2 PRIOR (double def.)
3 PIETY (PIE + TY)
Across
1 “Clean Maureen” – a small dog (2 words)
4 Cover some men speaking
5 Take railroad into coral reef
Down
1 Magazine: “I Can Start Witchcraft”
2 Previous clergyman
3 Faith in dessert? Thank you!
1 “Clean Maureen” – a small dog (2 words)
4 Cover some men speaking
5 Take railroad into coral reef
Down
1 Magazine: “I Can Start Witchcraft”
2 Previous clergyman
3 Faith in dessert? Thank you!
February 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Across
1 “Clean Maureen” – a small dog (2 words)
4 Cover some men speaking
5 Take railroad into coral reef
Down
1 Magazine: “I Can Start Witchcraft”
2 Previous clergyman
3 Faith in dessert? Thank you!
1 “Clean Maureen” – a small dog (2 words)
4 Cover some men speaking
5 Take railroad into coral reef
Down
1 Magazine: “I Can Start Witchcraft”
2 Previous clergyman
3 Faith in dessert? Thank you!
I don't usually make cryptic crosswords, but if @merriam-webster.com is making requests, let's see what we can do. /1
February 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I don't usually make cryptic crosswords, but if @merriam-webster.com is making requests, let's see what we can do. /1
In the next post, I’ll give you a list of clues. Can you figure out how to pair up their answers?
February 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In the next post, I’ll give you a list of clues. Can you figure out how to pair up their answers?