Olivia Mitra
@livienna.bsky.social
she/her 🌈 crossword constructor and editor✨ free Palestine 🇵🇸
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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 [email protected] with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to [email protected] 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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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 [email protected] with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to [email protected] 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 [email protected] with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
After subscribing, send a blank email to [email protected] with “mini meta” in the subject line, and we’ll send you the pack. Honor system!
Guy who sees “hard” court tennis and thinks the alternates are “medium” and “easy”
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Guy who sees “hard” court tennis and thinks the alternates are “medium” and “easy”
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Lil AVCX is looking for new and emerging constructors to be a part of our 2026 constructing roster. Deadline for applications is November 14, 2025. Here's the information: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Lil AVCX: Call for applications for our 2026 constructor roster
Lil AVCX: Call for applications for our 2026 constructor roster We’re looking for new and emerging crossword puzzle constructors to regularly contribute “midi” puzzles. Yes, you’ll get paid, and you ...
docs.google.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Lil AVCX is looking for new and emerging constructors to be a part of our 2026 constructing roster. Deadline for applications is November 14, 2025. Here's the information: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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We have a treat for you today, a delightful 11x13 puzzle by widely published constructor and Lil leadership team member Olivia Mitra Framke (@livienna.bsky.social). It's titled "You've Heard of Them". It's filled with fun tidbits, goofy wordplay, and a perfectly executed theme.
October 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We have a treat for you today, a delightful 11x13 puzzle by widely published constructor and Lil leadership team member Olivia Mitra Framke (@livienna.bsky.social). It's titled "You've Heard of Them". It's filled with fun tidbits, goofy wordplay, and a perfectly executed theme.
My gf after seeing Charlie like this: did you put the pillow there?
Me: …I thought you did.
Her: *looks at Charlie*
Me: *looks at Charlie*
Her: …
Me: …
Her: ……
Me: ………
Her: oh wait yeah I put it there yesterday
Me: DAMMIT RAE
Me: …I thought you did.
Her: *looks at Charlie*
Me: *looks at Charlie*
Her: …
Me: …
Her: ……
Me: ………
Her: oh wait yeah I put it there yesterday
Me: DAMMIT RAE
September 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
My gf after seeing Charlie like this: did you put the pillow there?
Me: …I thought you did.
Her: *looks at Charlie*
Me: *looks at Charlie*
Her: …
Me: …
Her: ……
Me: ………
Her: oh wait yeah I put it there yesterday
Me: DAMMIT RAE
Me: …I thought you did.
Her: *looks at Charlie*
Me: *looks at Charlie*
Her: …
Me: …
Her: ……
Me: ………
Her: oh wait yeah I put it there yesterday
Me: DAMMIT RAE
My dreams are all connected. Like it’s my own little Dream Cinematic Universe, where I might ref things from a dream ages ago. I’ll be like, “damn, this acid rain reminds me of that beach vacation where we got hit with a blood tsunami, remember that?” And everyone nods, like “yeah it’s been rough…”
September 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
My dreams are all connected. Like it’s my own little Dream Cinematic Universe, where I might ref things from a dream ages ago. I’ll be like, “damn, this acid rain reminds me of that beach vacation where we got hit with a blood tsunami, remember that?” And everyone nods, like “yeah it’s been rough…”
Oh my god 🥹 this means so much to me. Glad you like my puzzles!!! 💕 have you found @puzzmo.com yet? Many more there! 😊
I got a Bluesky account solely to send @livienna.bsky.social fan mail to say I really like her crosswords, having said of her NYT crossword of 28/03/2021 "I suspect this crossword designer of being a huge nerd. And not just because she is a crossword designer." So! Done. Account now superfluous.
September 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Oh my god 🥹 this means so much to me. Glad you like my puzzles!!! 💕 have you found @puzzmo.com yet? Many more there! 😊
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We're beyond thrilled to present puzzles by this fantastic set of constructors at the second Midwest Crossword Tournament, October 4, 2025 in Chicago! Read more about them and register now at midwestgridfest.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We're beyond thrilled to present puzzles by this fantastic set of constructors at the second Midwest Crossword Tournament, October 4, 2025 in Chicago! Read more about them and register now at midwestgridfest.com
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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guy who read moby-dick last year and just watched seminal 1975 horror film Jaws for the first time voice: getting a lot of moby-dick vibes from this
July 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
guy who read moby-dick last year and just watched seminal 1975 horror film Jaws for the first time voice: getting a lot of moby-dick vibes from this
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
www.theverge.com/analysis/703... very much worth the read
July 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
www.theverge.com/analysis/703... very much worth the read
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There are a billion clones of Wordle on the internet and @avcx.bsky.social will more than satisfy that crossword cravings. You should not be giving NYT a dime.
Anyway, could you please stop giving the New York Times money?
Wordle is not THAT fun.
You can get the recipes for free with certain easy-to-find online tools, and Serious Eats has better, free, recipes anyway.
Come on.
Wordle is not THAT fun.
You can get the recipes for free with certain easy-to-find online tools, and Serious Eats has better, free, recipes anyway.
Come on.
like wow, the New York Times was never great but their full embrace of rolling around in the filth like a little slop piggie over the last decade has been surreal to watch
July 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
There are a billion clones of Wordle on the internet and @avcx.bsky.social will more than satisfy that crossword cravings. You should not be giving NYT a dime.
🐱❄️🔔
Our advice? Solve crosswords that feel like they were written in 2025. 💅
This @livienna.bsky.social gem can be played (for free!) at www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
This @livienna.bsky.social gem can be played (for free!) at www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
July 9, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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This is why I love watching tennis. 🎾 what a final 🤯🤯🤯
June 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is why I love watching tennis. 🎾 what a final 🤯🤯🤯
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Y’ALL??? the goal was 5,000
June 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Y’ALL??? the goal was 5,000
SO freakin happy with this one. Enjoy!!!! 🥰
Attention '90s kids! @livienna.bsky.social and I constructed this week's @avcx.bsky.social puzzle. This one was incredibly fun to make, so please give it a solve: avxwords.com/puzzles/1833/
a cartoon nickelodeon logo with a blue background and an orange explosion .
ALT: a cartoon nickelodeon logo with a blue background and an orange explosion .
media.tenor.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
SO freakin happy with this one. Enjoy!!!! 🥰
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Tonight we are thrilled to bring you a debut from K.J. Sarr titled "Slow Burn." This moderately challenging 9x9 puzzle is bursting with magical, nerdy-chic vibes, and, as one test solver put it, is "giving BookTok." Huzzah!
![Crossword puzzle with 13-Across highlighted: [Sir Christopher who played villains Saruman and Count Dooku, as well as a surprisingly benign bookseller in "Hugo"] (3 letters)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4yky6m7w7bd4kinepwyqjg5v/bafkreicc2sykprzqr3rvc3mfolmov2hh3qmvpqi7axcppathbyr5zemdli@jpeg)
May 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Tonight we are thrilled to bring you a debut from K.J. Sarr titled "Slow Burn." This moderately challenging 9x9 puzzle is bursting with magical, nerdy-chic vibes, and, as one test solver put it, is "giving BookTok." Huzzah!
I also had a stuffie with me during the solves! 🥰 here’s Griffin having a blast 🐕
April 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I also had a stuffie with me during the solves! 🥰 here’s Griffin having a blast 🐕
🧐🥸😏
It's been a little bit since we've had a Monday night puzzle, but this feels like the perfect time to be back. Tonight's puzzle is a 15x6 puzzle from Olivia Mitra Framke (@livienna.bsky.social) titled "Just a Lil Puzzle", featuring all of her usual joy and wit, and nothing else out of the ordinary.
![Crossword puzzle with 4-Down highlighted: [English translation of yalla (Arabic), allons-y (French), and vamos (Spanish)] (six letters)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4yky6m7w7bd4kinepwyqjg5v/bafkreihjr6fiihq5iy4wewufdoshv4jpxxqrbjj7xl7mzxjdhxp2fn6qca@jpeg)
April 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Big news for crossword constructors in my inbox today…
March 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Big news for crossword constructors in my inbox today…
Honestly kinda a badass group *hairflip*
Can’t wait for yall to solve puzzles by these great folx!!!
Can’t wait for yall to solve puzzles by these great folx!!!
Lil AVCX is thrilled to announce our 2025 Roster! We are excited to bring you puzzles by these constructors 🥳
Alex Rossell Hayes @alxrh.bsky.social
Alisya Reza @alisyareza.bsky.social
Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social
Carina da Rosa @carinadarosa.bsky.social
K. J. Sarr
Katie Hoody
Terry Sun
Alex Rossell Hayes @alxrh.bsky.social
Alisya Reza @alisyareza.bsky.social
Ben Wilson @zerofiftyone.bsky.social
Carina da Rosa @carinadarosa.bsky.social
K. J. Sarr
Katie Hoody
Terry Sun
February 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Honestly kinda a badass group *hairflip*
Can’t wait for yall to solve puzzles by these great folx!!!
Can’t wait for yall to solve puzzles by these great folx!!!