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AI nailing it as always
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
AI nailing it as always
Crossword cluing is, in fact, one of the things AI is absolutely worst at.
June 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Crossword cluing is, in fact, one of the things AI is absolutely worst at.
Queuing up tonight’s Classic puzzle email, with a wholehearted plug for sites.google.com/view/transxw...
, the hot new trans crossword collection edited by @canterlope.bsky.social and @adanicklmao.bsky.social
, the hot new trans crossword collection edited by @canterlope.bsky.social and @adanicklmao.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Queuing up tonight’s Classic puzzle email, with a wholehearted plug for sites.google.com/view/transxw...
, the hot new trans crossword collection edited by @canterlope.bsky.social and @adanicklmao.bsky.social
, the hot new trans crossword collection edited by @canterlope.bsky.social and @adanicklmao.bsky.social
A gorgeous visual element in “Look Before You Leap,” a new puzzle from Jeremy Newton and Matthew Stock hitting inboxes tonight. Here’s the grid in PDF.
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February 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A gorgeous visual element in “Look Before You Leap,” a new puzzle from Jeremy Newton and Matthew Stock hitting inboxes tonight. Here’s the grid in PDF.
Avxwords.com
Avxwords.com
AVCX trivia editor @aimeelucido.bsky.social wrote a guest post for today’s edition of Yu Oughta Know!!
YOK is one of the best Learned League prep resources anywhere, among other utilities. Big big rec to them, and happiness about the plug.
yuoughtaknow.substack.com/about
YOK is one of the best Learned League prep resources anywhere, among other utilities. Big big rec to them, and happiness about the plug.
yuoughtaknow.substack.com/about
November 7, 2024 at 12:29 PM
AVCX trivia editor @aimeelucido.bsky.social wrote a guest post for today’s edition of Yu Oughta Know!!
YOK is one of the best Learned League prep resources anywhere, among other utilities. Big big rec to them, and happiness about the plug.
yuoughtaknow.substack.com/about
YOK is one of the best Learned League prep resources anywhere, among other utilities. Big big rec to them, and happiness about the plug.
yuoughtaknow.substack.com/about
Good shit from a coffee shop in Northampton that puts AVCX puzzles out for their customers to solve.
When people finish they leave the puzzles tucked under the counter, signed.
When people finish they leave the puzzles tucked under the counter, signed.
October 21, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Good shit from a coffee shop in Northampton that puts AVCX puzzles out for their customers to solve.
When people finish they leave the puzzles tucked under the counter, signed.
When people finish they leave the puzzles tucked under the counter, signed.
You made this possible by jumpstarting the subsidized subscription fund a few years back, and we continue offering free subs to people who need them, as we will forever. Thank you.
February 1, 2024 at 8:30 PM
You made this possible by jumpstarting the subsidized subscription fund a few years back, and we continue offering free subs to people who need them, as we will forever. Thank you.
This is a bummer but fascinating. We’ve gotten so many of these emails in the past year, a new phenomenon.
It certainly *feels* like I’m busier now than ever. Probably true for you too. I haven’t seen data or reporting (perhaps it’s out there), but these correspondences suggest something to it.
It certainly *feels* like I’m busier now than ever. Probably true for you too. I haven’t seen data or reporting (perhaps it’s out there), but these correspondences suggest something to it.
December 15, 2023 at 5:24 PM
This is a bummer but fascinating. We’ve gotten so many of these emails in the past year, a new phenomenon.
It certainly *feels* like I’m busier now than ever. Probably true for you too. I haven’t seen data or reporting (perhaps it’s out there), but these correspondences suggest something to it.
It certainly *feels* like I’m busier now than ever. Probably true for you too. I haven’t seen data or reporting (perhaps it’s out there), but these correspondences suggest something to it.
Clearly, you should not miss this gem of a xword by @rebecculous.bsky.social
November 15, 2023 at 12:35 PM
Clearly, you should not miss this gem of a xword by @rebecculous.bsky.social
The AVCX is, quite proudly, partnering with a new puzzle platform called Puzzmo. We’re doing a daily midi for them. To get early access, solve the puzzle that’s up on puzzmo.com right now
November 6, 2023 at 6:40 PM
The AVCX is, quite proudly, partnering with a new puzzle platform called Puzzmo. We’re doing a daily midi for them. To get early access, solve the puzzle that’s up on puzzmo.com right now
Editing clues; the GOP is an infinite font of comic set pieces
September 27, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Editing clues; the GOP is an infinite font of comic set pieces