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Grand Slams (2)
This time we're serving up a little tennis. Mainly Wimbledon focused. See if you can ace it, best of luck. |
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If You Build it, They Will Come
Whether you're planning a new house or just renovating or doing repairs or maintenance, you may find this crossword on the home building industry useful. Constructed for happy solving. |
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Biblical Bits and Pieces
Here's a small puzzle where you'll find people, places and books of the Bible. |
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Entertainment Grab Bag #2
Mixed topics on entertainment. |
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2024 Olympic Blanks
These athletes won medals (75% of them gold) at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. For each clue, part of a name is given along with country, sport and medal won. Fill in the blank. |
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Salmagundi Smorgasbord (57)
A series of experimental crosswords, with a variety of puzzle sizes, grid designs and clue types. There is one anagram. Enjoy! |
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Phoenix Rising Team Challenge:Triple Pangram
The Phoenix Rising Crossword Guru has challenged his team mates to construct a triple pangram. While this makes it difficult for the crossword author, it means for the crossword solver, there will be, by necessity, some unusual words included in the grid - Great! Good luck! |
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In the Lands of the Twins
Mario is Nintendo's primary mascot and his fraternal twin, Luigi, is his relatable dynamic. Between them they have given us so many wonderful lands to explore. This quiz looks at locations, characters & items within those realms. Best of luck. |
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TV Blanks
These TV shows are from Canada, UK and the US. Genre and some viewing dates supplied. Fill in the blanks in the TV titles. |
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Boxes of Popcorn (55): PRC Tier 3
This was created as part of an internal Phoenix Rising team challenge. Tier Three required a large crossword with a triple pangram. Otherwise, this is also a quiz of movie artists, actors and characters. Best of luck. |
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Advertising Slogans & Brand Names #3
A topic on corporations, brands and business founders. Most of them are well-known and household names. |
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The Elephant in the Room
A puzzle featuring a shaped grid. Enjoy! |
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Writers and What they Writ, er, Wrote
A mixture of works, some classics, some modern, and a sprinkling of writers. And before you issue me with a correction note; yes, 17A is grammatically correct; I checked! Enjoy! |
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Will be the best of all
As written in the will of Alfred Nobel - for the annual peace prize - "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." I believe that the Nobel Peace prize winner 'will be the best of all' humans. Identify the Nobel Peace prize winner by the year they won. This crossword was created for the In the Balance challenge. |
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Boxes of Popcorn (56): A Successful Xmas Pangram
This was created as part of an internal Phoenix Rising team challenge to create a Christmas themed pangram. This one focuses on films made for both the big & small screens. Best of luck. |
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Simply Anagrams! 42
A selection of words to untangle, with each answer being an anagram of the first word(s) in the clue, followed by a light-hearted definition of the answer where possible. It may be a small grid but I've managed to include eight answers of eleven letters! |
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Pangram Puzzler 3
One grid, two challenges. First, a double pangram as part of a Phoenix Rising Team Challenge. Secondly, an Author's Lounge Contract challenge to construct a medium crossword with exactly 46 clues. |
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A Crossword for You #4
A topic mash-up of sorts, crossword style. |
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And
Inspired by the 2025 'In the Balance' challenge, this crossword only contains words that begin with the letters A, N or D. Punctuation is not included in answers. |
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Complete the Word or Phrase (12)
This puzzle with clues within clues has been written for middle school children. Example 1, Fastest feline: C_____H. Example 2, Endangered Asian cat that turns white in winter: S___/______D. Likely, you will have more fun and success if you solve this crossword with someone else. [1. CHEETAH. 2. SNOW LEOPARD.] Enjoy! |
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Boxes of Popcorn (55): Almost a Xmas Movie Pangram
This was created as part of an internal Phoenix Rising team challenge to create a Christmas themed pangram. This one focuses on films made for both the big & small screens, but the attempt didn't quite make it. Best of luck. |
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Lana Del Rey Discography
This crossword includes a number of clues and answers that are from the discography of Lana Del Rey. Unless otherwise stated, everything is spelled in US English. |
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Geographical Pangram V
The good thing oabout Geography crosswords is you get to see words you don't ofter see included in a crossword. Also by making a pangram you see a lot of letters less commonly seen in a crossword. Bonus! (Gratuitious clues within parentheses may illuminate or discombobulate). |
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Simply General Knowledge! (546)
An assortment of general knowledge clues have been rounded up for another crossword in this series. Have fun and Good Luck? |
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Oddly Enough
Most cruciverbalists prefer symmetrical grids, but this challenge was to create a grid with an odd number of clues. |
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Celebrity Blanks
These celebrities have performed in film, music or TV arenas, and sometimes more than one of these. Use any clues to help fill in the blanks. |
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The Sounds of Rock Music
Here we have a mixture of rock songs, bands and names of the artists. All the questions are from the 1970s onwards. Good luck and have fun. Digby |
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What's the Book Title #7?
A list of books written by well-known and little-known authors. Some of the books are adapted into movies. |
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Your Heart's Desire 
An American-style puzzle with a shaped grid. Nine anagrams may help with some of the trickier answers. Enjoy! |
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Flash in the Pan (49): PRC Tier 2
This was created as part of an internal Phoenix Rising team challenge. Tier two required a medium sized crossword with a double pangram. Best of luck. |
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