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Leap Year Lunacy (Part G)
The seventh of 26 puzzles written beginning in November 2024 as a personal challenge. There is a connection between these crosswords: determining it is left to the solver. Enjoy! |
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| 92 |
Apple, Peach, Banana, and Pear
This crossword puzzle contains a number of clues related to fruits. It was created for the Cross with a Word challenge. |
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| 93 |
Surrounding
Here you will find words that might surround you, go around something or encircle an object. You'll find other words too, of course. |
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| 94 |
Music Box (140) PRC: Tier 1
This was created as part of an internal Phoenix Rising team challenge. Tier one required a small crossword with a single pangram. Otherwise, this is also a quiz of music artists, songs and albums. Best of luck. |
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| 95 |
Film Blanks
Each film title is missing a word, sometimes the whole title. You just need to find the word. Occasional clues supplied. |
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| 96 |
Leap Year Lunacy (Part F)
The sixth of 26 puzzles written beginning in November 2024 as a personal challenge. There is a connection between these crosswords: determining it is left to the solver. Enjoy! |
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| 97 |
What's the Animal #13?
Another puzzle series on the amazing world of animals. |
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| 98 |
The People Rose Up (Historic Conflicts)
This is my second submission to the author's commission Cross With a Word Challenge. The subject is History, the keyword is Rose. You may find references to several flowers hidden within. Please enjoy! |
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| 99 |
Come Fly With Me!
Movies which mainly include themes relating to fly or flying, compiled to meet a challenge from the Author's Lounge. A small number of fillers are also included. |
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| 100 |
Music Box (139) of Evil
Another crack at artists, songs and albums but... this time the clues or the answers will carry some form of miscreant, malfeasance, malevolence, misfortune or malintent. Best of luck. |
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| 101 |
A Veritable Galaxy of Constellations and Stars
This puzzle was written for the "Cross With a Word" Challenge in the Author Lounge. The mission was to construct a crossword, given a Fun Trivia category and a keyword (also appearing in the title). This puzzle is aimed at Science and Technology, using the keyword "Galaxy." Hint: Even though there are a lot of unfamiliar answers, Wikipedia knows about all the astral bodies referenced here. Enjoy! |
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| 102 |
Top Bananas and other Wannabes
Since this author's last 'People' crossword, the world's population passed the eight million souls mark. So, if we are going to use crosswords to name every person on the planet, we have some catching up to do. Here are another 28 to add to the total. We are now well into our second thousand names. (Gratuitous out-of-left-field clues, in parentheses, may illuminate or obfuscate the main clues - Utilise them at your own risk). |
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| 103 |
Wayne's World
There are clues connected to seven different Wayne's, but not the Mike Myers' version. There are some fillers. |
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| 104 |
Video Games and Characters #9
Another puzzle on a series of video games and characters. RPG means role playing game. |
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| 105 |
Pangram Puzzler 2
Another Phoenix Rising team crossword challenge! The brief: create a triple pangram in a large grid. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to determine whether I can count. Is this puzzle a single, double or triple pangram? Or is it a sneaky quadruple? |
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| 106 |
Float like a Butterfly, Quiver like a Quokka
I'm sure you know this world-famous saying about the world's happiest creatures. But what else do you know about quokkas and their fellow Q animals? |
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| 107 |
A Few Yellow (and Other Coloured) Things
Just a small crossword with quite a few clues about the colour yellow (or gold). I hope you enjoy it. |
Small Puzzle | |
| 108 |
Boxes of Popcorn (54)
Purely movies, actors and directors. Best of luck. |
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| 109 |
Fill in the Lyrics #3
Twelve song lyrics are from some of the greatest hits by Bee Gees. Bands and singers are stated for other song lyrics. |
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| 110 |
Team Challenge: Triple Pangram
Part of the current Phoenix Rising Team Crossword Challenge is to create a large triple pangram. In this puzzle, the answer grid contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet, at least three times. Enjoy! |
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| 111 |
Trivium Discography
This crossword puzzle features a number of songs by the band Trivium. Unless otherwise stated, all answers are spelled in US English. |
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| 112 |
E's the Key
The letter E's deserted the legend we see here. Nevertheless, let me beseech ye - persevere! Be never vexed; the key teems, per the effervescent E! (American English, abbreviations noted by 'abbr.') |
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| 113 |
Quick Pangram I
Need a quick crossword over that cup of coffee? This crossword fits the bill, even the clues have been kept short. A pangram to boot - that should make it a bit easier for you. Good Luck. |
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| 114 |
They Are A-Changin' (3)
The clue is a word that needs to be "a-changed" (i.e. anagrammed), with the end result being a word that matches the meaning of the one(s) in brackets. Best of luck. |
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| 115 |
Movie Titles and Characters 13
Another series on a list of movies with quite a few classic ones. |
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| 116 |
Romantic Movies
My challenge is to compile a crossword in which every answer relates to a romantic movie, simply to lighten the mood perhaps in these troublesome times. I'm going for it, wish me luck! |
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| 117 |
All about Mr Denzel Washington
I have admired the works of Mr Denzel Washington for decades. Here is my attempt to honour him. |
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| 118 |
Pangram Puzzler
Time for another Phoenix Rising team crossword challenge, this time involving pangrams. In this puzzle the brief was to fit a double pangram into a medium grid. For added fun, all the clues are alliterative. |
Medium Puzzle | |
| 119 |
Team Challenge: Double Pangram
Part of the current Phoenix Rising Team Crossword Challenge is to create a medium double pangram. In this puzzle, the answer grid contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet, at least twice. Enjoy! |
Medium Puzzle | |
| 120 |
A Double Serving
A mix of clues. When you finish you will find that the initial letter of each Down word spells out a motivational message. Any anagrams are marked (anag.) and homophones (sound like other words) are marked (aud.). Two clues are given for each word with a comma separating them. British spelling where different. |
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