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Metal Monday #55 – Themeless

For this themeless Metal Monday, I built the grid first, and then kind of just found entries to fit it; as always, lots of fun heavy music stuff, and I love one of the entries that is not metal in and of itself, but given the context, works awesomely here (I’ll let you figure out…

Themeless Friday #19 – “Sweet Home Chicago”

This is a themeless puzzle that I made as a submission for the open puzzle at the Midwest Crossword Tournament (I went last year, very fun!). The puzzle wasn’t chosen, as I’m sure competition was fierce, but I definitely still wanted to share. There’s lots of fun Chicago/midwest-leaning entries and clues; enjoy! Solve Online: Crosshare…

Metal Monday #54 – “Encore!”

Themed Metal Monday — after over a year of doing this (!!!), I sometimes have trouble finding very metal-specific themes, so sometimes we end up with one that’s very general music-leaning, like this one. Enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #53 – Themeless

Memorial Day Metal Monday — themeless puzzle with lots of music density here, and some trivia that I had to look up while writing the clues. Enjoy!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #52 – “Junk In The Trunk”

The theme for this is 100% not metal, but there’s enough metal clues strewn throughout that I felt it could fit for Metal Monday. This puzzle is ridiculous enough that I think it works out just fine!🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Themed Wednesday #17 – “Dee-lightful”

I like themes like the one for this puzzle — it may be slightly played out, as it’s a little basic, but I find breezy early week-style puzzles like this fun to solve! Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #51 – Themeless

Themeless Metal Monday, chock full of music references. Enjoy! 🤘 Solve Online: Crosshare Downloads:

Metal Monday #50 – “Money Money Money!”

Metal Monday NUMBER FIFTY! Huge thank you to everyone who has stopped by and spent part of their day with these puzzles over the past 50 weeks. It’s been really cool to see there are others out there at this intersection of crosswords and heavy music. If you know anyone else who might enjoy this,…

Saturday Special – “And They’re Off!”

Here’s a special Saturday puzzle to align with one of my favorite annual events I originally built this about two years ago as my first-ever Sunday-sized 21×21 grid, and I’ve left it unedited since then. I feel like I’ve improved quite a bit as a constructor since, but I still think this is a solid…