These are some of the cryptic crosswords I have made for various
miscellaneous occasions; more will be put up at some point.
(As for nonmiscellaneous occasions: My NPL convention cryptics are
here, any cryptics among my
MIT Mystery Hunt puzzles are here, and my
Mystery Hunt warmup cryptics and American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
cryptics are on my home page.) Birthday, wedding, etc.
cryptics posted with permission of their recipients.
- Oscar-watching party cryptics from
2005,
2006 (be sure to see the
explanation afterwards),
2007,
2008, and
2009 (slightly edited in some cases).
- Class Protector, which was
written for a Buffy the Vampire Slayer series-finale-watching
party. (Note: It contains no spoilers for the finale itself, but does
make reference to various events of the preceding seven seasons, so
be careful.)
- From the Enigma:
Harry Potter and the Various Objects
(October 2001) and 9A 39A (May/June 2002).
Note also the cryptic word squares I did with Xemu, available in
National Puzzlers' League Cryptic Crosswords (puzzles 43 and 45).
- Birthday cryptics for Hathor (22 Across,
Many Happy Returns,
Where In Blazes Did I Put My Cake Mix?),
530nm330hz
(20, (40), 60, 80),
Sue++ (Surprise Twist),
La Do La Li/Ti (42,
Reflectivity),
Eric (Birthday Jubilation),
Pinecone (To Pin Or Not To Pin), and
Iambic (A Time Of Decision).
- A Merry Dance, a wedding cryptic for
Foggy and Ana.
- Oh, The Places You'll Go!, a graduation
cryptic for Iambic.
- Getting To Win, a miniextravanganza
(one element of which is cryptic) from the 2003 NPL minicon in NYC.
- Movable Feast,
from Thanksgiving 2005.
- New England Real Ale Xword,
alluding to the 2006 New England Real Ale Exhibition
(NERAX).
- The -9th Day of Christmas, from 2006.
- Variety Triptych, an art installation
from a salon held in 2008; it accompanied the following picture:

with each square being the same size as the cryptic grid.
- DC Hunt, brought to the 2008
Post Hunt
- September Septet, from the
September 2008 NYC NPL Minicon.
- Chestnut Stuffing,
from Thanksgiving 2008.
- Sunday Palmers, brought to the
Boston Crossword
Puzzle Tournament held at Harvard on Palm Sunday, 2009.
- Conversation Piece, inspired by
a dream Hooligan
had about a conversation leading into a puzzle.
- N In One, It
Just Keeps Coming Down, Cave, At, and
Events of Confluence, a
few random party handout cryptics.
- The puzzle linked to by the first post
on my LiveJournal blog.
-
Cryptic campus crossing, a puzzle written for The University of
Chicago Magazine (Jul-Aug 2009).
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