Themed #83 - Location, Location, Location
FYI - this introduction may contain semi-spoilers. I've never created a puzzle like this before. It's more in the vain of a Thursday-type...
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Brian Gubin
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Themed #82 - Many a Late Night Call
Another puzzle where I struggled coming up with a title. This has a reveal so I couldn't use that as the title. Whatever - don't judge a...
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Brian Gubin
- Mar 14
- 1 min
Themed #81 - B-Minus
I'm guessing this type of these has been done many times and for the other "grades", such as D-Minus. I was trying to think of a clever...
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Brian Gubin
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Themed #80 - Get Some RNR
I often feel like I have no idea what to title puzzles and then come up with something forced. If I have a reveal phrase that makes the...
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Brian Gubin
- Feb 28
- 1 min
Themed #79 - A Difficult Time
If anyone listens to Fill Me In, and if you don't you should, then this was the puzzle I mentioned in my email. It has an ice cream...
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Brian Gubin
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Themeless #18
I'm still very amazed and impressed by people who can crank out themeless puzzles. I see the constructor lineup at The New Yorker and...
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Brian Gubin
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Themed # 78 - Get an A+ in Spanish
I forget how I came up with the theme or what the first theme answer was I came up with. I think 24-down. It was actually pretty easy...
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Brian Gubin
- Feb 7
- 1 min
Themed #77 - Let's Eat
I often start with an idea and think "could I get this published somewhere?" Then I conduct a cursory search on Cruciverb to see if the...
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Brian Gubin
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Themed #76 - Spreads
I've definitely used this phrase/expression before. I'm pretty sure I first heard it from the late Stuart Scott *Googling. Confirmed he...
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Brian Gubin
- Jan 24
- 1 min
Themed #75 - You Need To Calm Down
Another puzzle inspired by my muse, Taylor Swift. I didn't use any reveal or indication of theme answers but the title makes it pretty...
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Brian Gubin
- Jan 17
- 1 min
Themed #74 - Get a Grip
Since I tend to create puzzles a few months prior to posting I sometimes forget the inspiration. I think this one may have come from the...
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Brian Gubin
- Jan 10
- 1 min
Themeless #17
I still haven't figured out the "art" of constructing a themeless puzzle. I need Robyn Weintraub or Nam Jin Yoon to give me a lesson. I...
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Brian Gubin
- Jan 2
- 1 min
Themed #73 - Bad Start
Happy new year my people! I hope everyone had a nice NYE and is ready to welcome in 2022. As the Counting Crows say in "Long December",...
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Brian Gubin
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Themed #72 - That Is
I had another puzzle scheduled to run today and as I was doing the write-up, I realized I didn't like one of the theme answers, so I...
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Brian Gubin
- Dec 20, 2021
- 1 min
Themed #71 - Gridiron Gang
I'm not sure which of these was the seed entry, maybe 41-across, which made me make a 16-wide grid. I always hate that because I don't...
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Brian Gubin
- Dec 13, 2021
- 2 min
Themed # 70 - Shout-out to Red, 1989, Reputation, and Lover
One of my personal heroes is the subject of this week's puzzle. I started listening to her music in 2006 when I fellow intern asked me if...
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Brian Gubin
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Themeless #16
I was supposed to publish this next week, at least based on my publication schedule, but I have a puzzle that has to be published next...
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Brian Gubin
- Nov 29, 2021
- 1 min
Themed #69 - Animal Tales
I wasn't exactly sure what to title this one. I didn't really think a reveal phrase was required but figured I should at least have a...
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Brian Gubin
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Themed #68 - I'll Have One
I actually used this exact revealer in a puzzle I had published with David Steinberg at Universal. That puzzle came out on 09/11/2020....
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Brian Gubin
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Themeless #15
I try to publish a themeless puzzle about once a month, partially to mix things up and partially because I need practice constructing...
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