Themed # 89 - Repair
I worked on this one for a while with some different reveal phrases as opposed to a single word. I probably could have reworked it with...
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Brian Gubin
- May 9, 2022
- 2 min
Celebrating 100 Puzzles
100 puzzles! Like most people I just love my round numbers so this puzzle is much more important than puzzle 99 or 101. I know it doesn't...
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Brian Gubin
- May 2, 2022
- 1 min
Themed #87 - Night Shift
As I was preparing to write this my opening line was "I'm sure this has been used as a reveal phrase before" so I searched Cruciverb. (I...
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Brian Gubin
- Apr 25, 2022
- 1 min
Themed #86 - Avatar Specialty
If it hasn't been demonstrated by my cluing references, Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of my favorite shows. I think I just completed...
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Brian Gubin
- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
Themed #85 - Border Crossings
I want to say I thought of doing something like this while doing a Sporcle quiz to name all the countries of the world but who knows. I...
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Brian Gubin
- Apr 11, 2022
- 1 min
Themeless #19
It's been a long time since I published a themeless puzzle. I've mostly been creating themed puzzles and haven't dedicated much time to...
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Brian Gubin
- Apr 4, 2022
- 1 min
Themed #84 - Team Openers
I was supposed to publish a themeless puzzle this week but when I realized it was MLB opening week I audibled. I threw together this...
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Brian Gubin
- Mar 28, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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