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...

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...

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...

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...

I've definitely used this phrase/expression before. I'm pretty sure I first heard it from the late Stuart Scott *Googling. Confirmed he...

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...

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...

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...

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",...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

I try to publish a themeless puzzle about once a month, partially to mix things up and partially because I need practice constructing...

I kind of like puzzles where I have the reveal phrase be the title instead. That allows the grid a bit more space to breathe - lessening...

Started this one with a completely different idea in mind. I wanted to hide wind instruments in the down answers, but I couldn't make it...

This is obviously inspired by the song at 67-across, which happens to be one of my wife's favorite songs, at least go-to karaoke song....

Obviously came up with this theme while watching The Last Dance. If you haven't seen it and have Netflix I recommend giving it a watch....