Tag: Variety

Jim’s final Acrostic

I took advantage of a window of opportunity to pitch three Acrostic ideas that might push that puzzle type in some new directions.

Puns & Anagrams

Giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, approximately 6-8 months old, resting on a tree branch high in the forest canopy.

This is the second in my “Variety is the Spice of Puzzles” series about under-appreciated NYT Variety puzzles. The first looked at Acrostics. Puns and Anagrams, aka PandAs, are like regular crosswords except the clues rely heavily on, well, the title explains. They tend to be easier than Cryptics, but like Cryptics, they are sometimes… Continue reading Puns & Anagrams