puzzle #1!

Hellllloooooo!!! Welcome to Ryan Judge(')s Crosswords (in this case with the apostrophe)!!! 

I'm finally populating this erenow empty blog, fresh off of having a blast and finishing 8th at the Boswords summer tournament, with my first offering, a puzzle that has been twice rejected (in retrospect, I completely understand why). I made this one back in January, and I'm keeping the clues exactly the same as they were originally, which is to say not very lively or whatever; I've been working on improving my cluing since then.

.puz

pdf



Comments

  1. JoshJuly 25, 2023 at 5:43 PM

    We liked it!

    ReplyDelete
  2. T Campbell...July 25, 2023 at 8:01 PM

    We also liked it! My wife went out of her way to say "That was a good theme, very tidy"

    ReplyDelete
  3. EduardoAugust 4, 2023 at 12:36 PM


    Hey Ryan,

    I run the Redstone Crossword Puzzle app for iOS and Android. I'd love to showcase your puzzles and pay for them. They don't need to be exclusive to my app, and we can include ones you've previously published on your website.

    I'm collaborating with well-known constructors like Brendan Emmett Quigley, Will Nediger, and more. Check out the app here:
    iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id957848865?mt=8
    Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.redstonegames.crossword.en

    Interested? Let me know for more details!
    Eduardo

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Ryan JudgeAugust 4, 2023 at 4:34 PM

      Hi Eduardo, I am interested and I'd love to contribute! You can email me at rjjudge4@gmail.com. Thanks!

      Delete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

puzzle #2: themeless

I'm back with another puzzle, this time a themeless! Thank you to all who played my first one! I just got a new laptop which I desperately needed, and this was the first puzzle I constructed on it. For this one I decided to write (hopefully) fun clues. 1A was my starting point :) Enjoy! .puz pdf
Read more

i got a puzzle published for the first time!!!

Hi! Spoilers below for my puzzle (NYT Friday, 2/2/24)! . . . . . . . . . . I'm so excited to have been published in the New York Times today! This puzzle was genuinely the first themeless I ever wrote, excluding this semi-themeless puzzle which I don't really count. So it's definitely a bit surprising that it got published, but it's a pleasant surprise. I'll go into some more details to expand upon what I said in the Wordplay article. As I mentioned there, my main seed was at 33A, which I had in my very short list called "themeless seeds????" in my "crossword ideas" note on the Notes app. I honestly don't remember how it made its way in there, but it may have had to do with this bit from Lemony Snicket in A Series of Unfortunate Events (it also appears in the book but I've watched the series much more recently than I read the books) (also, my original clue for 33A referenced that line, but it's definitely a niche reference). Anyw
Read more