My fifth Hallowe'en-themed cryptic for The Browser was published this past weekend. It's bittersweet because The Browser, which for many years has been one of the few venues for excellent North American cryptics, is wrapping up its crosswords at the end of this year.
I'm so grateful to Uri Braum (publisher) and Dan Feyer (editor) for the opportunity to grow as a constructor in the early days of the crossword, when I was writing four or so a year for them, honing my skills and trying new things.
Some personal highlights in addition to the Hallowe'en puzzles:
- co-constructing a puzzle with my long-time testsolver and good friend Diane Heaton
- co-constructing a puzzle with A.J. Jacobs
- co-editing my friend Jess Shulman's cryptic
- co-editing my friend and mentee Colin Tivol's first published cryptic
You can get access to the hundreds of excellent cryptics in The Browser's archive by subscribing here.
You can also buy the collected puzzles in book form.
Steve Mossberg wrote a wonderful tribute puzzle to the Browser, and you can find his post on Square Pursuit (and the puzzle itself) here.
