Dear friends,
This week is our bi-monthly themeless offering, this one from Victor Schmitt, who's been publishing all over, and is also working with Classic as an assistant editor. It's 4/5 difficulty. We wish you a happy solve, and happiness generally.
A plug, meanwhile, for a great tournament: Registration for the Boswords 2025 Fall Themeless League is open! This 10-week event starts with a Preseason puzzle on Monday, September 29 and features weekly themeless puzzles -- clued at three levels of difficulty -- from an all-star roster of constructors and are edited by Brad Wilber. To register, to solve a practice puzzle, to view the constructor line-up, and to learn more, go to www.boswords.org.
Lastly, I (Ben) had the pleasure of being interviewed by Phil Moscovitch, longtime AVCX solver, for the Halifax Examiner. Check it out! We talked about what the AVCX is, our ethos, crosswords as community, media independence, etc. It was a fun conversation and maybe you'll like to read about how we think about puzzles in the broader realm of independent media, which is of course especially important these days. See ya soon.
Yrs,
Ben and the expanded AVCX crew
avxwords.com // @avcx.bsky.social' // @lilavcx.bsky.social' // @avcxtrivia.bsky.social'
Solve this Puzzle Online! (AVCX login credentials required)
This week is our bi-monthly themeless offering, this one from Victor Schmitt, who's been publishing all over, and is also working with Classic as an assistant editor. It's 4/5 difficulty. We wish you a happy solve, and happiness generally.
A plug, meanwhile, for a great tournament: Registration for the Boswords 2025 Fall Themeless League is open! This 10-week event starts with a Preseason puzzle on Monday, September 29 and features weekly themeless puzzles -- clued at three levels of difficulty -- from an all-star roster of constructors and are edited by Brad Wilber. To register, to solve a practice puzzle, to view the constructor line-up, and to learn more, go to www.boswords.org.
Lastly, I (Ben) had the pleasure of being interviewed by Phil Moscovitch, longtime AVCX solver, for the Halifax Examiner. Check it out! We talked about what the AVCX is, our ethos, crosswords as community, media independence, etc. It was a fun conversation and maybe you'll like to read about how we think about puzzles in the broader realm of independent media, which is of course especially important these days. See ya soon.
Yrs,
Ben and the expanded AVCX crew
avxwords.com // @avcx.bsky.social' // @lilavcx.bsky.social' // @avcxtrivia.bsky.social'
Solve this Puzzle Online! (AVCX login credentials required)