Dear friends,
This week's puzzle is by the inimitable Michael Schlossberg. It's 21x21, titled "Search History," at 3/5 difficulty ... and has no digital .puz or .jpz file included. This is due to a visual element in the PDF (no spoiler, you'll see it right away) that's essential to the solve but can't be included in a digital file. So fire up the old printer, or head to the closest Kinko's (there are still a couple of them in Japan, or at least there are places operating under that name) or wherever else you go to get your zines or happy birthday banners printed. We apologize for the inconvenience, but expect that you'll find the puzzle to be worth it. There is a 1-page version, as well as a 2-page version with larger print.
Meanwhile, we had 455 entries submitted for the December 25 meta contest! I believe that's a record for meta contest submissions at the AVCX. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who solved and submitted. The solution is attached here. Special congrats go to Geoffrey Kozen and Dave Alan, whose names were randomly selected from among the winners, and who thus won a special prize. There'll be more contests to come this year!
Yrs,
Ben and the expanded AVCX crew
avxwords.com // @avcx.bsky.social' // @lilavcx.bsky.social' // @avcxtrivia.bsky.social'
This week's puzzle is by the inimitable Michael Schlossberg. It's 21x21, titled "Search History," at 3/5 difficulty ... and has no digital .puz or .jpz file included. This is due to a visual element in the PDF (no spoiler, you'll see it right away) that's essential to the solve but can't be included in a digital file. So fire up the old printer, or head to the closest Kinko's (there are still a couple of them in Japan, or at least there are places operating under that name) or wherever else you go to get your zines or happy birthday banners printed. We apologize for the inconvenience, but expect that you'll find the puzzle to be worth it. There is a 1-page version, as well as a 2-page version with larger print.
Meanwhile, we had 455 entries submitted for the December 25 meta contest! I believe that's a record for meta contest submissions at the AVCX. Congratulations and thanks to everyone who solved and submitted. The solution is attached here. Special congrats go to Geoffrey Kozen and Dave Alan, whose names were randomly selected from among the winners, and who thus won a special prize. There'll be more contests to come this year!
Yrs,
Ben and the expanded AVCX crew
avxwords.com // @avcx.bsky.social' // @lilavcx.bsky.social' // @avcxtrivia.bsky.social'