Crossword Puzzles | Brian Gubin

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Themeless #34

I've been a tad lax on posting puzzles. Guess I've been busy with the baby, work, vacations, etc. Hopefully I'll get back into the rhythm...

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Dec 13, 20241 min read

Themed #158 - Let's Get Swifty

The annual Taylor Swift birthday puzzle. It's getting a little trickier to come up with original themes but we're giving it the old...

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Nov 26, 20241 min read

Themed #157 - The Beginning

Classic theme type here. I think I was able to get solid/fun theme answers. I enjoyed the movie 17-across. Kept me entertained, anyway....

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Nov 4, 20241 min read

Themed #156 - Semester Postings

This idea has been on the drawing board for a bit and finally got around to putting the finishing touches on it. Not sure if having...

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Oct 14, 20241 min read

Themed #155 - Do I Hear a Storm?

Not in the mood for an intro today so here is the bi-weekly puzzle! Just noting that I wanted the circled squares to be perfectly...

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Sep 30, 20241 min read

Themed #154 - Alien Invasion

We are back after missing a post. I was traveling, first for fun and then for work, and just didn't have it in me to post. I went to...

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Sep 3, 20241 min read

Themed #153 - Balanced Diet

I don't think I've done a puzzle like this where the revealer is broken up between 3 rows. I'm not quite sure why I didn't just put this...

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Aug 19, 20241 min read

Themeless #33

Unsure what the seed entries were for this one but I imagine one must have been 52-across. The 2022 movie, as I've said before, is such a...

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Aug 6, 20241 min read

Themed #152 - Muscle Mass

As people are potentially aware, I generally create these puzzles months in advance. This is because sometimes I just create a lot of...

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Jul 22, 20241 min read

Themed # 151 - Word Composition

We used to have some shenanigans surrounding 151 back in my younger days. A friend recently showed me a video of us pregaming with...

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Jul 8, 20241 min read

Themed # 150 - Bottoms Up

If my numbering convention is accurate, and it may not be, this is apparently the 150th themed puzzle I've posted. I'm pretty shocked, to...

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Jun 24, 20241 min read

Themeless #32

Got back from Costa Rica at approximately 1 AM today. Along with some great memories and photographs I also returned with a supremely...

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Jun 9, 20241 min read

Themed # 149 - Sounds like Chocolate

We have a midi-puzzle for this installment. The theme answers worked out so that making a 15X15 didn't really seem reasonable. Kind of...

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May 27, 20241 min read

Themed #148 - Let's Hear That Again

Just got back from a weekend on the Piankatank River with the family. It was Emory's first real vacation. She essentially slept during...

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May 14, 20241 min read

Themed #147 - Paper Chasers

Was in Charlotte for a bachelor party this weekend and have been super busy with work so not a ton of time to dedicate to puzzles right...

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Apr 29, 20241 min read

Themed #146 - Duck, Duck...

A smaller puzzle this week, 13X13, to be exact. This probably started with 27-across while watching Top Gun: Maverick, which is just an...

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Apr 15, 20241 min read

Themeless # 31

Daycare germs have begun infiltrating the house. Defenses have been breached and forces are attempting to repel the enemy but have not...

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Apr 1, 20241 min read

Themed #145 - Circle of Light

Based this one on a Chris Stapleton song. He is one of few current "country" singers I think it really good. I put country in quotes...

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Mar 18, 20241 min read

Themed #144 - Celebrities

Hello fellow word nerds. I'm back to work as the daycare phase of parenting has begun. In fact, I just got back from a work conference...

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Mar 4, 20241 min read

Themed #143 - No Vegetables Here

I forgot to post last week! I'm sure everyone was very disappointed. I guess being on paternity leave has left my brain a tad mushy. One...

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