It’s personal

On Friday nights, some of my podcasting friends and I gather together to play games on our Twitch channel. Sometimes we play a home version of a popular game show where people are surveyed and then contestants — perhaps from competing families — have to guess the results of the surveys. Anyway, if that sounds like fun, you should join us sometimes (Fridays at 8pm Eastern). And you might enjoy this puzzle.

Thanks to Norah for looking this one over, and if you like it / stream it / see an error / etc., let me know.

Exciting party game! (Something Different)

It’s April Fools, which is not my favourite holiday. But here, I made you a Something Different! If you’re new to the genre, it’s a crossword puzzle where the fill can be any old nonsense, like RED BAGS OF SKITTLES, or MARIO HAS NO SOUL, or MOMMY’S MAGMA, or whatever. This doesn’t necessarily make it harder than a normal crossword, just… something different. Anyway, enjoy. And thanks to Quiara for looking this over and encouraging me to punch up a few clues; her recent Something Different was a delight.

Theft!

Please keep a lookout for a stolen grid. Described as “15x15, wearing a bold pattern.” Last seen a few months ago here and here. If found, please inform its anxious creator, Sid Sivakumar. (After a careful inspection, of course!)

[Test-solved by Will Nediger and kormad. Thank you, thank you!]

It won’t work!

I guess I took a few weeks off? Well, I’ve been working on puzzles for other outlets, maybe. And, of course, I’m still streaming crosswords every day but Tuesday at noon Eastern over on Twitch! If that’s a bad time, I get it, but you can still check out the videos after the streams are done. And if you haven’t ever watched, maybe check out the “clips” people have made of their favourite moments! Anyway, enjoy this silly puzzle.

Mixtape

We’re doing this again! Remember last time? Yeah.

Same rules apply: Across clues are normal. Down clues need to be split into two clues and repunctuated. The answer to one of these clues goes in the circled squares, and the other goes in the uncircled squares.

(For example: “School group gossip” might give you FISH (“school group”) and DISH (“gossip”). You’d still have to figure out which of those answers goes in the circled squares.)