Mikey has other interests beyond not solving crossword puzzles, you know! So I made this puzzle to amuse him. Maybe it’ll amuse you too?
Also! I have a guest puzzled called “My name is Fifteen” up over at Ada Nicolle’s excellent site! She often hangs out during my morning crossword streams, and she makes delightful crosswords, and so I’m glad she was willing to give this puzzle a home. It was inspired by a certain Crosswordy Discord’s love of fifteen-letter phrases...
The clues to this puzzle tell a story (first the across clues, then the downs). What are you supposed to fill in the grid? Well, hidden within each part of the story is both a standard crossword clue to solve, as well as one or more consecutive words that form an anagram of an answer. You have to find both of them (good luck!).
For example, if the story went: “You race back home in time to enjoy a fish dish” and you were looking for an 8-letter word, you might try anagramming RACE BACK and find the answer to the crossword clue “fish dish”, namely: CRAB CAKE.
(One of the inspirations for this puzzle was David Harris on twitter asking about fiction in crosswords.)
This circle-in-a-circle is not the end of my circle exploration, but I kind of never want to clue this many answers again. So the next one might be a collab. We’ll see. Enjoy!
Another puzzle for Mikey (but you can solve it too). Also! Will Nediger’s August round up of interesting indie puzzles includes one of mine! Every other puzzle on this list was an absolute banger, so it’s an honour to be in such company.
It’s another weeeeeeird Wednesday! But this looks like a pretty normal puzzle? This is too little to be a circle, right? (Thanks to Javier for playtesting!)
