Craft Crossword is a free, independent crossword newsletter that delivers puzzles by guest and staff constructors, with each issue listing a target solve time. The sample issues are mostly puzzle links and a short welcome note, with little written commentary.
Website: https://crossword.ghost.io/
A newsletter of witty, essayistic obituaries for people and institutions, plus themed crosswords tied to culture and sport. Writing blends biography, scholarship and humour, for example on Dolly Parton, the football referee and Iran's 1998 World Cup.
A computing educator's personal blog posts walking through programming puzzle solutions, including Word Peaks and Advent of Code in Haskell. Readers get worked algorithms, profiling and optimisation notes, and links to code repositories.
Liam Dempsey writes about anime for Crunchyroll, covering his anime-themed crossword and quiz puzzles and infographics about his news work. The issues mix playful puzzle showcases with analytical, detail-focused essays such as decoding an anime's fictional writing system.
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