MIT Mystery Hunt 2026 Recap
February 1, 2026Another year another great time hunting during the frigid throes of January in Cambridge. Once again I hunted with NES and for second year a row we both managed to finish and also notch (unofficial) 4th place! I’m not sure how long we can maintain this consistency. In-personness As for what Cardinality did with the hunt this year, I’m very happy to see that they maintained the ethos of Mystery Hunt having a lot of in-person experience that D&M set last year. With so many fantastic online hunts throughout the year, I think it’s good for Mystery Hunt to lean…
Xword: Themeless 8 ~ Fueling Up
/ June 3, 2025Today’s themeless offering is part of a complete and nutritious breakfast (when paired with a complete and nutritious breakfast)
MIT Mystery Hunt 2025 ~ A Noir-ther great hunt
/ January 23, 2025Another Mystery Hunt has gone by, and like every year, I got to solve a load of great puzzles and have fun with my friends—what more can you ask for! It turns out, there’s a lot of…
Xword: Themeless ~ “I am confusion”
/ September 24, 2024Tried thinking outside of the box (by one row on each side) with a 17×17 size to get a feel for that sort of thing. Happy solving!!!!
Xword: Themeless ~ International Relations
/ March 18, 2024Happy March! Enjoy this themeless offering with lively entries clued at slightly easier than a NYT Friday
MIT Mystery Hunt 2024 Recap
/ January 21, 2024Last weekend I had the pleasure of spending it all doing the MIT Mystery Hunt with my favorite team, NES. We had the explicit goal of trying to finish for the first time, and while we fell…
MIT Mystery Hunt 2023 Recap
/ January 20, 2023[Note: I will avoid specific puzzle spoilers, but will talk about structural things and how rounds worked. I am on team NES but my opinions are my own] I’ll start out by saying I thoroughly enjoyed hunt…
Xword: Themeless Five ~ Leaping from your problems
/ June 7, 2022Happy June! Here’s a new piping-hot fresh-out-of-the-oven grid with some timely entries. Hope you have a fun time with it!
Xword: Themeless Four~Pulling a Fast One
/ March 31, 2022Looking forward to ACPT this weekend! Will be my first time going to an in-person crossword event. Hoping this grid will be 55-Across for you!!
MIT Mystery Hunt 2022 Recap
/ January 20, 2022[A note about this blog: In 2022 hoping to post both things related to puzzlehunts (hunt recaps, etc.) as well as my own crosswords. These have and will continue to be been posted in separate categories, but…
Xword 6: Themeless Three
/ December 15, 2021I’ve been playing a lot of Pokemon since the release of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, so I think that leaked a bit into this grid, but the entries should be reasonably inferable.
