Buy Individual Puzzles All puzzles are delivered by email, in PUZ and PDF formats (with solution). Puzzle December 1, 2023 - "Ransom Notes" (themeless) - Richard D. Allen, edited by Ada Nicolle for $1 Puzzle Notes Dear Friends: Ringing in the last month of 2023 with a 66-word themeless by Richard D. Allen (his first for AVCX+!), titled "Ransom Notes." We think this one is tricky in places -- Richard says it's like taking candy from a baby cobra. We've never tried doing that, but it sounds like it might be tough! Richard Allen's work has appeared in the New York Times, Fireball Crosswords, AVCX Classic, AVCX Trivia and elsewhere. He also publishes the crossword blog Lexicon Devil. He is the proud owner of an AVCX mug. You can find him on Discord as ricky_billingsgate and on Bluesky at @ambivalentricky.bsky.social. Hope you're staying warm, the AVCX+ crew avxwords.com | @avcxword | @lilavcx | @avcxcryptic | @avcxplus | @avcxtrivia December 1, 2023 - "Ransom Notes" (themeless) - Richard D. Allen, edited by Ada Nicolle for $1 Recipient Recipient Email Address Send as a gift? Gift Options Include a personalized note Send at a later date? Send At Buy Now With Please enable JavaScript to continue.