Puzzles By Year

2026 Puzzles

Bonus Puzzles

Date Name Author Difficulty
Apr 10, 2026 I Dream of GenAI Francis Heaney ● ● ● ● ●

Weekly Puzzles

Date Name Author Difficulty
Apr 8, 2026 Cookie Cutter Olivia Mitra Framke ● ◐ ○ ○ ○
Apr 1, 2026 It's All Relatives Michael Schlossberg ● ● ● ● ○
Mar 25, 2026 One-Liners Aidan Deshong ● ● ● ○ ○
Mar 18, 2026 Past Progressive Will Nediger ● ● ● ◐ ○
Mar 11, 2026 Outer Extremes Kiran Pandey ● ● ● ◐ ○
Mar 4, 2026 Opening Exercises Justin Werfel ● ● ● ○ ○
Feb 25, 2026 Leaves a Legacy Geoffrey Schorkopf and Amie Walker ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 18, 2026 Natural Cycle Leonard Williams ● ◐ ○ ○ ○
Feb 11, 2026 AV Classic Themeless #86 Adryel W. Robles Ojeda ● ● ● ◐ ○
Feb 4, 2026 The Super Bowl Shuffle Brian Callahan ● ● ● ○ ○
Jan 28, 2026 Minor Scales ● ● ● ○ ○
Jan 21, 2026 Choice Words David Steinberg ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jan 14, 2026 Wild Ways Val Melius ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jan 7, 2026 Search History ● ● ● ○ ○

AVCX+s

Date Name Author Difficulty
Apr 3, 2026 I Need Some Alone Time Brian Callahan ● ● ○ ○ ○
Mar 20, 2026 Oh, You Shouldn't Have August Miller ● ● ● ◐ ○
Mar 6, 2026 This Is My First Drink Of The Night Gus Bloxham ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 20, 2026 Let's Do It Together! Rafael Musa ● ● ○ ○ ○
Feb 6, 2026 If You Can't Find Something, Clean Up Willa Angel Chen Miller ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 23, 2026 ll Never Forget What Will Nediger ● ● ● ○ ○
Jan 9, 2026 Just Passing By Hoang-Kim Vu ● ● ◐ ○ ○

Lil AVCXs

Date Name Author Difficulty
Apr 13, 2026 Middle Seat Heather Stanger McIntire ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Apr 7, 2026 Double Take Faren Roth ● ● ○ ○ ○
Apr 6, 2026 Stroke of Genius Zoey Foley ● ● ○ ○ ○
Mar 30, 2026 Love Finds a Way... or Doesn't Keegan Edgar ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 24, 2026 Getting Things in Order Anna Harkins ● ● ● ◐ ○
Mar 23, 2026 Edge Cases Wilfred Bowie ● ● ● ○ ○
Mar 16, 2026 Go Long! Adryel W. Robles Ojeda ● ● ● ◐ ○
Mar 10, 2026 The Golden Rule Madison Shultz ● ● ○ ○ ○
Mar 9, 2026 Home Free Kim Alswager ● ● ○ ○ ○
Mar 2, 2026 Malört is the New Holy Water Brian Callahan ● ● ● ○ ○
Feb 24, 2026 A Polar Bear Is Looking at You Katja Brinck ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 23, 2026 Another Round? Jess Shulman ● ● ● ◐ ○
Feb 16, 2026 Mandatory Fun Matthew Luter ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 10, 2026 Mapped Out Benjamin Panico ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 9, 2026 Once Bitten and Twice Shy Amie Walker ● ● ● ○ ○
Feb 2, 2026 It's Groundhog Day, Again! Jess Rucks ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 27, 2026 Winter Delights Kelly Morenus ● ◐ ○ ○ ○
Jan 26, 2026 This Puzzle Revolves Around You Kareem Ayas ● ● ● ● ○
Jan 19, 2026 Never, EVER Split the Party Will Eisenberg ● ● ● ● ○
Jan 13, 2026 We All Scream Sally Hoelscher ● ○ ○ ○ ○
Jan 12, 2026 Empty Words Michael Berg ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 5, 2026 Sweet! Olivia Mitra Framke ● ● ○ ○ ○

Cryptic Puzzles

Date Name Author Difficulty
Apr 2, 2026 AVCX Cryptic 4/2/26 by Liari, edited by Dan Feyer Liari ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 19, 2026 AVCX Cryptic 3/19/26 by Nate Cardin, edited by Steve Mossberg Nate Cardin ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 5, 2026 AVCX Cryptic 3/5/26 by Ali Gascoigne, edited by Steve Mossberg Ali Gascoigne ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 19, 2026 AVCX Cryptic 2/19/26 by Trip Payne, edited by Nate Cardin Trip Payne ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 5, 2026 AVCX Cryptic 2/5/26 by Matthew Stock, edited by Dan Feyer Matthew Stock ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 22, 2026 AVCX Cryptic 1/22/26 by Jess Shulman, edited by Francis Heaney Jess Shulman ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 8, 2026 AVCX Cryptic 1/8/26 by Will Nediger, edited by Steve Mossberg Will Nediger ● ● ◐ ○ ○

Trivias

Date Name Author Difficulty
Apr 11, 2026 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, April 11, 2026, by Karen Lurie ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 28, 2026 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, March 28, 2026, by Will Nediger ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 14, 2026 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, March 14, 2026, by Jack Enman-Beech ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 28, 2026 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, February 28, 2026, by T.J. Szafranski ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 14, 2026 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, February 14, 2026, by Peter Gwinn ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 31, 2026 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, January 31, 2026, by Toby Fehily ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 17, 2026 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, January 17, 2026, by Wendy L. Brandes & Juliana Tringali Golden ● ● ◐ ○ ○