Puzzles By Year

2025 Puzzles

Weekly Puzzles

Date Name Author Difficulty
Jul 16, 2025 Baloney Sandwiches Brian Callahan ● ● ● ○ ○
Jul 9, 2025 Fly by Night Sarah Butkovic ● ● ● ○ ○
Jul 2, 2025 Smooth Turns Emily Biegas and Sala Wanetick ● ● ● ● ○
Jun 25, 2025 Spill the Beans Olivia Mitra Framke and Sally Hoelscher ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jun 18, 2025 Not Quite Full Jim Quinlan ● ● ● ○ ○
Jun 11, 2025 On the Flip Side Michael Schlossberg ● ● ● ● ○
Jun 4, 2025 Four Pieced Suits Justin Werfel ● ● ● ○ ○
May 28, 2025 AV Classic Themeless #82 Matthew Stock and Caitlin Reid ● ● ● ● ○
May 21, 2025 Child's Play Brian Callahan and Olivia Mitra Framke ● ● ● ◐ ○
May 14, 2025 Movie Marathon Geoffrey Schorkopf ● ● ◐ ○ ○
May 7, 2025 Magical Moments Joe Marquez ● ● ○ ○ ○
Apr 30, 2025 Shall We Dance? Rich Katz ● ● ● ◐ ○
Apr 23, 2025 The Big Break-Up David Karp ● ● ● ○ ○
Apr 16, 2025 Double Deal Aimee Lucido and Ella Dershowitz ● ● ● ◐ ○
Apr 9, 2025 Challenge Accepted! Karen Lurie ● ● ○ ○ ○
Apr 2, 2025 One More Time Jill Singer ● ● ● ● ◐
Mar 26, 2025 AV Classic Themeless #81 August Miller ● ● ● ● ◐
Mar 19, 2025 Back in Black Hanh Huynh ● ● ● ◐ ○
Mar 12, 2025 Camera Obscura Geoffrey Schorkopf and Shannon Rapp ● ● ● ◐ ○
Mar 5, 2025 Digital Image Priyanka Sethy and Rajiv Sethy ● ● ○ ○ ○
Feb 26, 2025 Taking an Oath Zachary Edward-Brown ● ● ○ ○ ○
Feb 19, 2025 Marine Screenings Matthew Luter ● ● ○ ○ ○
Feb 12, 2025 Two-Faced Will Nediger ● ● ○ ○ ○
Feb 5, 2025 Look Before You Leap Jeremy Newton and Matthew Stock ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 29, 2025 We Saw You From Across the Bar Sala Wanetick and Greg Snitkin ● ● ● ◐ ○
Jan 22, 2025 AV Classic Themeless #80 Amie Walker ● ● ● ◐ ○
Jan 15, 2025 Let's Rock and Roll! Enrique Henestroza Anguiano ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 8, 2025 Recess Activities Ben Tausig ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 1, 2025 Loafing Maddy Ziegler ● ● ○ ○ ○

AVCX+s

Date Name Author Difficulty
Jul 11, 2025 From Smee to You David Litman ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jun 27, 2025 Löded Diper Fan Club Sara Cantor ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jun 13, 2025 RIP, Queen Stella Zawistowski ● ● ● ○ ○
May 30, 2025 Even Decision-Makers Get to Go to Parties Adrian Johnson ● ● ◐ ○ ○
May 16, 2025 Sunny in the Low 80s Enrique Henestroza Anguiano ● ● ● ○ ○
May 2, 2025 Find a Way Hannah Slovut-Einertson ● ● ● ● ○
Apr 18, 2025 A Barrage of Meows Amie Walker and Amanda Rafkin ● ● ○ ○ ○
Apr 4, 2025 Cats Are Perfect Kate Chin Park and Rafael Musa ● ● ○ ○ ○
Mar 21, 2025 Hit the Griddy Adam Levav ● ● ● ● ○
Mar 7, 2025 Holiday Movies Will Nediger ● ● ● ◐ ○
Feb 21, 2025 Seeking Joy Rebecca Goldstein ● ● ● ◐ ○
Feb 7, 2025 The Search Goes On August Miller ● ● ● ● ○
Jan 24, 2025 Magenta Feelings Amie Walker ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jan 10, 2025 I'm Content Owen Bergstein ● ● ● ● ○
Jan 5, 2025 January 5, 2025 - Trail Mix (contest variety puzzle) - Sid Sivakumar, edited by Kim Vu ● ● ● ● ○

Lil AVCXs

Date Name Author Difficulty
Jul 15, 2025 Meet me at the beach? K.J. Sarr ● ◐ ○ ○ ○
Jul 14, 2025 A Trip to the Zoo Terry Sun ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jul 8, 2025 All That Elliot Caroll ● ● ● ◐ ○
Jul 7, 2025 That's What She Said Carina da Rosa ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jul 1, 2025 It's Planting Time! Katie Hoody ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 30, 2025 The Games Ben Wilson ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 23, 2025 belles of the ball Alisya Reza ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 17, 2025 Well, It's Ablaut Time Alex Rossell Hayes ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 16, 2025 Here (and There) Be Dragons K.J. Sarr ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jun 9, 2025 Taste the Rainbow Terry Sun ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jun 3, 2025 Pen Pal Karen Lurie ● ◐ ○ ○ ○
Jun 2, 2025 Kitchen Confidential Carina da Rosa ● ● ○ ○ ○
May 27, 2025 Better Late Than Never Katie Hoody ● ● ○ ○ ○
May 26, 2025 Stack of Pun-Cakes Ben Wilson ● ● ● ○ ○
May 19, 2025 significant figures Alisya Reza ● ● ◐ ○ ○
May 13, 2025 It's a Small World After All Alex Rossell Hayes ● ● ◐ ○ ○
May 12, 2025 Slow Burn K.J. Sarr ● ● ● ○ ○
May 5, 2025 Perfect Cubes Terry Sun ● ● ○ ○ ○
Apr 29, 2025 There Is a World Inside the World Matthew Luter ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Apr 28, 2025 Mega Bites Jess Shulman ● ● ○ ○ ○
Apr 21, 2025 You Weren't Expecting To See Me? Amie Walker ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Apr 15, 2025 Riders on the Storm Brian Callahan ● ● ● ○ ○
Apr 14, 2025 Hello, Goodbye Will Eisenberg ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Apr 7, 2025 Birds Down Under Sally Hoelscher ● ○ ○ ○ ○
Apr 1, 2025 Just a Lil Puzzle Olivia Mitra Framke ● ● ● ● ○
Mar 31, 2025 By the Numbers Kaye Brown ● ● ○ ○ ○
Mar 24, 2025 Puppy Love Deanne Cliburn ● ○ ○ ○ ○
Mar 17, 2025 Stop Repeating Yourself! Lydia Roth & Christina Bodensiek ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 10, 2025 No Hesitation Kareem Ayas ● ● ● ○ ○
Mar 3, 2025 Exposed Wood Michael Berg ● ◐ ○ ○ ○
Feb 24, 2025 Let's Go Spelunking! Katja Brinck ● ● ○ ○ ○
Feb 17, 2025 I'm Being Serious Geoffrey Schorkopf ● ◐ ○ ○ ○
Feb 10, 2025 Blue Man Group Will Eisenberg ● ◐ ○ ○ ○
Feb 3, 2025 A Wicked Puzzle Sally Hoelscher ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 27, 2025 A Little Look-See Olivia Mitra Framke ● ● ● ○ ○
Jan 20, 2025 All Publicity Matthew Luter ● ● ● ● ○
Jan 13, 2025 The Case of the Missing Watercolor Jess Shulman ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 7, 2025 A Bit of Splish and a Bit of Splat Brian Callahan ● ● ○ ○ ○
Jan 6, 2025 Short n' Sweet Amie Walker ● ● ○ ○ ○

Cryptic Puzzles

Date Name Author Difficulty
Jul 10, 2025 AVCX Cryptic July 10, 2025, by Katherine Bryant, edited by Nate Cardin Katherine Bryant ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 26, 2025 Mini Cryptic #1 6/26/25 by Justin Stickel, edited by Stella Zawistowski Justin Stickel ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 19, 2025 Mini Cryptic #2 6/26/25 by Gussalufz, edited by Steve Mossberg Gussalufz ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 12, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 6/12/2025 by JonMichael Rasmus and Sean Weitner, edited by Steve Mossberg JonMichael Rasmus and Sean Weitner ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 5, 2025 Mini Cryptic #3 6/26/25 by Josh Singer, edited by Francis Heaney Josh Singer ● ● ◐ ○ ○
May 15, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 5/15/25 by Stella Zawistowski, edited by Francis Heaney Stella Zawistowski ● ● ● ● ○
May 8, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 5/8/25 by Jesse Lansner, edited by Nate Cardin Jesse Lansner ● ● ● ● ○
Apr 17, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 4/17/25, by Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg, edited by Steve Mossberg Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Apr 3, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 4/3/25 by Neville Fogarty, edited by Nate Cardin Neville Fogarty ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 20, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 03/20/25 by Jess Shulman, edited by Francis Heaney Jess Shulman ● ● ● ● ○
Mar 5, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 3/6/25 by Trip Payne, edited by Stella Zawistowski Trip Payne ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 20, 2025 Barred Grid Will Nediger ● ● ● ● ◐
Feb 6, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 2/6/25 by Lily Geller, edited by Stella Zawistowski Lily Geller ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 23, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 1/23/25 by Jamie Ding, edited by Francis Heaney Jamie Ding ● ● ● ● ○
Jan 9, 2025 AVCX Cryptic 1/9/25 by Kevin Stuart, edited by Nate Cardin Kevin Stuart ● ● ◐ ○ ○

Trivias

Date Name Author Difficulty
Jun 28, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #13 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jun 14, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #12 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
May 31, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #11 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
May 17, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #10 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
May 3, 2025 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, May 3, 2025 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Apr 19, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #8 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Apr 5, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #7 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 22, 2025 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, March 22, 2025 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Mar 8, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #5 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 22, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #4 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 8, 2025 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, February 8, 2025, by T.J. Szafranski ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Feb 1, 2025 AVCX Bonus Trivia Puzzle, February 1, 2025, by Aimee Lucido ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 25, 2025 2025 Trivia Puzzle #2 ● ● ◐ ○ ○
Jan 11, 2025 AVCX Trivia Puzzle, January 11, 2025, by T.J. Szafranski ● ● ◐ ○ ○