MADness—the Blog

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #16  

I’ll have a new post up on the MAD front page soon with more to say about movies, puzzles, and the site.  Really.  In the meantime, let me bring to your attention the 16th—and final!—installment in the MAD Gram Cracker puzzle series.  I have enjoyed playing around with the form and seeing what I could cook up each month.  I do hope that you’ve enjoyed them too on the solving end.

The December set is at the usual spot, the MAD Puzzles page.

One last note, a hearty and sincere “thank you” to Dan Feyer, the two-time reigning champ of the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, who has provided invaluable service over the past year-plus test-solving the puzzles before they went live.  Thanks, Dan.  You are now released from duty.

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #15

    

Another month, another pair of puzzles.  A bit more open ’round the edges this time.  Enjoy!

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #14

    

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #13

Feeling lucky?  Here’s #13 (scroll down).

Though the site has been dormant—on hiatus, for the time being—the puzzles continue, and will through the end of the year.

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #12

    

I have been busy with other busy-ness, and sorry for the lack of posts here and on the front page.  Meanwhile, the puzzles continue.  You can find the pair for August here.

The new puzzles for July are here. Find the link to MAD Puzzles in the right sidebar and that’ll take you there.  (WordPress has a glitch of some sort and till I figure it, no links—or anything else, for that matter.)

UPDATE:
Yes, we have a link.

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #10

You may have noticed a lull around here lately.  The staff is working to fix that, and we hope to have more news soon.  Meanwhile, the puzzles keep a-comin’.  Get yours at the MAD Puzzles page.

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #8

Hard to tell these two apart.

Still, they’re puzzles,
Identical puzzles and you’ll find,
They laugh alike, they walk alike,
At times they even talk alike –

You can lose your mind,
When puzzles are two of a kind.

There is a reason the Gram Crackers for April are a few days early.  Find out more at the MAD Puzzles page.

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #7

Extra!  Extra!  The March puzzles have arrived!  At the MAD Puzzles page, of course.

If you’re a fan of crosswords, you ought to consider the hajj to Brooklyn later this month.  The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament is March 18-20, and you’ll be sure to find a great bunch of people and lots of fun.  All the details are at the ACPT website.

Gram Crackers
Cracker Pack #6

    

This month’s new puzzles are here.  They arrive every first Monday of the month, and you can find them at the MAD Puzzles page.