Crosswords right to your door
A monthly crossword puzzle by mail 💌 or local dropoff in New York.
2025
April 2025
“Gimme a break”
I honestly can’t remember the last time I loved an ad like the Berries and Cream Starburst little lad or those weirdly dark Pop-Tarts commercials. Maybe it’s because nowadays premium streaming plans let me avoid most ads—or because most commercials are for software now and that’s boring?
March 2025
“Grid with Red, Blue and Yellow” (2025)
Since I started making puzzles, I’ve had to learn all the strict rules in creating publishable crosswords: 72 words minimum, only 3+ letter words, and so on. At first these constraints were frustrating, but they eventually helped me feel more creative.
This month’s puzzle explores the intersection between two highly constrained forms of expression: the crossword puzzle grid and a neoplastic, abstract art style–one that often makes people say “Wow, I can make that!”
February 2025
“California Dreamin’”
I remember there was a brushfire in Prospect Park last Fall. I smelled the air and felt nostalgic for my hometown, where fire season seemed to stretch longer and longer each year.
Watching LA burn through videos on my phone made me feel helpless, being so far away. This month’s puzzle is a love letter to sunny southern California ♡
January 2025
“Moving Forward”
This month’s theme is about new beginnings and that it’s alright for some things to be left where you left them to move forward (bye 2024!).
2024
August 2024
“And Flirty and Thriving”
✾ This puzzle is all about my milestone birthday this month ✾
July 2024
“Gray Matter”
This month’s puzzle is dedicated to the neurologists, nurses, therapists, and hospital staff that took care of my dad after his brain surgery this summer. We are so lucky he’s still the same guy he was before the aneurysm, even though some qualities needed a bit longer to recover than others. I love you dad ♡
June 2024
“In Transit”
This month’s puzzle was created on a train from Oslo to Bergen. Along with making progress on the puzzle, I left the train with hundreds of blurry, washed-out photos of the Norwegian countryside. It’s a bummer that pictures from a moving vehicle never quite capture view, but that’s okay! Just another excuse to go out and see it all for yourself~
June 2024
“On the Line”
This month’s theme had me remembering my family’s “home” phone, playing the Snake game on my first flip phone, and logging into Myspace on the tiny screen of a Verizon Chocolate phone during middle school hours...now we have cobalt mining for our smartphones tearing up the DRC and fueling a humanitarian crisis. Ah! Anyway have fun with this one!
April 2024
“Face the Music”
This month’s puzzle brings different crossword elements I’ve wanted to experiment with for a while. Between the layered themes, more illustrations, rising plot, I hope you have as much fun as I had making it 🎶
March 2024
“A Sweet Treat”
After I finally accepted the news of being laid off, I wiped away my tears and realized I suddenly had all the time in the world to bake. So I did, and I tried a lot of new recipes, of which 70% were successful. The subject of today’s puzzle is a shoutout to the first item that I fell in love with making over and over.
February 2024
“Cheers”
This month’s theme is about one of the many reasons I’ve loved living in New York.
January 2024
“Starting Block”
This month’s theme is inspired by the renewed energy that often comes with the month of January (or the new year), and the encouragement I’m giving myself to embark on this yearlong project.