7. Squares INSIDER

A bonus Squares cartoon.

6. About Special Delivery

A few notes about the construction of Special Delivery (post #4). To spare those whose eyes glaze over at such talk, I’ve put it behind the cut.

5. Squares #2 (new every Monday)

Check back tomorrow for a bonus Squares INSIDER cartoon.

4. Special Delivery (free crossword)

Here’s a crossword I wrote a while back that has never appeared anywhere. It presented an interesting constructing challenge, one which might keep a roomful of computer hackers busy long enough to give Microsoft a few seconds of peace. Alas, I slogged away using the low-tech approach, a pencil… and lots of paper.

[Sorry, this puzzle has been removed] October, 2007

3. SCI-DOKU

If you’re into sudoku, you might want to try a variation that appears weekly (free) on Scientific American’s Web site called SCI-DOKU [click here]. The puzzles use letters instead of numbers and, when completed, one row or column spells out an answer to a science-related clue.

2. Squares #1 (new every Monday)

1. MAD Kids

Does a magazine called MAD Kids sound redundant? The fact is, MAD’s average reader is about 24, whereas MAD Kids yearns to warp the minds of kids less than half that age. If you’ve got a child you’d like to see grow up just like you, you can learn more about the magazine by clicking here. (Actually, it’s mostly just a cheap subscription come-on.)

Puzzle by Patrick Merrell ©copyright 2006 by E.C.Publications, Inc.

0. Start

Testing. Testing.