Uc: Pre-Hunt and Conline Cryptics: "Nethermore", "In Con Sequence"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/nethermore.html

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/conl5_23a.pdf

(My pre-Hunt cryptic before the 2025 MIT Mystery Hunt, and my Conline 5 cryptic from 2023.)

Uc: Holiday and Gathering Cryptics: "Mass. Conceptions", "It's a Strange Sing", "°°°", "The Mortgage, the Merrier", "Three Layers & One More", "IX/XV"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/thanksgiving24.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/itsastrangesing.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/circlecirclecircle.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/themortgagethemerrier.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/picnic23a.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/picnic24a.pdf

(Cryptics for a Friendsgiving, a competition-watching party, a beach excursion, a mortgage-burning party, and two puzzle picnics.)

Uc: Birthday Cryptics: "Cookies II", "Bold Agenda", "To Life, To Life", "Cunningly Wrought", "Pivot Point", "Over Statement", "Wi' L"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_ta.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_an.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_ao.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_lh.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_li.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_lj.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_ua.pdf

Birthday cryptics (backlogged to various extents) for Zebraboy, Jenergy, Tortoise, and WXYZ.

Uc: Convention Cryptics: "Garland", "Irving", "Dallas"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con24a.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con24b.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con24c.pdf

(My 2024 NPL Con Cryptics.)

Uc: Holiday Cryptics: "Megillah Gorilla", "Thyme Savor", "Sides and Legs", "Guardians", "Wind Up With Santa", "Jolly Old Elf"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/megillahgorilla.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/thanksgiving22.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/thanksgiving23.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/guardians.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/windup.pdf

)https://www.ucaoimhu.com/jollyoldelf.pdf

(Cryptics from Purim 2024, Thanksgiving 2022 and 2023, and Christmas 2022, 2023 — solved on Hayley Gold's Twitch stream — and 2023.)

Uc: Oscar and Movie Cryptics: "Vote Splitting", "Symmetrically Framed", "Pink Elements"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/oscar24.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_pf.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/pinkelements.pdf

(Oscar Night 2024 cryptic, plus two 2023 movie expedition cryptics.)

Uc: Pre-Hunt Cryptic: "Museum Pieces"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/museumpieces.html

(Unofficial warmup cryptic written for my teammates before the 2024 MIT Mystery Hunt.)

Uc: Convention Cryptics: "The 1860s", "The 1640s", "The 1790s"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con23a.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con23b.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con23c.pdf

(My 2023 NPL Con Cryptics.)

Uc: Oscar Cryptic: "A Number of Competitors"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/oscar23.pdf

(Cryptic for Oscar Night 2023.)

Uc: Holiday Cryptic: "Steady Stream"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/steadystream.pdf

(Holiday cryptic written for, and solved — with SPOILERS — on Hayley Gold's cryptic-solving Twitch stream.)

Uc: Pre-Hunt Cryptic: "Tomezone"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/tomezone.html

(Unofficial warmup cryptic written for my teammates before the 2023 MIT Mystery Hunt.)

Uc: Convention Cryptics: "Pennsylvania Railroad, New York", "St. James Place, Tennessee", "Community Chest"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con22a.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con22b.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con22c.pdf

(My 2022 NPL Con Cryptics.)

Uc: Oscar and Purim cryptics: "Left Off The Grid" and "127 Letters"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/oscar22.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/127letters.pdf

(Cryptics for Oscar Night 2022 and Purim 5782, respectively.)

Uc: 2022 MIT Mystery Hunt Puzzles

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/mypuz.html

The page where I list and link to the MIT Mystery Hunt puzzles I wrote, now updated with the ones I wrote for the recent 2022 Mystery Hunt, along with one puzzle I wrote ("Mother Goo-se") that didn't make it into the Hunt.

Uc: Holiday and Birthday Cryptics: "Main Courses", "12 Across Threes", "A Lighter Challenge"

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/thanksgiving21.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/12acrossthrees.pdf

https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_am.pdf

(Cryptics written for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Jenergy's birthday.)

Uc: Birthday Cryptics: "Which Way Lie Menus", "T or T-oise?", "Afternoon Event"

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_le.pdf

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_lf.pdf

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_lg.pdf

(Cryptics written for Tortoise's 2019, 2020, and 2021 birthdays.)

Uc: Birthday Cryptic: "Strangers on a Grid"

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/bday_kb.pdf

(A cryptic for Spelvin's birthday.)

Uc: Convention Cryptics: "Planes, Planes, and Planes", "First In . . .", and "Twelve Fifty Redux"

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con21a.pdf

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con21b.pdf

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/con21c.pdf

(My 2021 NPL Con cryptics.)

Uc: Cryptic: "E and F"

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/eandf.pdf

(Written for a murder mystery dinner.)

Uc: Oscar Cryptic: "Properly Described"

http://math.uchicago.edu/~wald/oscar21.pdf

(A cryptic for the Oscars.)