https://www.ucaoimhu.com/con26a.pdf
(My 2026 NPL Con Cryptics.)Many of my friends from the National Puzzlers' League self-publish puzzles on irregular schedules. I thought it would be a good thing to have a "blog" (such as it is) that simply consolidates announcements of such puzzles. And here it is.
Monday, July 13, 2026
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Uc: Holiday Cryptic: "Zootopia Two"
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/zootopiatwo.pdf
(Brought to a Christmas movie expedition.)
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Uc: Holiday Cryptics: "Dinner Towards 7:00", "Neat Crackers, What?"
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/thanksgiving25.pdf
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/neatcrackerswhat.pdf
(Cryptics for Friendsgiving and the December edition of Hayley Gold's Twitch stream.)
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Uc: Pre-Hunt Cryptic: "Nothing in the Nighttime"
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/nothinginthenighttime.html
(My pre-Hunt cryptic before the 2026 MIT Mystery Hunt.)
Sunday, October 26, 2025
Uc: Birthday and Other Gathering Cryptics: "Halving a Blast", "Symbol Gifts", "More Open House"
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_pg.pdf
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/bday_lk.pdf
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/moreopenhouse.pdf
(Cryptics for gatherings thrown by B-Side, Tortoise, and Jenergy.)
Monday, July 21, 2025
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Uc: Oscar Cryptic: "Forty-Percent Word"
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/oscar25.pdf
(Oscar Night 2025 cryptic.)
Friday, December 27, 2024
Uc: Holiday Cryptics: "Marley & Eeeeee!", "Keep Looking Up"
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/marleyandeeeeee.pdf
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/keeplookingup.pdf
(Cryptics for Hayley Gold's Twitch stream and a Christmas Day movie excursion.)
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
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.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Sunday, March 24, 2024
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.)
Sunday, March 10, 2024
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.)
Monday, November 27, 2023
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.)
Thursday, July 20, 2023
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Uc: Oscar Cryptic: "A Number of Competitors"
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/oscar23.pdf
(Cryptic for Oscar Night 2023.)
Friday, December 16, 2022
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.)
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Uc: Pre-Hunt Cryptic: "Tomezone"
https://www.ucaoimhu.com/tomezone.html
(Unofficial warmup cryptic written for my teammates before the 2023 MIT Mystery Hunt.)