2004 Features
12/23/04 - Happy Holidays! Crossword Puzzle
A holiday-themed 15x15 Crossword Puzzle by Dave Fisher. Solve on screen or print and solve on the go.
12/21/04 - 90th Birthday Crossword Puzzle
A birthday tribute to very special subject that's close to the heart of any visitor to this site. Solve on screen or print and solve on the go.
12/09/04 - Unthemed Crossword Puzzle #01
Unthemed 15x15 Crossword Puzzle #01 by Dave Fisher. Solve on screen or print and solve on the go.
11/20/04 - Sylla-Steps #2
Back by popular demand! Using the clues, find 8 four-syllable words and solve this word puzzle to discover the answer. It's a mysterious topic.
11/06/04 - Sylla-Steps
Using the clues, find 8 four-syllable words and solve this word puzzle to discover the answer. It's a very topical subject!
10/24/04 - Halloween Crossword Puzzle
Here's a crossword puzzle to get you in the mood for a little trick-or-treating.
10/20/04 - Monster Men
This crossword puzzle has a wicked theme. Solve it on your computer or download in AcrossLite with its print-friendly option.
10/02/04 - Inspiration Is Profitable
Four years ago, Robert Havenstein woke in the middle of the night and had an odd inspiration: If people can rent videotapes, why not jigsaw puzzles?
09/20/04 - What A Spineless Moron!
A crossword puzzle featuring a character who truly sucks. Solve it on your computer or download in AcrossLite with its print-friendly option.
09/10/04 - The F-Word
There's more to the f-word than insulting the guy who just cut you off in traffic. Take this quiz and see if your vocabulary is faint, fair, or formidable.
08/27/04 - Acrostics (Part 2)
From poetry to parlor games, Acrostics in modern times.
08/20/04 - Acrostics (Part 1)
Mystical to Mind-boggling. Did you know that acrostics predate Christianity?
08/10/04 - Crooner's Cryptic Crossword
This 11 x 17 crossword has an interesting bonus feature. See if you can solve it.
07/31/04 - Free Jigsaw Puzzles
I have added three new puzzles to the Jigsaw Puzzle Gallery. These photos from Griffith Photo Art capture the beauty of the countryside where I live. Solve these jigsaws on your computer. No special program of software is required. (Sorry, Windows only.)
07/19/04 - Crossword Constructor's Opportunity
The Chronicle of Higher Education will pay US$100.00 for 15x15 crossword puzzles that they will publish weekly. Here are the submission guidelines for any constructor who would like to send in a puzzle.
07/10/04 - Imitations
A crossword puzzle with a 'four'-ward theme. Solve it on your computer or download in AcrossLite with its print-friendly option.
07/04/04 - Lady Liberty Fireworks
Happy Fourth of July! Create your own fireworks display above the Statue of Liberty. Then solve the 'Fourth of July' crossword puzzle.
07/01/04 - Peg!
Play this online strategy game where the goal is to remove as many pegs from the board as possible. If you end up with a single peg in the center, that's a perfect game.
06/25/04 - June, 2004, Crossword Puzzle
A standard, 15x15, unthemed crossword puzzle by Dave Fisher. Solve on screen or print and solve on the go.
06/10/04 - Ouch!
A crossword puzzle with a painful theme to test your smarts. Solve it on your computer or download in AcrossLite with its print-friendly option.
06/07/04 - Computer-generated Crossword Puzzles
Can a computer construct an entertaining crossword puzzle? Without human intervention, does a puzzle become a lifeless exercise in the realm of the mundane? Take our poll now and let your voice be heard.
05/30/04 - Rising Star Puzzle
The challenge of this mathematical puzzle is to enter a different number (from 1 through 21) so that the sum of the digits in any straight line is the same.
05/17/04 - RouteWord
Combining elements of crosswords and mazes, RouteWord presents the player with a clue and a network of
linked letters. The challenge is to find the route through the letters to reveal the hidden word.
05/10/04 - Ignorance Is This
Another themed crossword puzzle for your puzzling pleasure. Solve it on your computer or download in AcrossLite with its print-friendly option.
05/03/04 - The Da Vinci Code
The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci…clues visible for all to see…and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
04/26/04 - Oh, Baby!
If you're expecting some puzzling fun, try this standard 15x15 crossword puzzle. Solve it on your computer or download in AcrossLite with its print-friendly option.
04/18/04 - Casual Crosswords
An all-star cast of constructors orchestrated by an editor with over 30 years in the puzzle biz. How can you go wrong? Highly recommended for the novice or 'casual' solver.
04/11/04 - High-flying Crossword Puzzles
Previously they didn't have a clue. Now the US Air Force is set to be truly puzzled.
04/01/04 - Picture The Impossible
How is this possible? Seeing is not always believing.
03/20/04 - Global Gourmet Crossword Puzzle
A themed crossword puzzle with a tasty theme. Solve the Java version or download and solve in AcrossLite (with its print-friendly option).
03/15/04 - Cross Quote Puzzles
Here's a free acrostic puzzle program. All you gotta do is subscribe to get the puzzles. But will people be willing to pay-now-play-later? Check it out and let me know what you think.
03/09/04 - She Doesn't Do Windows
She's the least packaged of candidates' wives, she doesn't watch the debates ("we don't have cable TV"), she doesn't follow the campaign on the Web, and she doesn't give advice. So where's the puzzles?
03/02/04 - Checker Shadow Illusion
This optical illusion will have you shaking your head in disbelief.
02/23/04 - Magnum PI: Crossword Puzzle Solver?
Psst! Wanna be a private investigator? Keep doing those crossword puzzles. "I like people who play chess and do crossword puzzles, people trained to ask questions," he said.
02/14/04 - Handmade Wooden Puzzles
They're quiet, virtually indestructible and no batteries are required. And they'll keep kids occupied for hours. These are delightfully whimsical.
02/07/04 - NY Times Touch Screen Crossword Puzzles
If you like to solve crossword puzzles but you don't have the time to sit down with paper and pencil, this little gizmo will give you many hours of 'solving-on-the-fly'.
02/01/04 - A Puzzling Comeback
Its popularity peaked in 1981, selling 250 million units worldwide, with a force akin to the yo-yo, the hula hoop, Pac-Man, and Pokemon. Now its being rediscovered by a generation that wasn't even born when it first hit the shelves.
01/24/04 - Spot The Difference Puzzles
The two images look identical at first glance. Can you spot the differences?
01/14/04 - Crosswords Spell Entertainment
"When my friends open the paper, they always go right for the crossword puzzle," Tarn said, "They can't go to class without it."
01/07/04 - Not Brand X
A themed crossword puzzle to start off the new year. Solve the Java version or download and solve in AcrossLite (with its print-friendly option).
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