I want to start with an apology for last week’s puzzle. While it is definitely solvable, it is harder – or at least more tedious – than I would prefer, especially for the first week of a puzzle set. The hint is up now, which will hopefully help anybody who got stuck on it. The solution to the November-December metapuzzle, The Missing Piece, has been posted as well. Well done to everybody who solved it, and a big thank you to all the people who solved during the last two months.

The new puzzle for this week is Evolutionary Theory. With apologies to my mother, I expect a majority of my solvers will be familiar with this subject.

I forgot to post about it last week, but Grant Fikes has started his ninth season of Kevin’s Puzzles at Home. These puzzles run to the easier side, and for every solve, he donates to a food bank. There are two puzzles up so far – go check them out!

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The hint to last week’s metapuzzle is now available. Congratulations to the fifteen people who have already solved it! The solution to Clue Conundrum, the puzzle from two weeks ago, is up as well.

This year starts off with Funny Pages, the first puzzle in the January-February puzzle set. I hope you are a fan of comic strips!

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The hint for Triple Rhyme Time, the puzzle from last week, is now available, as is the solution to Toe Touches from two weeks ago.

The new puzzle for this week is Clue Conundrum. Character names and spellings have varied over the years. The suspects are GREEN, MUSTARD, PEACOCK, PLUM, SCARLET, and WHITE. Thank you to Tower for catching this. This is the final regular puzzle of this year. Check back next week for the November-December metapuzzle!

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The hint for Toe Touches, the puzzle from last week, is now available, as is the solution to Secret Agent Recruitment from two weeks ago.

The new puzzle for this week is Triple Rhyme Time. It’s prime time to rhyme!

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The hint for last week’s puzzle, Secret Agent Recruitment, is now available, as is the solution to What a Card.

The new puzzle for this week is Toe Touches. Just how flexible are you?

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The hint for last week’s puzzle, What a Card, is now available, as is the solution to Missing Vowels.

The new puzzle for this week is Secret Agent Recruitment. Can you understand this officer’s speech?

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The hint for last week’s Missing Vowels puzzle is now available, as are the solutions to both Binary Logic and The Long and Short of It.

The new puzzle for this week is What a Card. Can you find what is written in the cards?

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The website is starting to get back to normal. The entire archive is still missing, but I will be working on re-uploading that as we go along. The hints for the last two puzzles and the solution to the September-October metapuzzle have now been uploaded. Congratulations to everybody who solved it!

The new puzzle for this week is Missing Vowels, inspired by the least-imitated round from the game show Only Connect.

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