juff

@juffowup.bsky.social

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I make cryptic crosswords mostly at gnomoncryptics.com And stream them at twitch.tv/juffo__wup (Not the ones I make. I stream other ones.)

Wiktionary also has 'n' for No
"no" is a def for N in Collins, between 'newton' and Norse
A diagramless cryptic crossword grid on the surface of a cube
A passage from Ximenes' "Art of the Crossword" with the following quote highlighted: "… because it leads towards what I want to make the first principle of crossword diagram composition, that at least half the letters of every word should be checked. I consider that a five-letter word with only its second and fourth letters checked is unfair to the solver, …"
A terrible mock-up of a crossword on a cube that has been unfolded into a stair-step. It's got a lot of two-letter words in it and probably other problems as well.
An 11x12 barred cryptic grid. It has 35 entries and 24 shaded squares. The average entry length is 6.2, and every entry is at least 2/3 checked.
Two bacon egg and cheese sandwiches, a pot of coffee, and a cryptic crossword on a clipboard
A picture of a weirdo in front of a wall of fake flowers making a goofy dreamy face. Captions say "New Puzzle" "andy yingst" and "cryptic crossweird".
A triangle on graph paper with vertices at (1,1), (5,3), and (2,5). There are six grid-line intersections inside the triangle and one along the bottom edge.