🆕 So What Else Is New — Full Archive

Every update from the homepage's "So What Else Is New?" list, all in one place. The homepage shows the five most recent — this page keeps every one of them.

• OCT 6New Halloween maze: Haunted House Candy Heist! The ghost has stolen the trick-or-treat candy and stashed it at the top of the tower. Sneak past the black cat, the bat and a pair of glowing red eyes to get it back — and watch for the ghost’s message hidden in the path. Try it here.
• OCT 4New for beginners: Which Logic Puzzle Should a Beginner Start With? compares sudoku, nonograms and logic grids so you can pick the one that fits the way you think. It comes with a brand-new Easy logic grid, Puzzle Club Night: three friends, three puzzles, three clues. Read the article or try the puzzle.
• OCT 1New Halloween crossword: Things That Go Bump! Twenty spooky words, from ZOMBIE and VAMPIRE to TRICK OR TREAT and CANDY APPLE, all fit into one interlocking grid. Play it right on the page or print it for the kitchen table. Try it here.
• SEP 30New puzzle type: meet the Riddle Code! In Worth the Wait, six fall riddles hand you the letters to a number code, and every letter you find fills in a hidden saying. Type right on the page or print it for the kitchen table. Try it here.
• SEP 30New: our Phonetic Alphabet nonograms just got a big upgrade! Every letter from Alfa to Hotel now comes with a step-by-step walkthrough of the first four moves, a hint hidden behind a click, and a few fun “Behind the Letter” stories. Did you know Alfa is officially spelled with an F? Start with Beginning of Apple.
• SEP 30In case you missed them: two Halloween-season puzzles have slipped quietly into the library! Something's Brewing is a medium cryptogram that hides the witches' spell from Shakespeare's Macbeth (solve it here), and And the Mysterions is an easy 15×15 nonogram hiding a shape every puzzler knows by heart (try it here).
• SEP 21New: our maze-building box just grew a second shape! Make Me A-Mazed 3 & 4 are round dot-grid sheets — connect the dots into a spiral maze, small or large, then challenge someone to solve it. Try the small one or go big with the large one.
• SEP 20New: our word search puzzles just got a personality upgrade! Each one now shows a target time to beat — plus a cleaner, better-formatted print layout across the board. Try one from our word search library.
• SEP 12New puzzle: Boo Who? has drifted in! A medium 20×20 nonogram hiding an outline ghost — every square can be worked out from the clues alone, so there is never a point where you have to guess. Solve it here, or browse the Holidays, Seasons & Weather pack.
• SEP 12New puzzle: Halloween Icon is live! A 20×20 nonogram hiding a jack-o'-lantern — fully interactive on screen, or print it with the Large Print and Ink Saver options. Solve it here, or browse the new Holidays, Seasons & Weather pack.
• SEP 3New guide: How to Do a Word Search on a Computer! Solving on-screen instead of on paper? Here are your real options, from marking up a PDF to Mr. Puzzle's Word Search Finder tool. Read it on the blog.
• AUG 31New: a Crosswordese Glossary is up! The short, vowel-heavy words that show up in grid after grid — ERA, ETUI, OREO, ERNE — finally explained in one place. Learn to spot them on the blog.
• AUG 31New guide: How to Solve Crossword Puzzles Faster is live! Mr. Puzzle walks through the fill-order strategy, crossword shorthand, and the section-by-section approach that separates fast solvers from stuck ones. Read it on the blog, then put it to work on a real crossword.
• AUG 30New: all 8 Sudoku puzzles are now interactive! Click a cell and type — no pencil required. Check your answers instantly, reveal the solution, or still print a copy the old-fashioned way if you'd rather solve on paper. Start with the Sudoku hub.
• AUG 29New puzzle type: Logic Grid Puzzles have arrived! Match categories using nothing but clues and pure deduction — no numbers, no letters, just logic. Three to start, from a gentle first grid to our toughest yet: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Every one is interactive right on the page, and also prints on a single sheet if you'd rather solve on paper.
• AUG 27New: eventually it will be ALL, but for now some of our puzzles now have an Ink Saver mode — a lighter-ink print option alongside the Large Print button. Look for the button on puzzle pages.
• AUG 22New: build your own maze! Make Me A-Mazed 1 & 2 are free blank dot-grid sheets — connect the dots to design your own maze, then challenge someone to solve it. Grab the 10×10 sheet or the tougher 20×20.
• AUG 22My fellow puzzle solvers! We have just reached a celebratory milestone of our FIRST 100 free and printable puzzles. Check out our latest in the list — click here.

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