On the first of each month a meta crossword with a literary theme will be released. 

Created by Emma Oxford, known as damefox on the Muggles forum. Emma can be reached at damefoxwords@gmail.com

Read the FAQ here

Puzzles are emailed to subscribers in PDF, PUZ, & JPZ file formats.

Submit & follow entries:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (xwordcontest.com)

Discuss on xword-muggles:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (MGWCC)

Deadline: Tuesdays, noon, Eastern Time

Email Matt: crosswordcontest@gmail.com

            Weekly puzzles are progressively more difficult each month.

A standard meta on the 1st of each month, where the answer will be a Tony award winner for Best Musical. Then on the 15th of that month a cryptic meta, where the answer will be a song from that musical.

Sign up and get more information HERE

Read more details from Danny HERE

Join other forum members for a skull session, share your rabbit holes, or just bounce ideas around. Typically there will be a few members on the call to help guide you to shore.

Link to Zoom call or click on 'Muggle Zoom Room' icon at the top of Forum page. 4:30 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room 830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

CROSSHARE PAGE

Muggle handle: pchow13

Welcome to Phil's Crossword Corner (PCC). I'm an auditor at NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation (it's nothing like the TV show in case you were wondering - OK maybe a little, I have a super cool boss reminiscent of Ron Swanson and I like to think of myself as a constantly cheery overachiever that cares too much about government work)

I make crossword puzzles for fun in my free time. I try to post a new meta puzzle every other week here for y'all to enjoy. Note for the level designation, I am using the Gaffney scale in which a week 1 puzzle = easy, and a week 4 and 5 puzzle = hard.

The level is the intended difficulty I had in mind when I designed the puzzle, but may play differently since every solver has their own area of expertise... what one person may find easy, another may find difficult. I'm always happy to welcome any feedback, questions, typo-spotting, theme suggestions/requests, or if you just want to chat... You can reach me at pchow13@gmail.com

Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern.

Discuss the puzzle at SSS subforum: HERE

Still stuck on the ship?  Join other forum members on a Zoom call to discuss the WSJ meta as Isaac closes down the bar. 

Link to Zoom call  or click Muggle Zoom Room icon at top of Forum page. 8:00 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 70728

Posted within the topic on XWord-Muggles in PUZ &  PDF file formats.

Deadline: Saturday 10pm EDT

PM entry to the puzzle's creator or solve on Crosshare.

Nudges: Wednesdays (generally three throughout the day).  

Answer revealed: Saturday after the deadline or early Sunday

If you'd like to create a meta crossword for a Muggle Meta Monday, PM Al Sisti and Abide.

These puzzles have a 'FINAL ANSWER' (meta) that may be submitted to Ryan at itsredhead64@gmail.com.

Stuck solvers can also request nudges/hints by email to Ryan. Deadline is Sunday night thirteen days after the puzzle is posted. Correct solvers will make the leaderboard, and you may submit under your alias/XWords Muggles name.

Puzzle posted very early Tuesday. PM answer or submit via Crosshare. Nudges early Saturday. Solution early Monday. 

The MOAT sub-forum is here

Ben's Crosshare meta page

More information about this Renaissance Mate

A monthly music-themed crossword to challenge and amuse

Free meta delivered to your mailbox; all monthly puzzles lead to a 'mega-meta'

Puzzle released on first Tuesday of the month; Deadline is the following Sunday 11pm EST.

Register, submit, rules, FAQs, and leaderboard at pmxwords.com  

Discuss puzzle at the Muller Monthly Music Meta subforum: Here

Join a variety of forum members each Tuesday night for a Zoom call to discuss and recap the weekend puzzles. Formerly hosted by yourpalsal, and now maintained by bobcruisedirector. 

The call starts at 7:30 EST and usually runs for an hour. 

Link to Zoom call

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

If you have technical issues, PM bobcruisedirector.

See Joshua's past puzzles here.

Download and discuss his puzzles at the MEOW subforum: Here

Nudges: Saturday

Deadline:  Monday night at 10 EST. Puzzle reveal on Tuesday.

Posted on Wall Street Journal Puzzles and Crosswords (wsj.com) in PDF file format & online form.

.puz file format is available Here

Deadline: Sunday 11:59 PM EST

Email entry to crosswordcontest@wsj.com

Answer is published on PDF of following Monday WSJ crossword puzzle (Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday).

Answer is also released Sunday at midnight within the XWord-Muggles subforum:

XWord-Muggles.com - WSJ Crossword Puzzle Contest

Puzzles are emailed to subscribers in PDF, PUZ, & JPZ file formats.

Submit & follow entries:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (xwordcontest.com)

Discuss on xword-muggles:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (MGWCC)

Deadline: Tuesdays, noon, Eastern Time

Email Matt: crosswordcontest@gmail.com

            Weekly puzzles are progressively more difficult each month.

Join other forum members for a skull session, share your rabbit holes, or just bounce ideas around. Typically there will be a few members on the call to help guide you to shore.

Link to Zoom call or click on 'Muggle Zoom Room' icon at the top of Forum page. 4:30 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room 830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

xword-muggles handle: MikeyG

Mikey's Meta is released every other Saturday of each month. The deadline is the following Saturday at noon EST, unless extended. Mikey goes weekly during the Winter Solstice and the Summer of Solves.

Degree of difficulty varies from month to month. Discuss the Mikey Meta at the xword muggles subforum: Here

Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern.

Discuss the puzzle at SSS subforum: HERE

Still stuck on the ship?  Join other forum members on a Zoom call to discuss the WSJ meta as Isaac closes down the bar. 

Link to Zoom call  or click Muggle Zoom Room icon at top of Forum page. 8:00 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 70728

Posted within the topic on XWord-Muggles in PUZ &  PDF file formats.

Deadline: Saturday 10pm EDT

PM entry to the puzzle's creator or solve on Crosshare.

Nudges: Wednesdays (generally three throughout the day).  

Answer revealed: Saturday after the deadline or early Sunday

If you'd like to create a meta crossword for a Muggle Meta Monday, send a PM to Abide or email thedudepuzzles@gmail.com.

These puzzles have a 'FINAL ANSWER' (meta) that may be submitted to Ryan at itsredhead64@gmail.com.

Stuck solvers can also request nudges/hints by email to Ryan. Deadline is Sunday night thirteen days after the puzzle is posted. Correct solvers will make the leaderboard, and you may submit under your alias/XWords Muggles name.

Puzzle posted very early Tuesday. PM answer or submit via Crosshare. Nudges early Saturday. Solution early Monday. 

The MOAT sub-forum is here

Ben's Crosshare meta page

More information about this Renaissance Mate

Join a variety of forum members each Tuesday night for a Zoom call to discuss and recap the weekend puzzles. Formerly hosted by yourpalsal, and now maintained by bobcruisedirector. 

The call starts at 7:30 EST and usually runs for an hour. 

Link to Zoom call

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

If you have technical issues, PM bobcruisedirector.

See Joshua's past puzzles here.

Download and discuss his puzzles at the MEOW subforum: Here

Nudges: Saturday

Deadline:  Monday night at 10 EST. Puzzle reveal on Tuesday.

Posted on Wall Street Journal Puzzles and Crosswords (wsj.com) in PDF file format & online form.

.puz file format is available Here

Deadline: Sunday 11:59 PM EST

Email entry to crosswordcontest@wsj.com

Answer is published on PDF of following Monday WSJ crossword puzzle (Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday).

Answer is also released Sunday at midnight within the XWord-Muggles subforum:

XWord-Muggles.com - WSJ Crossword Puzzle Contest

Puzzles are emailed to subscribers in PDF, PUZ, & JPZ file formats.

Submit & follow entries:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (xwordcontest.com)

Discuss on xword-muggles:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (MGWCC)

Deadline: Tuesdays, noon, Eastern Time

Email Matt: crosswordcontest@gmail.com

            Weekly puzzles are progressively more difficult each month.

For further information review the Playbill Puzzle-Meta posting, or access the puzzles HERE

Join other forum members for a skull session, share your rabbit holes, or just bounce ideas around. Typically there will be a few members on the call to help guide you to shore.

Link to Zoom call or click on 'Muggle Zoom Room' icon at the top of Forum page. 4:30 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room 830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

CROSSHARE PAGE

Muggle handle: pchow13

Welcome to Phil's Crossword Corner (PCC). I'm an auditor at NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation (it's nothing like the TV show in case you were wondering - OK maybe a little, I have a super cool boss reminiscent of Ron Swanson and I like to think of myself as a constantly cheery overachiever that cares too much about government work)

I make crossword puzzles for fun in my free time. I try to post a new meta puzzle every other week here for y'all to enjoy. Note for the level designation, I am using the Gaffney scale in which a week 1 puzzle = easy, and a week 4 and 5 puzzle = hard.

The level is the intended difficulty I had in mind when I designed the puzzle, but may play differently since every solver has their own area of expertise... what one person may find easy, another may find difficult. I'm always happy to welcome any feedback, questions, typo-spotting, theme suggestions/requests, or if you just want to chat... You can reach me at pchow13@gmail.com

Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern.

Discuss the puzzle at SSS subforum: HERE

Still stuck on the ship?  Join other forum members on a Zoom call to discuss the WSJ meta as Isaac closes down the bar. 

Link to Zoom call  or click Muggle Zoom Room icon at top of Forum page. 8:00 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 70728

Posted within the topic on XWord-Muggles in PUZ &  PDF file formats.

Deadline: Saturday 10pm EDT

PM entry to the puzzle's creator or solve on Crosshare.

Nudges: Wednesdays (generally three throughout the day).  

Answer revealed: Saturday after the deadline or early Sunday

If you'd like to create a meta crossword for a Muggle Meta Monday, send a PM to Abide or email thedudepuzzles@gmail.com.

These puzzles have a 'FINAL ANSWER' (meta) that may be submitted to Ryan at itsredhead64@gmail.com.

Stuck solvers can also request nudges/hints by email to Ryan. Deadline is Sunday night thirteen days after the puzzle is posted. Correct solvers will make the leaderboard, and you may submit under your alias/XWords Muggles name.

Puzzle posted very early Tuesday. PM answer or submit via Crosshare. Nudges early Saturday. Solution early Monday. 

The MOAT sub-forum is here

Ben's Crosshare meta page

More information about this Renaissance Mate

Join a variety of forum members each Tuesday night for a Zoom call to discuss and recap the weekend puzzles. Formerly hosted by yourpalsal, and now maintained by bobcruisedirector. 

The call starts at 7:30 EST and usually runs for an hour. 

Link to Zoom call

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

If you have technical issues, PM bobcruisedirector.

See Joshua's past puzzles here.

Download and discuss his puzzles at the MEOW subforum: Here

Nudges: Saturday

Deadline:  Monday night at 10 EST. Puzzle reveal on Tuesday.

Posted on Wall Street Journal Puzzles and Crosswords (wsj.com) in PDF file format & online form.

.puz file format is available Here

Deadline: Sunday 11:59 PM EST

Email entry to crosswordcontest@wsj.com

Answer is published on PDF of following Monday WSJ crossword puzzle (Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday).

Answer is also released Sunday at midnight within the XWord-Muggles subforum:

XWord-Muggles.com - WSJ Crossword Puzzle Contest

Puzzles are emailed to subscribers in PDF, PUZ, & JPZ file formats.

Submit & follow entries:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (xwordcontest.com)

Discuss on xword-muggles:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (MGWCC)

Deadline: Tuesdays, noon, Eastern Time

Email Matt: crosswordcontest@gmail.com

            Weekly puzzles are progressively more difficult each month.

Join other forum members for a skull session, share your rabbit holes, or just bounce ideas around. Typically there will be a few members on the call to help guide you to shore.

Link to Zoom call or click on 'Muggle Zoom Room' icon at the top of Forum page. 4:30 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room 830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

xword-muggles handle: MikeyG

Mikey's Meta is released every other Saturday of each month. The deadline is the following Saturday at noon EST, unless extended. Mikey goes weekly during the Winter Solstice and the Summer of Solves.

Degree of difficulty varies from month to month. Discuss the Mikey Meta at the xword muggles subforum: Here

Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern.

Discuss the puzzle at SSS subforum: HERE

Still stuck on the ship?  Join other forum members on a Zoom call to discuss the WSJ meta as Isaac closes down the bar. 

Link to Zoom call  or click Muggle Zoom Room icon at top of Forum page. 8:00 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 70728

Posted within the topic on XWord-Muggles in PUZ &  PDF file formats.

Deadline: Saturday 10pm EDT

PM entry to the puzzle's creator or solve on Crosshare.

Nudges: Wednesdays (generally three throughout the day).  

Answer revealed: Saturday after the deadline or early Sunday

If you'd like to create a meta crossword for a Muggle Meta Monday, send a PM to Abide or email thedudepuzzles@gmail.com.

These puzzles have a 'FINAL ANSWER' (meta) that may be submitted to Ryan at itsredhead64@gmail.com.

Stuck solvers can also request nudges/hints by email to Ryan. Deadline is Sunday night thirteen days after the puzzle is posted. Correct solvers will make the leaderboard, and you may submit under your alias/XWords Muggles name.

Puzzle posted very early Tuesday. PM answer or submit via Crosshare. Nudges early Saturday. Solution early Monday. 

The MOAT sub-forum is here

Ben's Crosshare meta page

More information about this Renaissance Mate

Join a variety of forum members each Tuesday night for a Zoom call to discuss and recap the weekend puzzles. Formerly hosted by yourpalsal, and now maintained by bobcruisedirector. 

The call starts at 7:30 EST and usually runs for an hour. 

Link to Zoom call

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

If you have technical issues, PM bobcruisedirector.

See Joshua's past puzzles here.

Download and discuss his puzzles at the MEOW subforum: Here

Nudges: Saturday

Deadline:  Monday night at 10 EST. Puzzle reveal on Tuesday.

Posted on Wall Street Journal Puzzles and Crosswords (wsj.com) in PDF file format & online form.

.puz file format is available Here

Deadline: Sunday 11:59 PM EST

Email entry to crosswordcontest@wsj.com

Answer is published on PDF of following Monday WSJ crossword puzzle (Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday).

Answer is also released Sunday at midnight within the XWord-Muggles subforum:

XWord-Muggles.com - WSJ Crossword Puzzle Contest

Puzzles are emailed to subscribers in PDF, PUZ, & JPZ file formats.

Submit & follow entries:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (xwordcontest.com)

Discuss on xword-muggles:  Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest (MGWCC)

Deadline: Tuesdays, noon, Eastern Time

Email Matt: crosswordcontest@gmail.com

            Weekly puzzles are progressively more difficult each month.

Join other forum members for a skull session, share your rabbit holes, or just bounce ideas around. Typically there will be a few members on the call to help guide you to shore.

Link to Zoom call or click on 'Muggle Zoom Room' icon at the top of Forum page. 4:30 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room 830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 707028

CROSSHARE PAGE

Muggle handle: pchow13

Welcome to Phil's Crossword Corner (PCC). I'm an auditor at NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation (it's nothing like the TV show in case you were wondering - OK maybe a little, I have a super cool boss reminiscent of Ron Swanson and I like to think of myself as a constantly cheery overachiever that cares too much about government work)

I make crossword puzzles for fun in my free time. I try to post a new meta puzzle every other week here for y'all to enjoy. Note for the level designation, I am using the Gaffney scale in which a week 1 puzzle = easy, and a week 4 and 5 puzzle = hard.

The level is the intended difficulty I had in mind when I designed the puzzle, but may play differently since every solver has their own area of expertise... what one person may find easy, another may find difficult. I'm always happy to welcome any feedback, questions, typo-spotting, theme suggestions/requests, or if you just want to chat... You can reach me at pchow13@gmail.com

Puzzles released each Sunday around 8am Eastern. Nudges released same day at Noon Eastern.

Discuss the puzzle at SSS subforum: HERE

Still stuck on the ship?  Join other forum members on a Zoom call to discuss the WSJ meta as Isaac closes down the bar. 

Link to Zoom call  or click Muggle Zoom Room icon at top of Forum page. 8:00 pm EST

Zoom phone number/user room  830 5701 0873

If asked for a passcode, use 70728