Sue Gleason's Subject Theme Puzzle Page

Recent 'Hot off the Press' Bonus Puzzles:

These puzzles were constructed on the fly

puzzle	date	constructor	Print	Play
valediction	2009-05-17	Mel Taub	P	G
welldone	2009-03-08	RonSlusky	P	G
allie	2009-03-06	SueGleason	P	G
package	2009-02-24	SueGleason	P	G
trainsong	2009-02-23	SueGleason	P	G
sobusy	2009-01-26	RonSlusky	P	G
fmri	2009-01-25	SueGleason	P	G
ponziking	2009-01-24	SueGleason	P	G
original	2009-01-17	SueGleason	P	G
courant	2008-12-14	SueGleason	P	G

Puzzles with Subject Themes

These puzzles may be suitable for classroom use.

puzzle	date	constructor	Subject	Print	Play	Time
paintings	2004-03-12	RonSlusky	Art	P	G	17
astros	2007-08-03	RonStoner	Astronomy	P	G	25
coleporter	2006-05-05	Mel Taub	Bio - ColePorter	P	G	27
goodness	2002-12-24	SueGleason	Bio - MaeWest	P	G	31
payer	2006-04-23	SueGleason	Bio - Minden	P	G	26
mozart	2006-04-28	SueGleason	Bio - Mozart	P	G	58
newyorkerauga	2007-08-08	Russ Wiggin	Biography	P	G	23
fibs	2004-01-08	PruBorland	birds	P	G	13
gordonsq	2007-04-19	ColinCanham	Bloomsbury	P	G	32
stitch	2005-05-27	RonSlusky	books	P	G	21
lingo	2007-10-15	Julian Schrock	Cliches	P	G	15
minifour	2004-11-13	WayneHathaway	cryptic	P	G	23
piggy	2002-05-10	RonStoner	cryptic	P	G	546
mgn	2002-01-25	WayneHathaway	cryptic	P	G	89
realitycry	2001-10-26	WayneHathaway	cryptic	P	G	49
cryptic	2001-06-09	WayneHathaway	cryptic	P	G	27
nova	2006-09-13	Mel Taub	Diamond Jim Brady	P	G	17
dogged	2007-12-17	RonStoner	dogs	P	G	22
thirsty	2007-02-15	RonStoner	drinking	P	G	22
fiorenze	2005-05-05	JoanFillot	Florence	P	G	43
goodcooking	2006-06-04	Jacob Feldman	food	P	G	24
betteridea	2003-06-14	KenHeiman	Ford	P	G	31
overload	2008-04-13	Lynn Silver	fragrances	P	G	23
sensitives	2006-10-29	SueGleason	fragrances	P	G	33
gar	2003-10-02	PruBorland	gardening	P	G	19
communicate	2006-11-25	SueGleason	geeks	P	G	14
whyuhere	2004-11-30	Mary Feldman	Gilbert&Sullivan	P	G	15
inquest	2007-01-09	Bron Burwell	hypocrisy	P	G	28
rob	2008-06-27	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	0
sca	2008-06-23	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	546
sou	2008-06-16	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	546
bvbk	2008-06-14	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	35
tempa	2007-04-27	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	16
anta	2007-04-24	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	49
lat	2003-08-01	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	74
lao	2003-07-25	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	63
lan	2003-07-18	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	71
lak	2003-07-11	Marilyn Kerst	Judicial Opinions	P	G	42
testosterone	2005-10-27	Russ Wiggin	machismo	P	G	21
topsy	2006-12-01	RonStoner	Marx Brothers	P	G	27
millgrind	2006-05-20	SueGleason	Milberg Weiss Indictment	P	G	45
lostandfound	2006-02-21	Russ Wiggin	music	P	G	32
musicale	2004-01-23	Mel Taub	music	P	G	18
doit	2002-10-22	WayneHathaway	Musicals	P	G	25
powerful	2005-11-12	Gleason and Sirotin	Neuroscience	P	G	0
mum	2004-03-18	PruBorland	NYC	P	G	12
baglady	2006-09-24	Mary Feldman	opera	P	G	42
merchandising	2007-05-25	Mel Taub	Patent Law	P	G	53
aesop	2001-09-19	RonStoner	Physics	P	G	0
bba	2004-05-31	BillSmythe	politics	P	G	27
newyorkeraprd	2007-04-20	Russ Wiggin	RedSox	P	G	20
acierii	2005-04-17	JoanFillot	Russia	P	G	27
deeper	2001-11-02	RonStoner	Science	P	G	25
cs1	2002-10-29	SueGleason	Shakespeare	P	G	83
spelling	2006-11-19	Jacob Feldman	spelling	P	G	50

The time shown is the median minutes for an expert player.

Obituary Puzzles:

These puzzles were constructed on the fly

puzzle	date	constructor	Subject	Print	Play
jpallen	2006-05-02	SueGleason	Allen, Jay Presson	P	G
LewAnderson	2006-05-17	SueGleason	Anderson, Lew (Clarabell)	P	G
audience	2007-07-31	SueGleason	Antonioni, Michelangelo	P	G
KarelAppel	2006-05-09	SueLaneGleason	Appel, Karel	P	G
Avram	2006-05-03	SueGleason	Avram, Henriette Davidson	P	G
backus	2007-03-22	SueGleason	Backus, John	P	G
bittersweet	2007-07-30	SueGleason	Bergman, Ingmar	P	G
GoneBy	2008-02-29	SueGleason	Buckley, William F.	P	G
unlib	2008-03-03	JeanWReno	Buckley, William F.	P	G
carlin	2008-06-24	SueGleason	Carlin, George	P	G
patrician	2009-03-10	SueGleason	Chapin, Schuyler	P	G
Liz	2007-06-28	SueGleason	Claiborne, Liz	P	G
OrbitEd	2008-03-21	JeanWReno	Clarke, Arthur C.	P	G
prophet	2008-03-19	SueGleason	Clarke, Arthur C.	P	G
roomier	2009-07-19	RonSlusky	Cronkite, Walter	P	G
daddysgirl	2008-02-02	JeanWReno	Daniel, Margaret Truman	P	G
EugeneEhrlich	2008-04-19	JeanWReno	Ehrlich, Eugene	P	G
AlbertEllis	2007-07-24	SueGleason	Ellis, Albert	P	G
markfelt	2008-12-21	SueGleason	Felt, W. Mark	P	G
lastline	2009-05-04	SueGleason	French, Marilyn	P	G
miltonfriedman	2006-11-17	SueGleason	Friedman, Milton	P	G
galbraith	2006-04-30	SueGleason	Galbraith, John Kenneth	P	G
geraldgardner	2009-07-31	SueGleason	Gardner, Gerald	P	G
Giroux	2008-09-07	SueGleason	Giroux, Robert	P	G
griffin	2007-08-13	SueGleason	Griffin, Merv	P	G
GaryGygax	2008-03-06	JeanWReno	Gygax, Gary	P	G
halberstam	2007-04-24	SueGleason	Halberstam, David	P	G
kittycarlislehart	2007-04-19	SueGleason	Hart, Kitty Carlisle	P	G
herbert	2007-06-13	Lynn Silver	Herbert, Don (Mr. Wizard)	P	G
NRAprez	2008-04-07	JeanWReno	Heston, Charlton	P	G
DontLookDown	2008-01-11	SueGleason	Hillary, Edmund	P	G
mollyivins	2007-02-01	SueGleason	Ivins, Molly	P	G
bird	2007-07-12	SueGleason	Johnson, Lady Bird	P	G
assembly	2009-08-30	RonSlusky	Kennedy, Ted	P	G
reorder	2007-12-07	SueGleason	Knievel, Evel	P	G
Kunitz	2006-05-16	SueGleason	Kunitz, Stanley	P	G
Lader	2006-05-10	SueGleason	Lader, Lawrence	P	G
structural	2009-11-03	SueGleason	Levi-Strauss, Claude	P	G
newjournalist	2007-11-10	SueGleason	Mailer, Norman	P	G
makeba	2008-11-10	SueGleason	Makeba, Miriam	P	G
musclehead	2009-04-30	SueGleason	Manning, Frankie	P	G
Markey	2006-05-05	SueGleason	Markey, Howard Thomas	P	G
tammy	2007-07-22	SueGleason	Messner, Tammy Faye (Bakker)	P	G
betty	2007-08-15	PruBorland	Murray, Elizabeth	P	G
blueeyes	2008-09-30	SueGleason	Newman, Paul	P	G
leader	2006-12-22	PruBorland	Niyazov, Saparmurat	P	G
marching	2008-12-04	SueGleason	Odetta	P	G
Pavarotti	2007-09-14	SueGleason	Pavarotti, Luciano	P	G
Pinter	2008-12-26	SueGleason	Pinter, Harold	P	G
BellsAreRinging	2009-03-03	SueGleason	Printz, Mary	P	G
cushy	2009-04-28	SueGleason	Rama Rau, Santha	P	G
rauschenberg	2008-05-14	SueGleason	Rauschenberg, Robert	P	G
holycow	2007-08-18	BobCooper	Rizzuto, Phil	P	G
rostropovich	2007-04-27	SueGleason	Rostropovich, Mstislav	P	G
wordy	2009-09-28	SueGleason	Safire, William	P	G
Bubbles	2007-07-03	SueGleason	Sills, Beverly	P	G
solzhenitsyn	2008-08-04	SueGleason	Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr	P	G
bassketball	2009-05-18	Kurt Scherer	Tisdale, Wayman	P	G
BurtKerrTodd	2006-05-07	SueGleason	Todd, Burt Kerr	P	G
unspeaking	2009-09-17	SueGleason	Travers, Mary	P	G
puzzlemaker	2007-10-14	SueGleason	Tunick, Barry	P	G
updike	2009-01-28	SueGleason	Updike, John	P	G
vonnegut	2007-04-13	SueGleason	Vonnegut, Kurt	P	G
DavidFosterWallace	2008-09-14	SueGleason	Wallace, David Foster	P	G
ellenwillis	2006-11-16	SueGleason	Willis, Ellen	P	G

Geometrically Designed Puzzles:

puzzle	date	constructor	Shape	Print	Play
lazarhouse	2008-11-09	K Watkins	picture	P	G
hillofbeans	2007-10-28	Lynn Silver	mono	P	G
onthebeach	2007-10-21	Lynn Silver	mono	P	G
newyorkermard	2007-03-21	Russ Wiggin	triangle	P	G
newyorkermarb	2007-03-08	Russ Wiggin	bilength	P	G
skinny	2007-01-05	SueGleason	mono	P	G
nyoctd	2006-10-18	Russ Wiggin	bilength	P	G
rwbereft	2006-10-13	Russ Wiggin	mono	P	G
rollercoaster	2006-09-19	K Watkins	bilength	P	G
noseinabook	2006-08-19	K Watkins	bilength	P	G
seehere	2006-08-04	K Watkins	bilength	P	G
hypotheses	2006-06-18	Florence P. Moore	bilength	P	G
eaglet	2006-06-14	JeanWReno	picture	P	G
retrospective	2006-05-16	Mel Taub	triangle	P	G
elevator	2006-05-04	Russ Wiggin	triangle	P	G
ruthr	2006-03-16	Russ Wiggin	triangle	P	G
fireside	2006-02-06	Mel Taub	mono	P	G
atlantici	2006-02-02	Russ Wiggin	bilength	P	G
bib	2005-07-18	BillSmythe	bilength	P	G
silverman	2005-05-25	Mel Taub	mono	P	G
bgc	2005-01-31	BillSmythe	bilength	P	G
perspective	2004-07-21	Mel Taub	monotriple	P	G
recreation	2004-07-14	Mel Taub	monotriple	P	G
bco	2004-04-19	BillSmythe	mono	P	G
acrosticiii	2003-02-08	GeorgeJirgal	bilength	P	G
bobthedog	2002-12-25	JeanWReno	mono	P	G
rook	2002-11-13	JeanWReno	mono	P	G
renege	2002-09-20	BillWykoff	mono	P	G
aoq	2002-01-11	WayneHathaway	mono	P	G

Puzzles with quotes written by members:

puzzle	date	constructor	Print	Play
allie	2009-03-06	SueGleason	P	G
nonews	2008-12-31	SueGleason	P	G
hush	2008-05-09	SueGleason	P	G
FFish	2008-02-24	JeanWReno	P	G
LendAnEar	2008-02-18	SueGleason	P	G
dogged	2007-12-17	RonStoner	P	G
nysgnovb	2007-11-09	SueGleason	P	G
notwordf	2007-11-05	SueGleason	P	G
paeaniii	2007-11-04	Mel Taub	P	G
reporting	2007-09-24	SueGleason	P	G
tessellation	2007-09-23	SueGleason	P	G
ashford	2007-09-13	SueGleason	P	G
meanie	2007-09-02	RonStoner	P	G
objects	2007-08-27	RonSlusky	P	G
frigidity	2007-05-31	Mel Taub	P	G
merchandising	2007-05-25	Mel Taub	P	G
georgy	2007-05-12	SueGleason	P	G
treading	2007-03-25	SueGleason	P	G
fanciflight	2007-01-25	SueGleason	P	G
rainbow	2006-01-01	SueGleason	P	G
polarvision	2005-08-31	Mel Taub	P	G
minirap	2005-04-02	SueGleason	P	G
paeantwo	2004-11-07	Mel Taub	P	G
gain	2004-05-09	SueGleason	P	G
query	2004-02-17	Bron Burwell	P	G
atrib	2002-11-15	SueGleason	P	G
stay	2000-10-15	SueGleason	P	G
vanc	2000-08-20	SueGleason	P	G

Puns and Anagrams

puzzle	date	constructorPrint	Play
spritzerPA	2009-11-07	Mel Taub	P	G
sexistPA	2009-10-31	Mel Taub	P	G
akaPA	2009-10-17	Mel Taub	P	G
brainteasersPA	2009-10-03	Mel Taub	P	G
machomatchPA	2009-09-19	Mel Taub	P	G
imagePA	2009-09-05	Mel Taub	P	G
undercoverPA	2009-08-22	Mel Taub	P	G
unmovedPA	2009-08-08	Mel Taub	P	G
wagPA	2009-07-25	Mel Taub	P	G
stretchingPA	2009-07-11	Mel Taub	P	G
whamPA	2009-06-27	Mel Taub	P	G
amusedPA	2009-06-13	Mel Taub	P	G
allurePA	2009-05-30	Mel Taub	P	G
torpidPA	2009-05-16	Mel Taub	P	G
snoozePA	2009-05-02	Mel Taub	P	G
maddmanPA	2009-04-18	Mel Taub	P	G
valuePA	2009-04-04	Mel Taub	P	G
unfranchisedPA	2009-03-21	Mel Taub	P	G
preparednesspa	2009-03-07	Mel Taub	P	G
fathersdayPA	2009-02-21	Mel Taub	P	G