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18 puzzles with answers that float outside the grid
The solution to some crosswords requires you to think outside the box.
Click any thumbnail or date below to see how they work.
The constructors who can't stay within the lines:
The 5 most recent grids:
Thu 2/2/2023
R | E | A | D | | A | N | A | L | | I | S | L | E | S |
E | Y | R | E | | S | O | H | O | | N | A | O | M | I |
D | E | C | K | C | H | A | I | R | | S | T | O | U | T |
| | | E | A | C | H | | I | T | T | Y | | | |
E | S | S | | R | A | S | P | | W | O | R | D | E | D |
A | P | E | M | A | N | | H | A | I | R | | O | X | I |
T | A | M | E | D | | H | Y | S | T | E | R | I | C | S |
A | R | I | A | | B | A | S | I | S | | I | D | E | S |
W | E | N | T | A | L | L | I | N | | S | C | A | L | E |
A | M | A | | R | O | T | C | | P | E | E | R | I | N |
Y | E | L | L | O | W | | S | A | R | D | | E | N | T |
| | | A | U | N | T | | R | I | A | L | | | |
B | E | A | D | S | | I | N | G | E | N | E | R | A | L |
A | M | P | L | E | | N | O | U | S | | I | O | W | A |
A | S | T | E | R | | S | T | E | T | | A | I | L | S |
Thu 9/15/2022
E | B | B | S | | T | E | R | R | I | | M | A | L | A |
C | U | J | O | | I | N | C | A | N | | I | M | I | N |
R | E | E | L | | N | O | S | W | I | M | M | I | N | G |
U | N | C | O | R | K | S | | E | M | A | I | L | E | R |
| | T | S | O | | | C | R | U | E | | Y | A | Y |
E | P | I | | A | T | T | A | | M | V | P | | | |
G | O | O | D | N | E | W | S | | W | E | L | T | E | D |
G | O | N | E | | M | O | I | R | A | | A | O | N | E |
O | H | S | N | A | P | | N | E | G | A | T | I | V | E |
| | | T | R | E | | O | V | E | R | | L | Y | S |
M | A | V | | A | R | T | S | | | I | C | E | | |
I | R | O | N | B | A | R | | S | P | A | R | T | A | N |
S | O | L | A | S | T | Y | E | A | R | | I | S | L | E |
S | M | U | G | | U | M | A | M | I | | S | E | A | S |
Y | A | M | S | | R | E | L | I | C | | P | A | S | T |
Thu 3/31/2022
A | T | E | D | | B | R | A | H | E | | H | I | M | O |
H | O | A | R | | P | A | R | E | S | | O | P | E | D |
O | U | S | T | | I | S | L | A | S | | M | A | N | E |
R | T | T | E | A | C | H | E | R | | M | E | D | U | S |
A | S | S | E | N | T | | N | O | F | A | T | | | |
| | | T | N | U | T | | F | O | R | E | S | T | S |
A | C | E | H | O | R | S | E | | P | G | A | T | O | U |
F | O | G | | T | E | A | L | S | | I | M | A | M | S |
O | B | A | M | A | | R | A | T | O | N | | L | E | A |
O | B | L | E | T | S | | N | O | P | A | R | K | I | N |
T | S | E | L | I | O | T | | P | E | L | E | | | |
| | | T | O | Y | O | U | | N | I | P | P | L | E |
C | E | M | A | N | | D | R | Y | M | A | R | T | I | N |
A | V | O | W | | B | A | B | A | R | | I | R | O | N |
S | E | L | A | | A | T | A | R | I | | C | A | N | I |
E | R | D | Y | | M | E | N | D | S | | E | P | S | O |
Thu 5/20/2021
E | N | I | D | | M | O | I | S | T | | A | W | L | S |
L | I | F | E | | A | L | I | C | E | | L | I | O | N |
M | A | Y | A | | I | D | I | O | T | | E | L | L | A |
E | P | O | N | Y | M | S | | R | E | G | U | L | A | R |
R | E | U | S | E | | A | S | S | | S | T | I | F | F |
S | E | C | | S | I | X | F | E | E | T | | A | A | S |
| P | A | P | | C | O | P | S | E | | S | M | L | |
A | L | T | A | | U | N | D | E | R | | C | H | A | T |
D | E | C | R | Y | | | | | | F | I | O | N | A |
A | S | H | T | R | E | E | | S | P | Y | S | W | A | P |
| | M | I | S | T | Y | | E | L | I | S | A | | |
B | R | Y | N | | S | E | A | M | Y | | O | R | Z | O |
S | E | D | G | E | | S | C | I | | O | R | D | E | R |
A | A | R | G | H | | L | E | S | | A | L | T | A | R |
| R | I | I | S | | E | S | O | | R | I | A | L | |
Thu 6/25/2020
B | E | A | V | | | G | U | Y | S | | O | D | E | S |
A | T | T | I | C | | A | R | E | A | | L | O | P | E |
G | A | V | E | L | | W | I | L | T | | S | N | I | T |
| | | W | O | R | K | S | L | I | K | E | A | C | H |
P | O | P | | S | O | Y | | | A | I | N | T | | |
L | I | O | N | E | L | | I | O | T | A | | I | A | N |
A | L | L | Y | B | L | O | N | D | E | | B | O | Z | O |
S | P | I | N | Y | | C | U | D | | P | A | N | A | M |
M | A | C | Y | | W | H | I | S | T | L | E | B | L | O |
A | N | E | | A | H | O | T | | H | A | Z | I | E | R |
| | H | A | L | O | | | C | A | Y | | N | A | E |
G | O | O | U | T | O | N | A | L | I | M | B | | | |
M | A | R | T | | P | O | N | E | | A | L | I | E | N |
O | H | S | O | | E | T | T | A | | T | O | R | S | O |
S | U | E | S | | D | E | E | R | | | C | A | P | N |
The complete set:
Date | Author | Title |
Thu Feb 2, 2023 | Elise Corbin | |
Thu Sep 15, 2022 | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | |
Thu Mar 31, 2022 | Oliver Roeder | |
Thu May 20, 2021 | Trenton Charlson | |
Thu Jun 25, 2020 | Amanda Chung and Karl Ni | |
Thu Feb 7, 2019 | Morton J. Mendelson | |
Thu Sep 6, 2018 | Jeff Chen | |
Thu Dec 14, 2017 | Timothy Polin | |
Sun Aug 13, 2017 | Eric Berlin | THE MAGIC SHOW |
Thu Dec 22, 2016 | Mark MacLachlan | |
Thu Jan 7, 2016 | Andrew J. Ries | |
Sun May 31, 2015 | Tom McCoy | MAKING PROJECTIONS |
Thu May 14, 2015 | Kameron Austin Collins | |
Thu May 16, 2013 | Brendan Emmett Quigley and Elizabeth Donovan | |
Thu Apr 19, 2012 | Sean Dobbin | |
Sat Apr 1, 2006 | Kevan Choset and David Kwong | |
Thu Jun 23, 2005 | Courtenay Crocker III | |
Thu Dec 8, 1994 | Randolph Ross | |