| Date | Size | Title | Author |
| January 1, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Addendum | Patrick Berry |
| January 8, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Doing Without | Tony Orbach |
| January 15, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Weather Report | Finn Vigeland |
| January 22, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Snow White's Employment Agency | Adam Fromm |
| January 29, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Networking Event | Ian Livengood |
| February 5, 2012 | 21 x 21 | State Annexation | Charles M. Deber |
| February 12, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Additional Reading | Kurt Mueller |
| February 19, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Core O' Nations | James F. C. Burns |
| February 26, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Back to the Start | Daniel A. Finan |
| March 4, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Love Story | David J. Kahn |
| March 11, 2012 | 21 x 21 | 100 Years Ago | Victor Fleming and John Dunn |
| March 18, 2012 | 23 x 23 | Rear-End Collisions | Mike Nothnagel and Byron Walden |
| March 25, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Two-For-One Special | Patrick Berry |
| April 1, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Of Course! | Patrick Merrell |
| April 8, 2012 | 21 x 21 | In-Nuendos | Daniel A. Finan |
| April 15, 2012 | 17 x 31 | Grid Iron | Kevin G. Der |
| April 22, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Letting Go Of | Paula Gamache and Ed Stein |
| April 29, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Infractions | Tracy Gray |
| May 6, 2012 | 21 x 21 | A-V Club | Alex Vratsanos |
| May 13, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Indies | Ben Tausig |
| May 20, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Wisecracks | Alan Arbesfeld |
| May 27, 2012 | 21 x 21 | State Quarters | Byron Walden |
| June 3, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Myth-Labeled | Patrick Berry |
| June 10, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Getting Around | Xan Vongsathorn |
| June 17, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Playable | Kyle T. Dolan |
| June 24, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Element of Surprise | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| July 1, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Yankee Doodle Dandies | Dan Schoenholz |
| July 8, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Make the Change | Joel Fagliano |
| July 15, 2012 | 21 x 21 | "A" Trip Around the World | Randolph Ross |
| July 22, 2012 | 21 x 21 | A.A. Meetings | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| July 29, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Debut Promos at the World's Fair | Kevin G. Der |
| August 5, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Single-Minded | Patrick Merrell |
| August 12, 2012 | 21 x 21 | The Meaning of It | Patrick Berry |
| August 19, 2012 | 21 x 21 | "Oh, Really?" | Freddie Cheng |
| August 26, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Put a Lid in It | Amanda Yesnowitz and Doug Peterson |
| September 2, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Pardon Ze Interruption | Joel Fagliano |
| September 9, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Circling the Job Listings | Kevin G. Der |
| September 16, 2012 | 21 x 21 | A Giant Crossword | David Steinberg and Barry Haldiman |
| September 23, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Breath-Taking | Matt Ginsberg |
| September 30, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Car Talk | Elayne Cantor and Victor Fleming |
| October 7, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Space Invasion | Zoe Wheeler |
| October 14, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Media Start-Ups | Todd Gross |
| October 21, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Bypassing Security | Caleb Rasmussen |
| October 28, 2012 | 21 x 21 | What the ... | Michael Sharp and Caleb Madison |
| November 4, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Frankly Speaking | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| November 11, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Bottoms Up! | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| November 18, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Star-Crossed Lovers | Timothy Polin |
| November 25, 2012 | 21 x 21 | A Little Extra | Jeff Chen |
| December 2, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Lo and Behold! | Steven E. Atwood |
| December 9, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Last Name First | Patrick Berry |
| December 16, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Hearing Double | Matt Ginsberg |
| December 23, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Bywords | Joe DiPietro |
| December 30, 2012 | 21 x 21 | Plus Ten | Steve Savoy |