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Coming this Sunday: “Escape Room”
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My new crossword will be in the New York Times this Sunday, November 11! It’s called “Escape Room,” and yes, it’s an escape room in the form of a crossword…
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Quests in the Enchanted Forest
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Last year I created a fun and unusual puzzle event for my local library’s annual fundraiser. The theme of their gala in 2017 was “Enchanted Forest,” so I decided to…
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I’m a Thing To Do With The Kids This Weekend!
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“Catch That Ghost,” my puzzle event (not scavenger hunt, thank you) at the National Museum of Mathematics gets a nice write-up from Laurel Graeber in the New York Times. One small…
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Double or Nothing
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In a “Double or Nothing,” each square in the grid gets either two letters or no letters at all. At least half the squares in every row or column will…
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Word Searches for Kids
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Coming in 2019: Three different books of word searches, made just for kids! The first, Word Search Puzzles for the Weekend, drops on January 1, 2019. The other two will…
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1 + 2 + 3
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RES __ ING Can you fill that blank with 1 letter, with 2 letters, and with 3 letters to make three common words… so that 1 + 2 + 3…
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Double or Nothing
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In a “Double or Nothing,” each square in the grid gets either two letters or no letters at all. At least half the squares in every row or column will…
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“How to Make a New York Times Crossword Puzzle”
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That’s the subject of my upcoming talk and demonstration at the Connecticut Science Center for their Adult Coffee Club, on Tuesday, November 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Join…
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Catch That Ghost
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I’m working with the National Museum of Mathematics on an exciting family-friendly puzzle event! Kids 9 and up are invited to grab their grownups and come down to MoMath on Sunday,…
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Eric Berlin is the author of the Winston Breen series of mysteries for children: The Puzzling World of Winston Breen, The Potato Chip Puzzles, and The Puzzler’s Mansion. He has had dozens…