Section Eight #3

Section Eight #3 - Harder (PDF) | Easier (PDF) | Harder (JPZ) | Easier (JPZ) | Solution (PDF)

Back this month with another Section Eight puzzle! There are Harder and Easier difficulty options in both PDF format for paper solving and JPZ format for digital solving. To solve on your computer, first download your preferred JPZ file above, and then head over to Crossword Nexus and open the JPZ file to solve on their interface. Either way you solve, hope you enjoy!

Continuing acknowledgment to Patrick Berry for inventing this ingenious format. Patrick writes precisely one Section Eight a year these days, and this year's rendition was recently published in the Wall Street Journal, so get to work on that if you're as much of fan of these puzzles as I am. 

And if that doesn't scratch the itch, be sure to pick up last year's S8: A Section Eight Puzzle Pack, which features 10 original Section Eights by yours truly. Also, the inaugural Rows Garden Six Pack, released last month, is still available and solver feedback so far is positive. Be sure to snap up Six Pack #1 if you haven't already, and work on the second Six Pack is already underway.

Happy solving!

Aries Six Pack #1

Aries Rows Garden is back! I'm proud to debut the first Aries Six Pack. 

Each pack includes the six puzzles in PDF form in the difficulty level of your choice, a set of solutions, and RGZ files for digital solving. The PDF layout is exactly the same as it has been since 2019, so long-time solvers will be very familiar with how these puzzles look as well as how they solve. I'm keeping continuity with the overall Aries Rows Garden series, so the puzzles in this pack are officially classified as Year 12, Puzzles 1 through 6.

I hope this is just the first of many of these Six Packs, which are planned to be released on a roughly quarterly schedule, assuming that there's a good response from solvers. So be sure to spread the word to other puzzle lovers!

Order Six Pack #1 for just $5 using the Paypal applet below. Aries Rows Garden subscribers who have paid through Venmo or Zelle are welcome to do the same for Six Pack #1. If you'd like to discuss alternative payment options, just send me an email. 

Aries Six Pack #1 (Select PDF Difficulty Level)

Hardest $5.00 USD Harder $5.00 USD Easier $5.00 USD Easiest $5.00 USD

Aries Freestyle March 2025

Aries Freestyle March 2025 - PUZ | PDF | PDF (Grayscale) | Solution (PDF)

Back with another Freestyle! Fair warning as it's downright devilish in difficulty. There are PUZ and PDF links above, or you can solve right here with the applet below. 

If you like extra-hard freestyles like this, be sure to check out the Aries Freestyle archive and pick up a bundle or two. Rows Garden fans - check back VERY soon as the first of what I'm calling "Six-Packs" of original RGs will be released later this week.

Happy solving!

Created by Andrew J. Ries using PuzzleMe's free crossword creator

Aries Acrostic #4

Aries Acrostic #4 - PDF | JPZ | Solution (PDF) 

Back with another Acrostic this month. There's a PDF as well as a JPZ file included for digital solving. To solve digitally, first download the JPZ, then head over to Crossword Nexus and upload the JPZ file. Either way you solve, hope you enjoy!

I'm making steady progress on a pack of new Rows Garden puzzles. I hope to have it available for purchase by the time the March variety puzzle will be posted, so around March 27th. Stop back then, or send me an email so you can be added to the mailing list so you'll know the moment that the pack is available.

Happy solving!