Oh right! It's the first of may!
#Enigmarch redemption arc anyone?

#Enigmay

Phew, so that's finally done. I'm really pleased that I managed to stick with #EnigMarch throughout the entire month (even if a few days at the end were done late), and it's great to have this collection of really diverse instructionless puzzles to look back on now. I'll try to collect the whole set in a PDF on the blog soon, and there's a handful of these rulesets that I'm planning to revisit and publish as proper genres.

I hope you enjoyed the puzzles as much as I did making them. :)

Here's one final puzzle in my #EnigMarch series, as a bonus: "Flower". I came up with this ruleset early in the month and held it back in case there'd be a suitable theme, but there never was. I'll post a colourblind-friendly version in a reply, but the rules are probably more obvious there, so only look at it if you need it.

Example: https://tinyurl.com/26nxk7fb
Puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/2ahfc87d

To get answer check, write suitable letters in the dark cells.

At long last, #EnigMarch, Day 23: "Dice". Enjoy!

Example: https://tinyurl.com/2ekqtxqf
Puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/26o64zcc

#EnigMarch catch-up, Day 30: "Push". It had to be done. I recommend solving this one on Penpa.

Example: https://tinyurl.com/4n9ad9jn
Puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/8cnv6jvp

Let's do the three missing days in ... reverse order. #EnigMarch, Day 31: "Reverse"

#EnigMarch 31

Prompt word: Reverse

Held back by good number to take back (4)

https://www.callingit.in/1/#1RpFFDVUSKs2jOM+-ReF06o+0vL4+/YHHB+HtIfyFGXkc+Ken-SGVsZCBiYWNrIGJ5IGdvb2QgbnVtYmVyIHRvIHRha2UgYmFjayAoNCk=-

#EnigMarch 30

Prompt word: Push

Starts to trust, until goons blather on about their pusher (7)

https://www.callingit.in/1/#ZB7PwVd8I1mNJDIk-gR5lhmudBcixV9Do3BqUrVQXGLkp7cp8-U3RhcnRzIHRvIHRydXN0LCB1bnRpbCBnb29ucyBibGF0aGVyIG9uIGFib3V0IHRoZWlyIHB1c2hlciAoNyk=-

This is probably my final #puzzle for #EnigMarch - a metapuzzle that uses answers from seven of previous puzzles!

Previous puzzles are available on my Google Drive (without alt text): https://tinyurl.com/Sammy-Enigmarch-2023

They're also available in my recent posts (with alt text).

It is #EnigMarch, and when dared to design another puzzle, I say there's no going back now.

I'm thinking of some words. For each of these words, you can form a new word by reversing three of its letters.

As you fill in the blanks, circle the middle letter of the reversed three letters. When you're done, the circled letters spell a sort of disruption. Reverse three letters in _that_ word to get the true meaning.

Full puzzle text and Rot13'd answer at: https://lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2023/03/31/enigmarch-reverse/

#EnigMarch, Day 29: "Quote". This one's a little unusual in that it's not entirely self-contained. You might have to make use of your favourite search engine.

Example: https://tinyurl.com/2eyxyq7h
Puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/2mhreh4t

#EnigMarch 29

Prompt word: Quote

Truth for a programmer and maker of light bulbs. (5)

https://www.callingit.in/1/#CZDCxZCMCt8eG9Uu-lQMKWaPmTgCWm5HksGKSDvjo69mZplHq-VHJ1dGggZm9yIGEgcHJvZ3JhbW1lciBhbmQgbWFrZXIgb2YgbGlnaHQgYnVsYnMuICAoNSk=-

It is #EnigMarch, and I might design a puzzle if given a nudge.

It's interesting that PUll and PUsh are antonyms and yet have the same number of letters. Not just about the same, givE or takE, but exactly the same. Furthermore, both the formER and the lattER in the pair have a couple of letters that are the same and in the same positions. Anyhow, here's a puzzle:

Full text, extraction nudge, and Rot13'd answer at
https://lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2023/03/30/enigmarch-push/

#EnigMarch, Day 28: "Diagonal"

Example: https://tinyurl.com/2kytm95c
Puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/2hzvfacr

Doing some extra-late #EnigMarch catch-up. Here's day 10: Hazard. It's a play on mirror puzzles that I'm calling Mini Golf. Fill the grid with reflectors, water hazards, and a hole. Clues at the grid's edge show where the ball ends up: water hazard, hole, or bouncing out of another spot along the edge of the grid. Enjoy!

#EnigMarch2023 #LogicPuzzle

Here's a thread of all the daily puzzles I created for #Enigmarch 2023. I ran out of time / energy around Day 14 but there are some good ones in the batch. I created answer checkers for most of the non-crossword puzzles but if you need to check an answer you can DM me.

https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?t=2092

Who needs #EnigMarch when they're marking handwritten exams?

(What I need are advanced cryptography classes.)

#EnigMarch 28

Prompt word: Diagonal

Slaw, set in stew at an angle (9)

https://www.callingit.in/1/#+WyVGvSGnKmwxqht-JG72WnbXkunV8+HVNmoqtMSYWSrR9g28-U2xhdywgc2V0IGluIHN0ZXcgYXQgYW4gYW5nbGUgKDkp-

Went for cute on my #EnigMarch Day 26 - Grow #puzzle. Whether or not this puzzle requires you to google anything depends on whether you fall into the target demographic!

Answer checker: https://tinyurl.com/Enigmarch-PersonalTrainers

It's #EnigMarch, and when dared to design a puzzle, I do what they say.

When I was searching Bartlett's Familiar Quotations yesterday, I decided to write some new quotations. But that was difficult, so I took inspiration from large language models and tried just smushing together pairs of already-existing quotations. In a failed attempt to keep my new quotations coherent, I made sure that each pair had a word in common, and smooshed them together at that spot…

https://lahosken.san-francisco.ca.us/new/2023/03/29/enigmarch-quote/