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Jacob Cohen
#110: Cell Blocks, L33t Like A Linguist, Upon Reflection
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! I hope y'all are doing well. Before I get to today's puzzles: did anyone have...
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Jacob Cohen
- May 19
My Last NYT Puzzle; PfP Book 2: Puzzle Projects Past and Present
Hi everyone! Just some quick announcements today. My Final NYT Puzzle I've got my final Upon Reflection puzzle airing in The New York...
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Jacob Cohen
- May 12
#109: Chocolate Banana, Enclosures, Overpath
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! My covid-free streak finally ended, and I have been feeling substantially tireder than usual...
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Jacob Cohen
- May 5
The Puzzling XLNC of Jack Lance (1997–2023)
Zachary Polansky, who made puzzles under the name "Jack Lance," passed away on May 1. He was 25. Here's a link to his obituary. I...
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Jacob Cohen
- Apr 28
#108: Enclosures, Word Ladder: Crescendo, musi toki: A Linguistics Puzzle
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! I'm shaking things up with today's puzzles: each one brings something new, or at least...
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Jacob Cohen
- Apr 14
#107: 123 Star Battle, Whirlpool, Voxas
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! I don't have much to say today. Except the fact that I'm back to my natural state of having...
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Jacob Cohen
- Mar 31
#106: Cell Blocks, Hidden Wisdom, Crossword
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's the final three puzzles of 9 Hours, 9 Puzzles on offering today, and therefore was made...
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Jacob Cohen
- Mar 17
#105: KenKen, Yajilin, Overpath
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! I've been busy lately, so I sure am happy I did 9 Hours, 9 Puzzles (detailed in my last post)...
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Jacob Cohen
- Mar 3
#104: The King's Tour, Arrow Sudoku, Building Blocks
I was tired of having no backlog, and tired of being a perfectionist. So on Saturday, February 25, I embarked on an ambitious challenge:...
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Jacob Cohen
- Feb 17
#103: Word Ladder, Cell Blocks, Cryptic Spiral
Hello, and welcome to my first issue of Puzzles for Progress as a New York Times-published constructor! We're only two weeks in to that...
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Jacob Cohen
- Feb 4
NEW YORK TIMES-PUBLISHED!!!
The "A Little Variety" puzzle page in The New York Times Magazine was my #1 inspiration for starting Puzzles for Progress, and possibly...
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Jacob Cohen
- Feb 3
#102: Building Blocks, Compound Fracture, Star Battle
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! Last issue, the Mirrored Gallery was foreshadowing; this issue, I must confess, all three...
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Jacob Cohen
- Jan 20
#101: Mirrored Gallery, Midloop, Whirlpool
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress 101! If I'd properly realized this fact before I started writing this blurb, maybe I'd have...
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Jacob Cohen
- Jan 6
#100: Capsules, Yajilin, Crossword
Hello, and welcome to the 100th edition of Puzzles for Progress. Significant milestone, and I actually made a puzzle themed for it! And...
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Jacob Cohen
- Dec 23, 2022
#99: Morseword, Tatamibari, Yajilin
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress. Last issue of 2022! If you're looking for more puzzles to do over the holidays, a reminder...
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Jacob Cohen
- Dec 9, 2022
#98: Heteromino, Cell Blocks, Overpath
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's another edition full of puzzles from the past. My last (and only other) Heteromino was...
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Jacob Cohen
- Nov 25, 2022
#97: Aquarium, Midloop, Fillomino [from PANFOPCWHTTAPA 3]
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. As expected, it's Jacob-reuses-his-contest-puzzl...
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Jacob Cohen
- Nov 11, 2022
#96: For Starters, KenKen, Spiral
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! After many weeks of PfP news drought, there's plenty today. I'll start with this: it's been...
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Jacob Cohen
- Oct 28, 2022
#95: Barns, Norinori, Crossword
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! Today, three puzzles on the easier end. I didn't really design them to be that way, but they...
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Jacob Cohen
- Oct 14, 2022
#94: Word Ladder, Capsules, Slitherlink
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! I have some extremely exciting puzzle developments in the works — but for now, three puzzles,...
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