Puzzle Spotlight

Jacob Cohen

Jun 9

#111: Puzzle Spotlight: Chocolate Banana

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's been, oh, just a year and a bit since the last time I did an official Puzzle Spotlight....

Jacob Cohen

Mar 18, 2022

#79: Puzzle Spotlight: Midloop

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! Today, I've made three Midloop puzzles for you. I have no real justification for today being...

#71: Puzzle Spotlight: The King's Tour (with black squares)

Jacob Cohen

Dec 3, 2021

#71: Puzzle Spotlight: The King's Tour (with black squares)

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's Puzzle Spotlight time, and I've selected the King's Tour! Issue #31 was also a Puzzle...

Jacob Cohen

Nov 5, 2021

#67: Puzzle Spotlight: Tapa

Hello everyone, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress. Three separate news items today before I get to the puzzles! I cowrote a puzzle...

Jacob Cohen

Oct 1, 2021

#62: Puzzle Spotlight: Building Blocks

Important: If you bought the Puzzles for Progress book, you probably received an email Wednesday that your order has been cancelled. I...

Jacob Cohen

Sep 3, 2021

#58: Puzzle Spotlight: Star Battle

Hello, and welcome back to Puzzles for Progress! I (mostly) took a break from PfP in August, so it's nice to be back. And it is the first...

Jacob Cohen

Jul 2, 2021

#53: Puzzle Spotlight: KenKen

Hello, and welcome. With these three puzzles, the first year of Puzzles for Progress is complete! (I get that this is Issue #53, not...

Jacob Cohen

Jun 4, 2021

#49: Puzzle Spotlight: Fillomino

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's the first puzzle page of June, which makes it Puzzle Spotlight time! This week, it's...

Jacob Cohen

May 7, 2021

#45: Puzzle Spotlight: Overpath

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's the first puzzle page of the month, so it's Puzzle Spotlight week. The puzzle being...

Jacob Cohen

Apr 2, 2021

#40: Puzzle Spotlight: Mirrored Gallery

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! For the month of January, each week, instead of showcasing three distinct puzzle types, each...

Jacob Cohen

Jan 29, 2021

#31: Puzzle Spotlight: The King's Tour

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! This week, the grand finale of Puzzle Spotlight, featuring the most popular puzzle of them...

Jacob Cohen

Jan 22, 2021

#30: Puzzle Spotlight: Capsules

Hello everyone, and welcome to this thirtieth edition of Puzzles for Progress! I'm really happy with how this one ultimately came out,...

Jacob Cohen

Jan 15, 2021

#29: Puzzle Spotlight: Enclosures

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! This week we have Enclosures, which, among all Puzzle Spotlight puzzles, is the one that I've...

Jacob Cohen

Jan 8, 2021

#28: Puzzle Spotlight: Spiral

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! This week, for Puzzle Spotlight, we're doing #4 on the survey and my personal favorite...

Jacob Cohen

Jan 1, 2021

#27: Puzzle Spotlight: Crossword

Hello everyone, and happy not-2020! (Exclamation point, not factorial.) As revealed in the answers to last week's Building Blocks puzzle,...

Puzzles: Blog2