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Jacob Cohen

Apr 14, 2022

#81: Full Midloop, Full Slitherlink, Spiral

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! This is the 81st edition, so you could match every issue so far to a cell in a standard...

Jacob Cohen

Mar 31, 2022

#80: Whirlpool, Crossword, Antiknight Diamond Meandering Arrow Between Line Killer ... Capsules

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! Today is April first! I'm sure that's irrelevant, and all of today's puzzles are completely...

Jacob Cohen

Mar 17, 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...

Jacob Cohen

Mar 4, 2022

#78: Mergeword, Star Battle, Crossword (plus a custom Wordle)

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! Before I get into the puzzles: I somehow completed seven Wordles in twenty-five seconds! I'm...

Jacob Cohen

Feb 24, 2022

Wordle Blog Post & Birthday 6x6 Sudokus

Hey Puzzles for Progress people! Two things I wanted to quickly mention: 1. I don't talk about it here every time I publish a blog post,...

Jacob Cohen

Feb 18, 2022

#77: Star Battle, Nurikabe, Slitherlink [from PANFOPCWHTTAPA 2]

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! I've had the good fortune to cowrite the Logic Masters India contest Picking A Name For Our...

Jacob Cohen

Feb 4, 2022

#76: Crossword, Norinori, Full Masyu

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! I know, commas instead of semicolons in the title. I'm breaking all the rules now that I'm...

Jacob Cohen

Jan 27, 2022

Lots of PfP News!

I wasn't planning to send anything Puzzles for Progress-related during January, but there is a critical mass of Puzzles for...

Jacob Cohen

Dec 31, 2021

#75: Thermo Capsules; Crossword (plus bonus LITS/Aqre Hybrid)

Hello, and welcome to Issue #75 of Puzzles for Progress! As I mentioned last week, it'll also be the last on the weekly schedule, and the...

Jacob Cohen

Dec 24, 2021

#74: Spiral; Star Battle; This is the Answer?

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress. I'll just say it: I will be taking a break from Puzzles for Progress in January 2022, and...

Jacob Cohen

Dec 17, 2021

#73: Aqre; Cell Blocks Sudoku; Vowelless Anagrammy

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! Today, we have an Aqre (another Eric Fox puzzle type) that should be a good introduction to...

Jacob Cohen

Dec 10, 2021

#72: Word Ladder; Voxas; Anagrammy

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! The first puzzle for today is, a Word Ladder, titled "Gradient," which has slightly more of a...

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 26, 2021

#70: Crossword; Star Battle; Ambiguous Kropki Pairs Sudoku

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! First of all, if you haven't done the Puzzles for Progress survey, it really does help me...

Jacob Cohen

Nov 23, 2021

Do the New Puzzles for Progress Survey!

Hey everyone! As you know, I love surveys, but somehow nearly a full year has passed without one. It's time to right that wrong! I'd be...

Jacob Cohen

Nov 19, 2021

#69: 45 Building Blocks (that my computer made)

Hey! Normally for Puzzles for Progress, as you know, I make three puzzles. Today, my computer made 45. I can explain. Building Blocks is...

Jacob Cohen

Nov 12, 2021

#68: Masyu; Hashi; Tents [from PANFOPCWHTTAPA] (plus bonus Swift Spiral)

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! The Logic Masters India contest I cowrote, Picking A Name For Our Puzzle Contest Was Harder...

Jacob Cohen

Nov 4, 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

Nov 3, 2021

The Puzzles for Progress Book Now Exists!

It's finally here. I'm so excited. My new puzzle book, Best of Puzzles for Progress, is officially for sale at tinyurl.com/best-of-pfp!...

Jacob Cohen

Oct 28, 2021

#66: Star Battle; KenKen; Mergeword

Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! Some of my puzzles recently have been slightly more difficult than I'd like, so I've tried to...

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