Use the clues to locate the given fleet on the grid. Ships may not touch each other in any direction, including diagonally. However, they may be rotated. Any segments given are exactly the type shown. Number clues along the side and bottom of the grid indicate how many ship segments exist in that row or column.
“All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall.” On this day in 1979, Pink Floyd released one of their most well-known concept albums. The Wall sold over 30 million copies. Today, we celebrate with a Bricks puzzle.
I learned about Chain Sudoku puzzles fairly recently, and thought they’d make for a visually cool presentation. This form was popularized under the trademarked name Strimko, which was invented in 2008 by the Grabarchuk family. They’re similar to Jigsaw Sudoku puzzles, with jumbled regions, except they are not necessarily orthogonally contiguous.
One popular table decoration represents the autumn harvest. The cornucopia, or “Horn of Plenty,” has been used as a symbol of abundance since ancient Greece. Now, it’s usually shown filled with fruits and nuts, and is commonly associated with Thanksgiving in North America.
Today’s puzzle is a small crossword, playable right here on this page! All of the answers are words formed with letters found in the word “CORNUCOPIA.” No letters are used more than once in an answer, unless they actually appear multiple times in our theme word. Good luck!
Find all 45 dominoes in a double-eight set (0-0 through 8-8) in the grid. Mark each pairing off as individual dominoes. All pair possibilities are used, and no domino is used more than once
The Royal Guard has discovered Guy Fawkes skulking around in the cellars beneath the House of Lords. He has confessed to a wicked plot, but we must still find the gunpowder with which the plan was to be carried out!
When I was a kid, origami was a hobby I delved into with a passion. All these years later, and I just discovered that November 11th is World Origami Day! Today’s puzzle, originally named Yokibunkastu (“container dividing”), is themed around folding, so I thought it would be appropriate for the occasion. Draw walls to form pentomino (5-cell) regions around the paper cranes.
Gokigen Naname, commonly shortened to just Gokigen, is a line placement puzzle. Place a slanted line into each cell, following numbered clues at grid intersections.
Feliz Día de los Muertos! This popular Mexican celebration is distinct from Halloween in that it’s meant to reflect upon and honor your ancestors, rather than trick mischievous supernatural creatures. Enjoy today’s Mosaic puzzle!
Connect all of the numbered islands into a single group, using a series of bridges. No more than two bridges may connect any pair of islands.
