Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest

Following Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest's news feed is very easy. Subscribe using the "follow" button on the top right and if you want to, choose the updates by topic or tag.

We will deliver them to your inbox, your phone, or you can use follow.it like your own online RSS reader. You can unsubscribe whenever you want with one click.

Keep up to date with Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest!

Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest: Maintenance

Is this your feed? Claim it!

Publisher: Unclaimed!

Message frequency: 0.16 / day

Message History

MGWCC #930 — POSTPONED Until 1 PM ET Today2 days

Dear Solver,

MGWCC #930 will be published at 1:00 PM ET Today. My apologies for the delay.

–Matt

Read full story

MGWCC #929 — Friday, March 20th, 2026 — "A Return to Carnivorism” by Ben Chenoweth1 week

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “Name Game”
Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a famous author.
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien, found by 193 solvers, 101 of which were solo solves

More later, but the answer here was LEAPS. See

Read full story

MGWCC #928 — Friday, March 13th, 2026 — "Downright Simple”2 weeks

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “Name Game”
Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a famous author.
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien, found by 193 solvers, 101 of which were solo solves

THIS WEEK’S INSTRUCTIONS:

Today’s puzzle is Week 2 of 4 in March. Instructions:

This puzzle’s contes...

Read full story

MGWCC #927 — Friday, March 6th, 2026 — "Silent Films”3 weeks

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS:

Title: “Name Game”
Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a famous author.
Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien, found by 193 solvers, 101 of which were solo solves

Well, you may have thought I’d seen everything meta-possible after writing about 1,100 of these over the past 18 years, but no! Last week’s p...

Read full story