Just finished 12th(!) out of 600ish solvers in my divisions (138th out of 800ish overall) at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament 🤯🏆 #acpt Such a great weekend filled with tremendously lovely humans! 💕
The American crossword puzzle tournament ballroom
#ACPT is roughly the most wholesome event in the world, at its best. There’s a 100 year old solver competing. So much honor system going in the rules. Nothing at stake but fun
Rolling out to solvers now. Don’t forget to subscribe if you haven’t! Avxwords.com
AVCX Classic bonus meta from @francisheaney.bsky.social drops tonight!
Here’s a sneak peek of the flavor text:
“Inspired by beloved companies like Meta and Amazon, we’re thrilled to introduce our new AI assistant, AVCXBot, who we’ve asked to help us come up with an AI‑inspired theme …”
I have now downloaded every @avcx.bsky.social from 2023 (including the cryptics of course!). I think I'm ready for this train trip
Just printed off 250 copies for tomorrow. It’s hard!! And it’s a contest. Finally, we have an announcement to make when the solution goes out on 4/22
Yes! We agree that AI is the only thing to look forward to! And I’m glad you had a chance to meet a French hen as well, that sounds so nice.
(N.b I used AI to summarize your post; I’m assuming it paraphrased you accurately)
🚨🚨Francis Heaney meta!🚨🚨
The only A.I.-related thing I have ever looked forward to 🎉
Over here at AVCX, we’re just so excited about AI! It can do so much, it never makes mistakes, and it carries no risks. Everyone loves it all the time. This is our chance to honor the new technology by adopting it uncritically to do all kinds of essential tasks.
“…When you’re done solving the puzzle, look for a four‑word phrase that
describes what we hope GenAI will become in the near future. Send that phrase to genAI@avxwords.com by April 17 for a chance to win a prize. Look for the solution—along with an exciting announcement from us—on April 22.”
AVCX Classic bonus meta from @francisheaney.bsky.social drops tonight!
Here’s a sneak peek of the flavor text:
“Inspired by beloved companies like Meta and Amazon, we’re thrilled to introduce our new AI assistant, AVCXBot, who we’ve asked to help us come up with an AI‑inspired theme …”
I set this week's @avcx.bsky.social cryptic.
avxwords.com/puzzles/2030/
It’s really just something to get used to. Once you know to look for them, that possibility just sorta becomes part of the experience
Drop @bencollins.bsky.social a line (really)
Big thanks to @feathersmcg.bsky.social (Jamie Ding) for shouting out the AVCX (specifically our cryptics) on “Jeopardy!” the other day. That was a first for us and it felt great and was appreciated.
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My first print addition of the Onion came! Worth it.
@bencollins.bsky.social… how about bringing the crossword back? 🙏
But yeah we get what you mean
We send out handsome PDFs of each puzzle, precisely for a-printin’
You can now solve AVCX puzzles directly on our site:
avxwords.com/avcx-puzzle-...
Thanks to our friends at Crossword Nexus for making this happen, and to Glenn for implementing.
You can now solve AVCX puzzles directly on our site:
avxwords.com/avcx-puzzle-...
Thanks to our friends at Crossword Nexus for making this happen, and to Glenn for implementing.
Solve our sister crossword over at Detector, every time
The puzzle containing this clue drops tonight! If you’re not subscribed, come get the good stuff at avxwords.com
AVCX donated today; support this project and get some wonderful puzzles!
Crossword clue reading “”Feliz ___ nuevo!” (Spanish "happy new anus!")”
We at AVCX crosswords believe that N and Ñ are different letters
AVCX donated today; support this project and get some wonderful puzzles!
The new These Puzzles Fund Abortion puzzle pack is on pre-sale now. I edited a lovely puzzle for it, and the constructor lineup is stellar as always. Solve some top-tier crosswords and help super reproductive rights won’t ya
fund.nnaf.org/campaign/the...
When do we get "One Hundred Buttholes of Solitude"?