Mini 2

Solve here: Crosshare

It has been a long time since I created a puzzle, and I’ll consider this as dipping my toes back into the waters. It’s nothing too exciting or creative. A pretty straightforward mini that experienced solvers should be able to complete in less than a minute without much trouble. 1Across (mild spoiler alert!) has been at the forefront of my attention for the last week or so, and I thought I would throw it in there. I think if I can continue to do mini puzzles like this for a little while, where I include one or two entries that happen to be related to what’s going on in the world or in my personal life, that might be enough to keep me interested in making more puzzles again. No promises, though.

Sowlympics

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Download: .puz / .pdf

Here’s Alphabento’s first full-size puzzle! I was inspired by this particular bit of Tokyo 2020 news that broke last week (mild spoiler if you click it, technically, but it shouldn’t really affect your solving experience if you check it). FEEDBACK IS APPRECIATED!! It should be clear from going through the puzzle that I’m not expecting a puzzle like this to be published anywhere, so any kind of feedback like “An entry like this would never make it in the NYTimes” and such is unnecessary, but more general feedback about cluing or layout or anything like that is more than welcome!

Mini #1

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Download: .puz / .pdf

Welcome to AlphaBento! This is going to be an adventure. I intend to update the site with more information about myself in the near future, as well as the plans I have going forward, but for now, I thought I’d get the ball rolling with a Mini Puzzle! I welcome any comments, positive or negative (but hopefully constructive), either here or on Crosshare!