Note: We sill have issues with the solving applet and logins; this seems to be tied to some new security updates on web browsers and may be difficult to fix but we will keep you updated.

Our most recent week of Skyscrapers puzzles can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts.

We have two solving videos for this week. The first introduces a generally useful way to look at 2 clues in a skyscrapers puzzle based on the Tuesday puzzle. This tip will be reviewed (alongside a few others) in the video for the Saturday puzzle.

This upcoming week will feature Kurotto puzzles.

Note: We have received multiple reports of login issues with the solving applet; this seems to be tied to some new security updates on web browsers and may be difficult to fix but we will keep you updated.

Our most recent variety mix week can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts.

We have two solving videos for this week. First is some guidance for the Graffiti Snake from Prasanna on Thursday:

We also have another Star Battle video for the Saturday puzzle from Ashish:

This upcoming week will feature Skyscrapers puzzles.

Our most recent week of Araf puzzles can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts.

As Araf is a less familiar style (and sometimes seems to benefit from “intuition” even though all of these puzzles can be done with full logical), we have solution videos done in ink for the whole week of Araf puzzles starting with the basics of Araf in the Monday and Tuesday puzzles:

Some harder logical tricks are revealed in the Wednesday and Thursday puzzles:

And here are solving paths for the Friday and Saturday puzzles:

This upcoming week will feature a variety mix of puzzles across our six genres.

Our most recent week of Battleships puzzles can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts.

We have created one solution video for JinHoo Ahn’s Battleships puzzle from Friday.

And we recently saw that contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar made a solution video for Thomas Snyder’s Love Boat Battleships puzzle from last year; check the puzzle and video out if you are interested in a different style of tutorial.

This upcoming week will feature Araf puzzles.

Our most recent week of Sudoku puzzles can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts. We also have two solution video for this week for the Friday Consecutive Pairs Sudoku and Saturday Arrow Sudoku puzzles.

This upcoming week will feature Battleships puzzles.

Our most recent variety mix week of puzzles can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts.

A video talkthrough for the difficulty Kakuro (Double) puzzle from Saturday is here.

We’ve also shared our talkthrough of this Best of 2019
Sundoko Snake Shape puzzle combining three puzzle styles:

This coming week will focus on Sudoku and variations.

Here are our best Loop/Path puzzles of 2019, selected from the 42 web posts in this category based on your FAVE votes:

A couple of our “Best of” in this category are variety puzzles, starting with this loop + word puzzle combination O’utcast from Serkan Yürekli.

Guest contributor Bryce Herdt created a quite unusual Castle Wall puzzle that got a fair number of FAVE votes.

Another guest contributor, Joseph Howard, put together this challenging Yajilin variation with some “false” clues that might be covered up. The solvers who found their way to end enjoyed the journey.

Another Castle Wall, this one by Murat Can Tonta, was our second best in this category, with a noteworthy solving path if you can find it.

The best Loop/Path puzzle of 2019, and also the top vote getter across all categories as the best puzzle of 2019, is an absolutely crazy variation by Yuki Kawabe. It combines some shading, object placement, and snake path genres into a hybrid called SSS (Sundoku Snake Shape).

All of these best Loop/Path puzzles are collected in this PDF file.

Our most recent week of Slitherlink puzzles can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts. We also have two solution video for this week for the Thursday and Friday puzzles.

Later today we’ll post our Best of 2019 Loop/Path puzzles including our best puzzle of 2019 as voted on by our solvers. This upcoming week will feature a mix of puzzles across all of our categories.

Here are our best Shading puzzles of 2019, selected from the 41 web posts in this category based on your FAVE votes:

Our first best shading puzzle of 2019 is actually two puzzles. As part of his debut week at GMPuzzles, Ashish Kumar created a set of puzzles that each had two different solving options from the same clues. With some help from editor (becoming co-author) Thomas Snyder, this Kurotto (and Cave) came together really well and got a lot of favorite votes.

Many of our “best of” puzzles get attention due to unusual clues and fun Aha moments, and the center of this Nanro by John Bulten certainly fits that description.

John Bulten also was the author behind this favorite LITS puzzle with a Pi theme and a fun easter egg for our regular solvers.

Our top two were both Tapa puzzles of different forms by Murat Can Tonta. This Tapa (Regional) puzzle combined some different ways of thinking about clues in a clever and challenging package.

And our Best Shading puzzle of 2019 was this classic Tapa by Murat. While on the easier end (usually our top vote getters are very difficult puzzles), the visual theme and smooth solve stood out for our voters.

All of these best Shading puzzles are collected in this PDF file.

Our most recent week of Tapa puzzles can be found in this PDF and the solutions are all grouped in this PDF and have also been linked to the individual posts. We also have a solution video for this week for the Friday Tapa (Skyscrapers) puzzle.

From our video archive, we’re pulling out another shading puzzle variation, a Cross the Streams (LITS) puzzle by Bryce Herdt from 2017.

Later today we’ll post our Best of 2019 Shading puzzles. And this upcoming week we will feature Slitherlink and then the last Best of category with Loop/Path puzzles.