Attention, fans of tough crosswords who are always looking for a fresh challenge! Andrew Ries has a new puzzle pack of variety crosswords in the Twists & Turns format he devised. Each “Twists” answer is 9 letters long and it’s up to you to figure out whether it starts or ends in the center, and if it ends there, where it starts. The “Turns” answers follow a path back and forth through the grid as you travel down, so you can use those words to help you figure out how the “Twists” are to be entered. Visit Aries Puzzles for more info and to buy the packet, which includes eight mini T&T puzzles (four 3×3 chunks in each grid) along with eight big T&T puzzles (25 3×3 chunks). Enjoy!

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