Great news for fans of vowelless crosswords! Peter Broda—one of the organizers of the terrific Indie 500 tournament)—is selling an 8-pack of brand-new vwllss pzzls. Or really, 7 puzzles for sale, plus a bonus sample puzzle you can solve for free at his “Made Without AEIOU” page. You can name your price—use PayPal to send Peter any non-zero amount of money and he’ll send you all 8 puzzles, in .pdf and .puz formats, with and without enumerations for the answers. I just breezed through puzzle 1 in not a whole lot longer than it takes me to do a Saturday NYT; puzzle 2 took me 9:13, or about double a Friday NYT. Peter’s clues are clear and on the long side, which helps you figure out the answers. His vowelless fill is pretty dang zippy, too. Amy recommends!
This week’s regular AV Club puzzle is a metacontest; look for the writeup very late Sunday after the contest deadline. The review in this post is of the bonus puzzle.