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Jacob Cohen
#119: Puzzle Spotlight: Cell Blocks (Shikaku)
Today, we're shining the spotlight on a puzzle type I first discovered in The Wall Street Journal (under the name Cell Blocks), but that is
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Jacob Cohen
Jun 8, 2023
#111: Puzzle Spotlight: Chocolate Banana
It's been, oh, just a year and a bit since the last time I did an official Puzzle Spotlight. Nevertheless, I still think it's a great way to
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Jacob Cohen
Mar 17, 2022
#79: Puzzle Spotlight: Midloop
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! Today, I've made three Midloop puzzles for you. I have no real justification for today being...
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Jacob Cohen
Dec 3, 2021
#71: Puzzle Spotlight: The King's Tour (with black squares)
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's Puzzle Spotlight time, and I've selected the King's Tour! Issue #31 was also a Puzzle...
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Jacob Cohen
Nov 4, 2021
#67: Puzzle Spotlight: Tapa
Hello everyone, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress. Three separate news items today before I get to the puzzles! I cowrote a puzzle...
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Jacob Cohen
Sep 30, 2021
#62: Puzzle Spotlight: Building Blocks
Important: If you bought the Puzzles for Progress book, you probably received an email Wednesday that your order has been cancelled. I...
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Jacob Cohen
Sep 2, 2021
#58: Puzzle Spotlight: Star Battle
Hello, and welcome back to Puzzles for Progress! I (mostly) took a break from PfP in August, so it's nice to be back. And it is the first...
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Jacob Cohen
Jul 1, 2021
#53: Puzzle Spotlight: KenKen
Hello, and welcome. With these three puzzles, the first year of Puzzles for Progress is complete! (I get that this is Issue #53, not...
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Jacob Cohen
Jun 3, 2021
#49: Puzzle Spotlight: Fillomino
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's the first puzzle page of June, which makes it Puzzle Spotlight time! This week, it's...
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Jacob Cohen
May 6, 2021
#45: Puzzle Spotlight: Overpath
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! It's the first puzzle page of the month, so it's Puzzle Spotlight week. The puzzle being...
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Jacob Cohen
Apr 1, 2021
#40: Puzzle Spotlight: Mirrored Gallery
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! For the month of January, each week, instead of showcasing three distinct puzzle types, each...
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Jacob Cohen
Jan 29, 2021
#31: Puzzle Spotlight: The King's Tour
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! This week, the grand finale of Puzzle Spotlight, featuring the most popular puzzle of them...
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Jacob Cohen
Jan 22, 2021
#30: Puzzle Spotlight: Capsules
Hello everyone, and welcome to this thirtieth edition of Puzzles for Progress! I'm really happy with how this one ultimately came out,...
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Jacob Cohen
Jan 15, 2021
#29: Puzzle Spotlight: Enclosures
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! This week we have Enclosures, which, among all Puzzle Spotlight puzzles, is the one that I've...
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Jacob Cohen
Jan 8, 2021
#28: Puzzle Spotlight: Spiral
Hello, and welcome to Puzzles for Progress! This week, for Puzzle Spotlight, we're doing #4 on the survey and my personal favorite...
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Jacob Cohen
Jan 1, 2021
#27: Puzzle Spotlight: Crossword
Hello everyone, and happy not-2020! (Exclamation point, not factorial.) As revealed in the answers to last week's Building Blocks puzzle,...
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