puzzles

on this site

17
everything louder than everything else
the one with the crossword
cross words
spiral out (keep going)
freestyle 1
muddy waters
this is happening
grid wars 6 (oh brother)
iridescence
freestyle 2
grid wars 7 (freestyle 2.5)
working out isn't working out
foreword (grid wars 8)
freestyle 3
brooms up
folk music
speaking in tongues
happy interdependence day (freestyle 8)
pow pow
gobble gobble gobble (freestyle 4)
there's no place like our home for the holidays
checklist
lights, camera, action
i'm dreaming of a white christmas
cover song
here we come a-caroling
present day
brick
happy new year
the white stuff
xx-mas (freestyle 5)
b team
school daze
fourteen by four (freestyle 18)
egghead
look out ahead
some say love, it is a puzzle (with allegra kuney)
swedish-ish
believe it! (freestyle 21)
jumping for joy
in search of lost time (freestyle 24)
pick sixty eight (freestyle 27)
one shining moment
how i want a mathy crossword
one weird trick?
slimming down
all for one (freestyle 31)
a tradition unlike any other
x japan gon' give it to ya (freestyle 42)
count on me
fun run
i thought this was speed dating (freestyle 23)
tubthumping (freestyle 39)
it's all greek to me
working blue
three-peats
fudge factor (with jesse lansner)
home at last (freestyle 29)
fifty-fifty
cortez (freestyle 49)
in memory of
jailhouse rock
go to sleep (freestyle 54)
total football (freestyle 64 with jenna lafleur)
t men
my shot (freestyle 10)
wot in alternation (with ada nicolle)
nice (freestyle 69)
close shave
america (freestyle 70)
repeat offenders
remember (freestyle 36)
statesmen
hot tea (freestyle 59)
plus fours
bare necessities (freestyle 80)
a few times i've been around that track
remember, remember (freestyle 72)
ex men
from start to finish
tom tom club
about time (freestyle 82)
playback
so it goes (freestyle 93)
stocking stuffer
we three songs (freestyle 83)
touchword 1
olin college
twist and shout
animal house
cutting corners (freestyle 96)
ffs
making up ground
time out (freestyle 98)
winding numbers
seven and seven (freestyle 53)
heartlifting
turn around
los borrachos (freestyle 100)
chris folds five
jestin' time (freestyle 102)
beer money (freestyle 108)
game breakers
counting stars
short waves
hoofing it
winning records (freestyle 76)
circulating air
squarefree (meta)
squarefree 1
mini marching bands 1-4
will they or won't they (freestyle 113)
us open
colorful characters (freestyle 114)
recycle (freestyle 73)
lost in translation
blades of glory
big time
squarefree 4
a day at the roxbury (freestyle 115)
rock climbing
terrible twos
chopped vegetables
best two out of three (meta)
on the clock
missed it by that much (freestyle 120)
it'll be alright
arrr you ready? (guest puzzle by brian herrick)
l functions
ghostwritten (freestyle 122)
going back to square one?
ice blue (freestyle 124)
that's a snap
one day more (freestyle 97)
a time to remember (freestyle 126)
nautical
go big or go home (freestyle 116)
big break
winter airs (freestyle 129)
over and out
snowfall
down and out
bubbles
spanner in the works (freestyle 95)
a bully is always a coward (guest puzzle by adam aaronson)
split decision (freestyle 131)
scarlet letters
cha cha now y'all (freestyle 135)
quick study
finish lines
picture perfect
schoolhouse rock (freestyle 137)
field testing
skylight
march madness
touchword 2
black tie affair (with chris king)
deleted scenes (with richard d. allen)
connect four
twitch plays crosswords (freestyle 148)
slurred lines (with burak tekin)
roger that (freestyle 149)
whoosh (freestyle 151)
book club (freestyle 145)
staten island ferry (freestyle 147)
you're cramping my style! (guest puzzle by brian herrick)
do the right thing (freestyle 154)
questionable content (freestyle 152)
touchword 3
both sides now (w/ george barany + noam elkies)
don't call it that (w/ jenna lafleur)
vibe check (freestyle 159)
raise your shield (guest puzzle by sid sivakumar)
that hurts!
it takes more than skill (freestyle 162)
chekhov's gin (freestyle 123)
wap (guest puzzle by ada nicolle)
fishers of men

on other sites


barany + friends

moving forward (october 2016)
stronger together (july 2016)
a piece of our mind (june 2016)
california dreamin' (june 2016)
56-downed-up-charges (june 2016)
wall in the family (may 2016)
craftily rerun zodiac (april 2016)
supreme effort (march 2016)
complex fruits (december 2015, posted june 2016)
giving t.hanks for the holidays (december 2015)
citi-zens united (november 2015)

published puzzles

unemployed philosopher's guild (2/2016)
orange county register (12/1/2016)
chronicle of higher education (the mathematics of baking, 3/10/2017)
orange county register (4/13/2017)
minneapolis star tribune (north stars, 4/16/2017)
orange county register (5/25/2017)
minnesota crossword tournament (line changes, 6/11/2017)
minneapolis star tribune (land of lakes, 6/25/2017)
minneapolis star tribune (minnesota masquerade, 10/8/2017)
fireball crosswords (you won't see me, 10/25/2017)
minneapolis star tribune (minnesota ice, 12/3/2017)
outside the box puzzles (science fiction double feature, 12/4/2017)
andrews mcmeel universal (free for all ii, 3/10/2017)
queer qrosswords (themeless, 3/15/2018)
queer qrosswords (loud and proud, 3/15/2018)
minneapolis star tribune (oh the places you'll go, 3/25/2018)
andrews mcmeel universal (sunday freestyle x, 5/6/2018)
fireball crosswords (and how!, 6/6/2018)
la times (themed, 6/28/2018)
cornell alumni magazine (acrostic, 7/2/2018)
ny times (themed, 7/3/2018)
andrews mcmeel universal (sunday freestyle xxvi, 8/26/2018)
minneapolis star tribune (minnesota menagerie, 9/30/2018)
andrews mcmeel universal (free for all xxxvi, 11/3/2018)
minneapolis star tribune (packed for travel, 12/9/2018)
american values club crossword (avcx themeless #34, 12/26/2018)
andrews mcmeel universal (three of a kind, 2/5/2019)
la times (freestyle, 2/16/2019)
andrews mcmeel universal (hanging in suspense, 2/28/2019)
ny times (themed, 3/21/2019)
minneapolis star tribune (field of dreams, 3/24/2019)
andrews mcmeel universal (end of the line, 3/24/2019)
andrews mcmeel universal (april fools, 4/1/2019)
wall street journal (split in two, 4/8/2019)
spyscape crosswords (start to smiley, 4/12/2019)
andrews mcmeel universal (tongue-tied, 5/26/2019)
minneapolis star tribune (minnesota born to run, 6/9/2019)
andrews mcmeel universal (cloud storage, 6/25/2019)
la times (freestyle, 6/29/2019)
andrews mcmeel universal (mixed greens, 7/9/2019)
ny times (anagrammar, 7/28/2019)
andrews mcmeel universal (sound quintet, 8/10/2019)
andrews mcmeel universal (many happy returns, 8/16/2019)
chronicle of higher education (knot applicable, 8/16/2019)
american values club crossword (disc connections, 9/4/2019)
wall street journal (misdirection, 10/9/2019)
queer qrosswords2 (themeless, 10/11/2019)
queer qrosswords 2 (lgbtqia+, 10/11/2019)
la times (themed, 10/24/2019)
minneapolis star tribune (wonder women, 11/24/2019)
wall street journal (off the eaten path, 11/27/2019)
la times (freestyle, 12/28/2019)
la times (themed, 1/9/2020)
ny times (audubon society, 2/2/2020)
minneapolis star tribune (in the neighborhood, 3/22/2020)
andrews mcmeel universal (dessert dilemma, 4/19/2020)
cornell alumni magazine (acrostic, 5/6/2020)
la times (freestyle, 5/9/2020)
ny times (freestyle, 5/15/2020)
la times (themed, 6/4/2020)
minneapolis star tribune (waters down, 6/7/2020)
grids for good (freestyle, 7/1/2020)
american values clue crossword (themeless #48, 7/4/2020)
andrews mcmeel universal (track team, 7/21/2020)
los angeles times (freestyle, 8/15/2020)
minneapolis star tribune (seeing double, 8/16/2020)
andrews mcmeel universal (get cooking, 8/29/2020)
wall street journal (do the splits, 11/18/2020)
minneapolis star tribune (aisle of dogs, 11/22/2020)
encyclopedia britannica (looking both ways, 1/12/2021)
fireball (air drop w/ rachel fabi, 1/20/2021)
wall street journal (wardrobe changes w/ matthew stock, 1/23/2021)
minneapolis star tribune (keeping it clean, 1/25/2021)
encyclopedia britannica (foreign languages, 3/26/2021)
encyclopedia britannica (a precipitious moment, 4/23/2021)
minneapolis star tribune (the good fighter, 4/23/2021)
encyclopedia britannica (starting a family, 5/21/2021)
new york times (themed, 6/8/2021)
encyclopedia britannica (on repeat, 6/18/2021)
new york times (themed w/ adam aaronson, 6/30/2021)
minneapolis star tribune (run around, 8/20/2021)
new york times (themed, 9/14/2021)
minneapolis star tribune (it's a wrap, 11/22/2021)
minneapolis star tribune (fermental gymnastics, 1/31/2022)
crucinova (turn, turn, turn w/ shannon rapp, 4/21/2022)
minneapolis star tribune (cross breeds, 4/29/2022)