<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sid's Grids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sid's Grids]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/home</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 09:00:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.sidsgrids.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Support Afghan women, get puzzles]]></title><description><![CDATA[**Update: These puzzles are no longer available, but please consider donating anyway! Hi! It's been a while. Look — there's a lot to talk...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/support-afghan-women-get-puzzles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6129a1aa641b390016d7d6f9</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2021 23:45:25 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #50: Themeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Woohoo, it's Sid's Grids' 50th puzzle! Celebrating today with a tricky themeless. I was inspired by Nam Jin...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-50-themeless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fd3dfa62ba7ce0017a02be3</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2020 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #49: Themeless (with Brooke Husic)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Always a blast teaming up with Brooke, especially on a 62-word puzzle! She's been tearing it up recently on...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-49-themeless-with-brooke-husic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5fa5766b8639340017b41604</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2020 16:22:52 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #48: "Stacks on Stacks" (by Rebecca Goldstein)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Excited to feature the world debut of Rebecca Goldstein today! Rebecca and I started chatting this summer...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-48-stacks-on-stacks-by-rebecca-goldstein</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f9da7feea162f0017be0f44</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2020 18:34:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #47: "Right Now" (by Chris Piuma)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution I love boundary-pushing puzzles — especially ones that subvert the traditional rules of crosswords — but...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-47-right-now-by-chris-piuma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f8248c5679a000017cce81c</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:00:26 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #46: Themeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Before I say anything about today's puzzle: if you're reading this in the United States, please take a few...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-46-themeless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f7def36c8141900181dbc04</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:29:19 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #45: Themeless (by Nam Jin Yoon)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution A 10×10 themeless puzzle today by Nam Jin Yoon, who recently had his debut in the New York Times (also with...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-45-themeless-by-nam-jin-yoon</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f62a27c85102200185b372e</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 16:42:06 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bonus Puzzle: "2020 US Open Champions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: puz Coming off the high of those nail-biting US Open singles finals, here's a little bonus puzzle for you. And if you didn't...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/bonus-puzzle-2020-us-open-champions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f5eb9f35c8d150017816172</guid><category><![CDATA[Bonus Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:35:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #44: "Distance Learning" (by Richard D. Allen)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution The streak of guest puzzles continues! I've been keeping busy publishing in other venues — you can see a...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-44-distance-learning-by-richard-d-allen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f51597d9d2acb001741c487</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2020 21:23:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #43: "Key Change" (Themeless, by Adam Aaronson)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Whew, what happened this past weekend? It was all a blur ... at least nothing unusual happened with my...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-43-key-change-themeless-by-adam-aaronson</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f3d73d4afe56a0017fb59fc</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:07:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women of Lollapuzzoola 13 (edited by Brooke Husic)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz (zip archive), solutions We’re not in Sid’s Grids anymore, puzzledom! Greetings from your new captain, Brooke Husic....]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/women-of-lollapuzzoola-13-edited-by-brooke-husic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f368f59ff328c0017ce84d7</guid><category><![CDATA[Bonus Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2020 17:28:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ce5021_e1fbb723c89e42099d8b08582a4c74f7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #42: Themeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Dipping into ultra-low-word-count territory today with this 62-word themeless. This grid pattern comes...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-42-themeless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f303c8e4de1c60017ab6309</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 18:32:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #41: Themeless (with Matthew Stock)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Themeless today with a timely seed that has both of us excited (spoilers). As always, Matthew brings the...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-41-themeless-with-matthew-stock</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f1b11b50afd4b0017f133de</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 17:00:03 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #40: Themeless (by Brooke Husic &#38; Brian Thomas)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Today's guest themeless comes courtesy of Brooke and Brian — and is the counterpart to a themeless with the...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-40-themeless-by-brooke-husic-brian-thomas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f19db84bf33740017db9702</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2020 19:44:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #39: "Dropped Connection"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution I saw the revealer for today's puzzle trending on Twitter yesterday, and I'd been following some of the...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-39-dropped-connection</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f08b2e63a650200173cc4fd</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2020 18:44:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #38: Crossnerds Themeless (by Brooke Husic &#38; Rebecca Neipris)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution A guest themeless for you today! Rebecca Neipris hosts the brilliant cruciverbal podcast Crossnerds, which...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-38-crossnerds-themeless-by-brooke-husic-rebecca-neipris</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5eff561cbe08dd00174d6c9e</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:20:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #37: "City Limits" (with Matthew Stock)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Black Lives Matter. I haven't been able to concentrate on much of anything besides that. I had a timely...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-37-city-limits-with-matthew-stock</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ed954ea9339bc001828f05a</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 23:36:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #36: Themeless]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution Very topical seed for today's themeless — inspired by the enterprising crossword streamer Aaron Paulsen,...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-36-themeless</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ec54ecb63ae0c0018e8aecd</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2020 15:59:07 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #35: Themeless (with Brooke Husic)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf/puz (hard clues), pdf/puz (harder clues), solution Time for another Sunday-sized themeless! I made this grid shortly after...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-35-themeless-with-brooke-husic</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5ebc4a0c45153d0017090048</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2020 21:49:05 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puzzle #34: "Indie Rhyme Time"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Downloads: pdf, puz, solution It's going to be hard for me to write a blurb about today's puzzle without ruining the solve — so please,...]]></description><link>https://www.sidsgrids.com/post/puzzle-34-indie-rhyme-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5eb1731f4826190018499f60</guid><category><![CDATA[Puzzles]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 15:30:28 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Sid Sivakumar</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>