Current projects.
- Running Puzzmo's daily crossword
- Constructing for the New Yorker's in-house puzzlemaking team
- Planning the next Crossword Con, which will be held on April 4, 2025 in NYC (sign up at the link for updates!)
- Co-maintaining Spread the Word(list), a free crossword construction resource
- Teaching a biannual Creating Crossword Puzzles course with Natan Last c/o Atlas Obscura
You can find my on-spec crosswords at most mainstream outlets, and my monthly superhard puzzle on my blog
Sample crosswords.
- New Yorker on Monday, May 1, 2023 (themeless; more challenging)
- New Yorker on Thursday, July 6, 2023 (themeless; less challenging)
Past projects.
- Directing the first-ever Crossword Con (2024) (we recorded all the talks!)
- Editing and supervising AVCX midi crosswords (2022-2023)
- Editing for Inkubator Crosswords (2021-2023)
- Co-hosting Rebecca Neipris's illustrious Crossnerds podcast (2021-2023)
- Editing for the 14th (2021), 15th (2022), 16th (2023), and 17th (2024) annual Lollapuzzoola crossword puzzle tournaments
- Editing for the second (2022), third (2023), and fourth (2024) These Puzzles Fund Abortion crossword charity packs
Books.
- Puzzmo Crossword Puzzles: Vol 1 (2024) [Buy from Puzzmo]
- 99 TV Crosswords (2024) [Buy from A24]
- Sit & Solve Simple Mini Crosswords (2022) [Buy at any of the links here]
Press.
- Listen to Danielle Deluty interview me for her podcast [Female Intern, 2024]
- Read an interview with me and Natan about the crossword construction course we teach [Atlas Obscura, 2024]
- Read about my favorite puzzle I've ever written [New York Times, 2022] (or watch Cracking The Cryptic solve it)
- Read about issues around and progress towards representation in crosswords [Washington Post, 2021]
- Listen to me discuss difficulty and representation in crosswords [Boswords, 2021]
Misc.
- Sometimes I use the pseudonym Alexandra Ladee on Twitter and Bluesky
- If you're looking for my science stuff, you can find it on Google Scholar and/or Github
- My email is this web address, but make it gmail
- My Erdős number is 3 (Salamon & Erdős, Wales & Salamon, Husic & Schebarchov & Wales)