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Vowelless Crossword Puzzles from
Peter Broda [1: .PUZ | .PDF] [2: .PUZ | .PDF],
Neville Fogarty [.PUZ | .PDF],
Trip Payne [.PUZ | .PDF],
Andy Kravis [.PUZ], and
Evan Birnholz [.PUZ | .PDF].
From Broda’s Made Without AEIOU introduction: A vowelless crossword is just like a regular crossword except that the grid contains only the consonants from each answer…Other than that, it's business as usual.

Links from the Setters’ names usually have easier versions of the puzzles, where each clues’ answers are enumerated. There’s also a much more difficult version of Birnholz’ puzzle featuring vowelless clues (.PUZ | .PDF), in case you solved the first five puzzles without breaking a sweat. Each of the puzzle constructors listed here have other things you can buy, but the six puzzles that are linked directly are free. Two of the most famous vowelless setters are strictly published in books you can buy (or in the NYT Crossword archive), but here’s a cheater Google Books link to one of Arthur Schulman’s vowelless crossword puzzles.
posted by carsonb (10 comments total) 15 users marked this as a favorite
 
Happy Saturday!
posted by carsonb at 8:00 AM on July 28, 2018


Oh, great. As if I need someone other than Will Shortz to curse at on the weekend.
posted by rokusan at 8:05 AM on July 28, 2018


This should be relevant to my interests.
posted by jsnlxndrlv at 10:24 AM on July 28, 2018 [2 favorites]


Andy Kravis, not Kravitz.
posted by chicobangs at 10:35 AM on July 28, 2018 [1 favorite]


Mod note: Fixed!
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 10:46 AM on July 28, 2018 [1 favorite]


Grt pst.

Thx.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 11:05 AM on July 28, 2018 [2 favorites]


Andy Kravis? One letter different from a character from WKRP? Might as well be "Les Hessman". (Coincidence: a 'Daily Crossword' app I get on my phone - that I enjoy because it's NOT very hard - had WKRP character names as a theme this week)
posted by oneswellfoop at 12:51 PM on July 28, 2018


(fires up the printer, cackles madly)
posted by kimberussell at 1:44 PM on July 28, 2018 [1 favorite]


sht
posted by duffell at 6:19 AM on July 30, 2018 [1 favorite]


I greatly enjoyed Frank Longo's Vowelless Crosswords book.
posted by AbnerRavenwood at 2:42 PM on July 30, 2018 [1 favorite]


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