Note: The Ubercross release schedule for the rest of the year is as follows: small w, Big V, Big W, small x, Big X, small y, Big Y, small z, Big Z. A new Ubercross will continue to release every Tuesday night/Wednesday morning until done.
I’d hoped to have the big V ready for you tonight, but over last weekend, I decided it wouldn’t be wise to push it out too fast. As I said, the U puzzle was by far the hardest section to finish, and it ate up all my buffer for the remaining five sections. In an easy week, I can finish a section, but the past seven days or so haven’t been an easy week! Nevertheless, things should be back on track soon and stay there until completion.
One bright spot in the past few weeks: I’ve gotten to do some collaboration/consultation with Nilanth Yogadasan on some mainstream installments of Cine2Nerdle, an outgrowth of my interviewing him for the Journal. I don’t think this will become a long-term gig, but it was a joy to try it out! Puzzle #R184 is probably the one I influenced the most—if the snapshot below intrigues you, you can play it here! In a couple of days, I’ll do a bit more with one of the ideas that inspired it.