Well, as the United States celebrates 250 years, In Pursuit of Puzzles celebrates its first year of existence. I posted my first four variety puzzles – a snake charmer, a spiral, an acrostic, and a rows garden – on July 5th, 2025.

My 79 posts to date have included 36 crosswords (16 themed, 10 midi, 5 themeless and 5 mini), 20 acrostics, 12 spirals (6 regular, 4 “crush word”, and 2 two-tone), 7 rows gardens, and 4 snake charmers. While I have very few subscribers – just nineteen – 4,023 visitors have made a total of 10,479 views in 61 countries. [Fellow puzzler Jeff Linder, over at Jeff’s Puzzles, hit an even more impressive milestone this week: puzzle #500!]

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On to Acrostic #21; its quote felt apropos today. While a couple of the answers might strike some as obscure, I think it should prove be a smooth – and, I hope! – fun solve overall.