The June Cocktail puzzle is now posted. If you have not joined, sign up at my Patreon page. To submit an answer, use the form on the right side of the page.
This first version of the puzzle contains no instructions. Instead, it has just a recipe for the cocktail, the grid, and the clues without enumerations. There will be a twist to the puzzle, and after a week, a new puzzle will be posted that has the recipe replaced by more detailed instructions. To appear on the No Help Leaderboard, you must solve this first version of the puzzle without help before the second version is posted. If you receive help or solve after the second version of the puzzle goes live, you will still appear on the separate alphabetical list of solvers. See the FAQ for more information about all of this.
The entire year of puzzles has a hidden final answer. If you find it, there's a link under the current puzzle submission on the right side of the page that will let you enter the answer.
Email me with any questions or concerns at cocktails@negroni.fun.
Cheers!
My name is Martin Reinfried, and in some circles, I
am known as Negroni. I have been writing puzzles for a long time, both
for work and for fun, and I have always been enamored of cryptic
crosswords, especially variety cryptics. I have written several
variety cryptics, some for fun, some appearing in the MIT Mystery
Hunt, and some published in the National Puzzlers League's Enigma
magazine. Most of the variety cryptics I have written can be accessed
at negroni.fun/puzzles. I am
a software engineer, and I have been a co-founder of a couple of
companies, including Shinteki, where I wrote a mobile app to run
puzzle-based events. I live in Telluride, CO with my wife Dennise and
son Max, and I look forward to providing you with a steady stream of
variety cryptic puzzles.
| Name | Solve Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LL | 06-14 18:37 | ||||
| 2 | JanglerNPL | 06-14 19:04 | ||||
| 3 | noneuclidean | 06-14 23:59 | ||||
| 4 | thanman2 | 06-15 01:20 | ||||
| 5 | Danny K Bernstein | 06-15 19:05 |
| Name | Solo? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abide | no | ||||
| Danny K Bernstein | yes | ||||
| Eckless | no | ||||
| Itaipines | no | ||||
| JanglerNPL | yes | ||||
| LL | yes | ||||
| noneuclidean | yes | ||||
| thanman2 | yes |
| Name | Streak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | 9 | ||||
| JanglerNPL | 5 | ||||
| noneuclidean | 1 | ||||
| thanman2 | 1 | ||||
| Danny K Bernstein | 1 |
| Name | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LL | 6 | ||||
| JanglerNPL | 6 | ||||
| Danny K Bernstein | 5 | ||||
| noneuclidean | 4 | ||||
| thanman2 | 4 | ||||
| Eckless | 4 | ||||
| Abide | 4 | ||||
| AaronT | 4 | ||||
| Shaggy | 4 | ||||
| Tc | 4 | ||||
| jyu | 4 | ||||
| Bennett Washburn | 4 | ||||
| stribs | 4 | ||||
| Veep | 4 | ||||
| jus10 | 4 | ||||
| Link | 4 | ||||
| phykos | 4 | ||||
| Codiak | 4 | ||||
| Golem | 3 | ||||
| Gwinns | 3 | ||||
| John Ananny | 3 | ||||
| tabascq | 3 | ||||
| RPardoe | 3 | ||||
| Dukael | 3 | ||||
| dandre | 2 | ||||
| ryoustra | 2 | ||||
| bosco | 2 | ||||
| Jaime Stearns | 2 | ||||
| DJB | 2 | ||||
| Raygirl | 2 | ||||
| AK37 | 2 | ||||
| Millwood | 2 | ||||
| Dannyvee | 2 | ||||
| Hector | 2 | ||||
| adamsimonlevine | 2 | ||||
| ManyPinkHats | 2 | ||||
| Al | 2 | ||||
| Tom Wilson | 2 | ||||
| Todd etter | 2 | ||||
| Fasolamatt | 2 | ||||
| jowens | 2 | ||||
| itaipines | 2 | ||||
| DAMF | 2 | ||||
| Seth Rotkin | 2 | ||||
| I.K. Snamhcok | 2 | ||||
| hashbrown | 2 | ||||
| jbird | 2 | ||||
| DIS | 2 | ||||
| Donimo | 2 | ||||
| Greg | 2 | ||||
| Naptown Kid | 2 | ||||
| Ed | 2 | ||||
| FrotzNPL | 2 | ||||
| nilradical | 2 | ||||
| Burak O'Drama | 2 | ||||
| Itaipines | 1 | ||||
| xhixen | 1 | ||||
| I. K. Snamhcok | 1 | ||||
| Itaipines | 1 | ||||
| NYWanderer | 1 | ||||
| ProgChamps | 1 | ||||
| zfarr | 1 | ||||
| tigerosnap | 1 | ||||
| Spongeamy1 | 1 | ||||
| Disco Anne | 1 | ||||
| bng17 | 1 | ||||
| gpagano | 1 | ||||
| JeffH | 1 | ||||
| Louis D | 1 | ||||
| NonnieL | 1 | ||||
| gifo | 1 | ||||
| Joe | 1 | ||||
| Rand | 1 |