list of publications
list of publications
Independent puzzles I've made for my blog can be found at https://kateschmate.fun/.
“A Shock to the System,” “Clickbait and Switch” (with Chandi Deitmer), and “’00s Freestyle,” Grids Don’t Lie: Hot 2000s Crosswords (ed. Francis Heaney), Union Square & Co., Nov. 12, 2024
“When Harry Met Sally” and “’80s Freestyle,” Grids Just Wanna Have Fun: Awesome ’80s Crosswords (ed. Francis Heaney), Union Square & Co., Mar. 26, 2024
“Solidarity Not Charity” (with Kate Hawkins), These Puzzles Fund Abortion 4, Mar. 15, 2024
“Spikes, Spikes, Baby,” New Grids on the Block: Hella ’90s Crosswords (ed. Francis Heaney), Union Square & Co., Nov. 14, 2023
“Opening Crawl” (with John Lieb), Boswords Summer Tournament, Jul. 23, 2023
Championship Puzzle (with Chandi Deitmer), Boswords Fall 2022 Themeless League, Nov. 28, 2022
“The Five Boroughs” Metapuzzle (The Bronx), Lollapuzzoola 2022, Aug. 27, 2022
“Intolerable!” (acrostic), with Chris Piuma, These Puzzles Fund Abortion Too, Mar. 1, 2022
“Chew On This,” Boswords Winter Wondersolve Tournament, Feb. 6, 2022
These Puzzles Fund Abortion - Bonus Puzzle 7 (themed) with Rachel Fabi, Sep. 6, 2021
These Puzzles Fund Abortion - Bonus Puzzle 3 (themeless) with Brian Thomas, Sep. 3, 2021
Freestyle, AppleNews+, Oct. 19, 2024
Freestyle, AppleNews+, Sep. 7, 2024
Sunday Crossword, Crossword Club, Sep. 29, 2024
Freestyle, Apple News+, Aug. 22, 2024
Sunday Crossword, Crossword Club, Aug. 18, 2024
Saturday Stumper, Newsday, Jun. 15, 2024
Freestyle, Apple News+, May 23, 2024
“Happy Eclipse,” Apple News+, Apr. 8, 2024
Saturday Stumper, Newsday, Apr. 6, 2024
“AVCX Classic Themeless #75,” AVCX Classic, Mar. 20, 2024
“Con Test Crossword” (with Brian Thomas), Los Angeles Times Sunday, Mar. 10, 2024
“We Will Remember,” Puzzmo, Jan. 15, 2024
“Road Wins” (themeless), Defector, Dec. 25, 2023
Freestyle, Apple News+, Dec. 16, 2023
“Pay in Singles,” Apple News+, Dec. 8, 2023
“Take a Hike!,” The Washington Post Sunday Crossword, Nov. 19, 2023
“Story of My Life,” The New Yorker, Nov. 17, 2023 (and print edition dated Nov. 27, 2023)
Themeless #43, The Modern, Oct. 8, 2023
Freestyle, Apple News+, Sep. 9, 2023
“Matchy Matchy,” Apple News+, Aug. 20, 2023
Freestyle, Apple News+, Aug. 13, 2023
Freestyle, Apple News+, Aug. 2, 2023
“Decay Chain” (with Brian Thomas), AVCX, Jul. 5, 2023
“Self-Destructive Behavior” (with Mike Lieberman), The New Yorker, Jun. 16, 2023
Themeless #44 (with Carly They Themsen), Inkubator, Jun. 15, 2023
“Mind Blown (Freestyle),” USA Today, May 27, 2023
The Los Angeles Times Crossword, May 20, 2023
“Odd One Out” (with Hoang-Kim Vu and Adam Wagner), The New Yorker, Mar. 3, 2023
“We’re Getting There!,” USA Today, Feb. 25, 2023
“Let’s Play,” Spyscape, Jan. 21, 2023
“Network Error” (with Rich Proulx), AVCX, Jan. 11, 2023
The Los Angeles Times Crossword (with Juliana Tringali-Golden), Dec. 24, 2022
The Los Angeles Times Crossword (with Brooke Husic), Nov. 19, 2022
“Coarse Catalog” (with Will Nediger), The Wall Street Journal, Nov. 16, 2022
“Alt Accounts,” Lil AVCX, Nov. 14, 2022
Universal Freestyle (with Hoang-Kim Vu), Oct. 29, 2022
“Can We Solve It? Yes We Can!” (themeless with Rafael Musa), AVCX+, Oct. 14, 2022
“Firelight” (with Nancy Serrano-Wu), Inkubator, Oct. 6, 2022
Puns and Anagrams puzzle (with Mike Lieberman), New York Times, Oct. 2, 2022
“Down Under,” Spyscape, Sep, 24, 2022
“Inner Circle,” USA Today, Sep. 13, 2022
“Creature Chorus,” with Rena Cohen, USA Today, Aug. 22, 2022
The Los Angeles Times Crossword, Jul. 30, 2022
“Adorable (themeless),” AVCX+, Jul. 22, 2022
“Breakfast Scramble,” Universal Crossword, May 23, 2022
“Breakfast Sides,” USA Today, May 13, 2022
“Infinite Jest” (themeless), AVCX+ (part of the AVCXpansion Puzzle Pack sent to Kickstarter backers), Mar. 30, 2022
Themeless #29, Inkubator, Mar. 17, 2022
“Cracker Boxes,” with Erica Hsiung-Wojcik, USA Today, Mar. 17, 2022
“End Notes,” USA Today, Mar. 4, 2022
“Opposite Day,” AVCX, Feb. 23, 2022
“Drop a Line,” USA Today, Dec. 20, 2021
“When Worlds Collide,” with Hoang-Kim Vu, USA Today, Dec. 14, 2021
“To Be ...”, with Hoang-Kim Vu, USA Today, Sep. 13, 2021