Mental Judo: A Cryptic Blog (11)

In this puzzle, we’ll finally settle the age-old debate: which is the best pet? Eternal gratitude to dadgumituh and jmsr525 from The Rackenfracker (check out their cryptics!) for their expert assistance—any remaining stumbles are studies of my own stubbornness. If you solve or stream or love or hate, lemme know! (joeadultman on Twitch and Twitter ) [ fullscreen ]

This is the fourth of a series of small puzzles meant to introduce the conventions of cryptic crosswords to the uninitiated. It introduces and uses only a single clue type: the reversal clue.  (You can see the instructions again by clicking the "Info" button at the top right.) [ fullscreen ]

Today's puzzle is a bit smaller (13x13) and has a meta—and that's all I'll tell you! If you solve it (or stream it, or send it to your relative who's into this kind of thing), do let me know ( @joeadultman ). Thanks to dadgumituh and jmsr525 (of The Rackenfracker fame) for their expert eyes on this! As usual, any faults are my own. [ fullscreen ]

 This one's for all you eligible daters out there! Thanks to dadgumituh, herzwesten, jmsr525, and Super_Pea_ for their help in improving this puzzle—any remaining rough spots are my own dang fault! [ Fullscreen ]

This is the third of a series of small puzzles meant to introduce the conventions of cryptic crosswords to the uninitiated. It introduces and uses only a single clue type: the homophone clue.  (You can see the instructions again by clicking the "Info" button at the top right.) [ fullscreen ]

This is the second of a series of small puzzles meant to introduce the conventions of cryptic crosswords to the uninitiated. It introduces and uses only a single clue type: the anagram clue.  (You can see the instructions again by clicking the "Info" button at the top right.) [ fullscreen ]

This is the first of a series of small puzzles meant to introduce the conventions of cryptic crosswords to the uninitiated. It introduces and uses only a single clue type: the hidden clue. (You can see the instructions again by clicking the "Info" button at the top right.) [ fullscreen ]

 Welcome!  I'll use this blog to post cryptic crosswords. Bye!