Jigsaw with Juff 2!

Hello, puzzlers! A while back, Juff and I made an alphabet jigsaw* on the premise that we don't generally enjoy them—and it was fun, so here's another one!

*An alphabet jigsaw has 26 answers, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet, and you must figure out where the answers fit in the grid.


But wait! We made different versions so you can choose your difficulty level; these are roughly in increasing order of difficulty.


If you just want to solve a regular cryptic (with enumerations and locations of the answers given as normal) that just so happens to have one answer per letter of the alphabet, click here (ipuz | pdf).


However, if you want to try an alphabet jigsaw that gives you…

…the length and starting letter of each answer, click here (ipuz | pdf).


…the length of each answer, with clues alphabetized by their answer’s starting letter within each length, click here (ipuz | pdf). (If you don't know which version to pick, this is the one we recommend.)


…the starting letter of each answer (but not the length), click here (ipuz | pdf).


…neither the length nor the starting letter of any answers, click here (ipuz | pdf).


Many thanks to our testers, Bob Weisz, JMbrow29, liari, skaldskaparmal, and Taceo! Their brave sacrifice improved this puzzle a great deal. Thanks also to CrossweirdTV for hosting the online versions of these!


Let us know which version you chose and how you got on!

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