Hey ya!

I've got some more poll results to share. Thank you again for answering!

62.5% of the respondents love the quips, 34.6% like or don't hate them, and 2.9% would rather not have them. For the 2.9%, I hear you, and I hope you already discovered the setting to make them even less visible. For the rest of you, thank you for vibing with the daily dose of silliness!

68.2% of the respondents would play an additional puzzle per day if there was one, with or without quips. Apparently the current difficulty is also fine, since only 7% chose "only if it's an easy one" and 7.5% chose "only if it's a hard one". Of course, those who find the daily puzzles too hard or too easy are less likely to follow these newsletters, so I might be polling the choir (I wish this was a saying).

For the ones looking for more, I have great news! I'm happy to share that the Community Archive is now, almost, available. I've already made it available to a random selection of accounts, and the rest will gain access by the end of the week. You will have access to all community puzzles published this week and last week, and older ones are available if you have a premium membership. The creators also have an option to share their puzzles wherever they want with whoever they want, without restrictions. This way the community can also maintain a free public archive, for example on Reddit, if the creators choose so.

But watch out, community puzzles might be more experimental. You will find some quirky clues not used in daily puzzles, like, "All Jane's criminal neighbors are connected". You need to realize that they need to be connected within that group of people, so they can't be for example connected through Jane herself. Just like "all criminals in row 2 are connected" means they need to be connected through criminals in row 2, and not through a chain of criminals on other rows. I hope this makes sense. But it is potentially a bit confusing, which is why I haven't dared using these myself. Also, watch out for some puzzles that are far beyond Evil!

I will soon also introduce a very light rating system. While all puzzles are ensured to be solvable, and therefore fun, some stand out as exceptionally fun. There should be a way for people to give credit to those puzzles, also helping others to find the great ones. Having this done is very high up on my list.

So, go enjoy some community puzzles if you're one of the lucky ones to have been given early access. Otherwise stay tuned, as you too will soon get access (as long as you have an account).

Now let's check last week's results!
I was again struggling with ranking quite a bit. Wednesday turned out way harder than intended. Friday wasn't much harder than Thursday, even if I actually thought it might have been too hard for a Friday! Same for Saturday. After underestimating you two days in a row, I played it safe on Sunday, ranking it Hard, even if it was clearly a Brutal one. Or should it have been Evil? I think the deductions were not insanely hard, but it was just a notoriously hard puzzle to tag, so I think Brutal is more fitting.

Mon 2026-06-08 (Easy): 1m 16s / 1m 50s / 3m 11s / 60% / 87%
Tue 2026-06-09 (Medium): 1m 41s / 2m 35s / 4m 51s / 52% / 74%
Wed 2026-06-10 (Tricky): 2m 36s / 4m 14s / 8m 12s / 32% / 64%
Thu 2026-06-11 (Tricky): 2m 33s / 3m 59s / 7m 29s / 22% / 71%
Fri 2026-06-12 (Hard): 2m 33s / 4m 7s / 7m 41s / 40% / 77%
Sat 2026-06-13 (Hard): 2m 30s / 4m 9s / 8m 20s / 40% / 68%
Sun 2026-06-14 (Hard): 3m 48s / 6m 40s / 15m 0s / 18% / 54%

Anyway, today is again nice and easy, so remember to share it with those not yet familiar with the puzzle!

And here are the weekly bonus puzzles. (The bonus puzzle archive is still on its way, coming soon after the community archive is fully released.)
#1 Medium - https://cluesbysam.com/archive/650271483c48
#2 Tricky - https://cluesbysam.com/archive/68033299dee7
#3 Brutal - https://cluesbysam.com/archive/35de82062d50

As usual, if you're hungry for more, check out puzzle packs and archives on the home page.

Oh, and one more thing!
Left handed people solving on a phone might have noticed that the finger tends to get in the way of the color picker, the one you get by long-pressing on the top or lower part of a card. For a while now there's been a setting for moving the color picker to the other side, but the solution wasn't perfect. Now the setting will also flip the tags on the other side, basically mirroring the interface, giving the exact same experience for both hands. I hope you find it useful.

And that's it! Have a great week, and keep solving those crimes!

-Sam