MARCHING BANDS: [ JPZ][ PDF][ FULLSCREEN]
PROGRAMS: [Across Lite] [Adobe Reader]

Like we always do this time, or at least around this time of year. Year Twelve (!?!) of Marching Bands begins on Monday and I want to make sure that each and every one of you gets on board. You got me? Listen, I love making these things as it requires me to think of the solution grid in far too many directions to juggle. And hey, you get to enjoy them going this way and that way. It’s all too much. You have to wonder how much peyote Mike Shenk was on when he came up with the form, but if you know Mike, you know he doesn’t need drugs. He is drugs.

Let’s review the instructions, shall we?

In this themeless variant, answers appear in two different directions, Rows and Bands. Each Row has two answers side by side with no black square separating them (except for row 7). And Each band starts at the lettered square and goes around the grid clockwise, one answer after another all the way around the circle. Every square appears in two answers.

And now you know. So if you’re on board for more of these Marching Bands puzzle goodness, sign up today. It’s just $15 for a subscription. PayPal or Venmo, please and thank you. Or if you’d prefer some other way, get in touch. Every other week, a new Marching Bands puzzle arrives in your inbox. No Across Lite, just a JPZ or a PDF. If you need a place to do JPZ, head on over to Alex Boisvert’s excellent on-line solving site. In fact, AB made the interface just above, and my whole ding dang site. That guy’s a genius.

If money’s burning a hole in your pocket, and want the whole run of them, that’ll set you back just $50. That’s over 260 Marching Bands. Ye gods. Again, PayPal or Venmo, please and thank you. Or if you’d prefer some other way, get in touch.

Share the puzzle. New one on Monday.