My name is Ben Chenoweth, and I'm currently a teacher at Donvale Christian College, in Melbourne, Australia. I've worked overseas with Wycliffe Bible Translators, and in Australia as a secondary and tertiary teacher. (I was the Educational Designer / eLearning Coordinator at Melbourne School of Theology for four years, and taught at Eastern College for some of that time.)
My main interests are music, writing, theology and various combinations of those. I've written four novels, one play, and one full-length fully-sung musical. I have a number of other interests, including reading, crosswords (especially metas and cryptics), and computer games. I have a bunch of meta crossword packs for sale here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about/interest4.html.
I also enjoy computer programming. You can download my first platform game, "Rolling In The Deep", here: https://www.ephesusscroll.com/games/ (it's free!) My "About Me" website (https://www.ephesusscroll.com/about) was put together as an HTML/CSS demonstration for my Year 10 Computing class. Another interesting programming project is my EPUB Metadata Editor (https://github.com/benchen71/epub-metadata-editor).
Here's another meta brought to you by my failure to solve someone else's meta. There's not much else to say about this "week 2" puzzle, so get stuck into it! The answer to the meta is a noun. Nudges available here: https://www.xword-muggles.com…
Sometimes you just have to take a day off and construct a meta puzzle! This was the next idea in my file of meta ideas. Realising it was supposed to be a "week 1", I decided to add an in-grid hint (you're welcome!), but that then led to an additional…
Welcome to the concluding puzzle of the March MOAT Mega Meta! The five MOAT puzzles this month contained a mega meta, and it's now time to see if you've been able to work the answer out before now. That said, I've also provided you a hint in this…
Welcome to the fourth installment of the March MOAT Mega Meta! The five MOAT puzzles for this month contain a mega meta. The first four metas can be completed in a stand-alone fashion. However, the answer to the fifth meta (to be published on the…
Welcome to the third installment of the March MOAT Mega Meta! The five MOAT puzzles for this month contain a mega meta. The first four metas can be completed in a stand-alone fashion. However, the answer to the fifth meta (to be published on the 31st…
This is the second part of the March MOAT Mega Meta! The five MOAT puzzles for this month contain a mega meta. The first four metas can be completed in a stand-alone fashion. However, the answer to the fifth meta (to be published on the 31st of March…
Welcome to the March MOAT Mega Meta! The five MOAT puzzles for this month contain a mega meta. The first four metas can be completed in a stand-alone fashion. However, the answer to the fifth meta (to be published on the 31st of March) will be the…
This puzzle is brought to you by a day staring at "Tight Spots" (the WSJ puzzle of 17th Jan 2025). The grid layout is almost the same (there's one extra black square); and of course the meta mechanism is different. The answer to the meta is my…
The image I chose for this puzzle's banner is a famous Australian painting by the artist Frederick McCubbin entitled "Down On His Luck" (1889). It depicts a disheartened swagman, sitting by a campfire in the bush and sadly brooding over his…
Valentine's Day is nearly upon us, so it's time for a meta puzzle that celebrates romance! The answer to the meta is a pop song from the '90s. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=236521#p236521