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).
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
OK, so let me make a small confession up-front: this might be a tricker "week 1" than usual. But I am hoping you will still enjoy it! The answer to the meta is a 2-word phrase. Answer & explanation: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p…
Constructing metas can be a tricky business at times but none more so than with "week 4" puzzles. You see, I don't want to make things too hard and put my faithful solvers off. (As I well know from personal experience, most people simply don't have…
I am constructing this puzzle on Christmas Eve 2024, listening to the Carols By Candlelight broadcast that's playing in the other room. And I am wondering if this puzzle will still be needed 13 months hence. I am very much afraid that it will be. The…
"Don't Stop Now" was the first single from Crowded House's fifth studio album "Time on Earth". Here's a link to the music video, so you can listen as you work on the puzzle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGZJKsTHXG0. The answer to the meta is a…
I'm in holiday mode! The teaching year is over for 2024 and we're a week away from the Christmas crazy period of over-eating and gift-giving. But while I have this brief moment to think and construct metas here's another "week 2" level meta for you…