by Lukomatico

AstroQuizzard

Crosswords from the night sky. Every answer is astronomy, astrophotography, or space cinema - no filler words, ever. 20 puzzles on the shelf and more with every season. Play free, in your browser, no account, nothing to install. Your progress stays on your device.

How it plays

Type in the squares - click a clue to jump to its word, click a crossing square twice to change direction.

🪄 Ask the Wizard when you're stuck - every answer has a second clue from an easier angle, and the wizard keeps honest count of how often you asked.

✨ Charge the wand - every two words you solve earn one charge. Click the wand, trail sparks across the grid, and touch a single square to reveal its letter. Magic, but earned.

Check tints wrong letters, gently. Finish the grid and the wizard tips his hat.

First Light

Your very first session - every answer a beginner has already met
16 words · gentle

The Wizard of Cepheus

Nebulae, constellations, and the stars between them - starring the wizard's own nebula
20 words · gentle

Signal in the Noise

The capture and the stack - darks, flats, and the frames between
18 words · gentle

A Night at the Eyepiece

Scopes, glass, and the rituals of the observing field
18 words · gentle

The Deep Sky Menagerie

The named wonders - horses, eagles, jellyfish, and an elephant's trunk
20 words · gentle

Gods and Discoverers

The solar system and the people who worked it out
18 words · gentle

Rules of the Night

The sky's own mechanics - eclipses, equinoxes, and the lines the mounts obey
18 words · gentle

Mount and Track

The hardware half of the hobby - gears, guides, and staying on target
18 words · gentle

The Processing Bench

From linear gloom to finished glow - the stacking and stretching drawer
16 words · gentle

The Colour of Light

Filters, palettes, and the wavelengths nebulae wear
16 words · gentle

Harvest Moon

Our neighbourhood - the sun, the moon, and the worlds next door
16 words · gentle

Rain Check

Clouds, moonlight, and the nights the forecast steals
16 words · gentle

The Old Names

Arabic, Greek, and Latin - the names the bright stars kept
16 words · mixed

Signals from Deep Time

Distance, light, and the people who measured the universe
16 words · mixed

A Night at the Movies

Space cinema - the ships, the robots, and the one who finds your lack of faith disturbing
18 words · gentle

A Night at the Movies: Part Two

More space cinema - droids, captains, and that's no moon
18 words · gentle

A Night at the Movies: Part Three

The deep-cut reels - phonetic droids, forbidden planets, and saviours of the universe
18 words · mixed

Science and Fiction

Where the movies meet the maths - real physics, fictional ships
18 words · gentle

The Wizard's Challenge

The hardest shelf in the tower. Hard but fair - the wizard still answers when asked
16 words · ★ challenge

The Wizards Challenge No 2

The second gauntlet. Still hard, still fair, still answered when asked
16 words · ★ challenge

AstroQuizzard is a sibling of AstroWizard - the free app that turns your stacked image into a finished astrophoto, simply.

Enjoying the puzzles? The wizard's ☕ tip jar keeps the tower lit - never expected, always appreciated.

Suggestions, corrections, or a term the bank should know? wizard@lukomatico.com