Day: February 24, 2024

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 889 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini Crossword by Asha Chawla. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Flavor of the Month by Jasin Cekinmez. Online.
David Alfred Bywaters: Chill Out by David Alfred Bywaters. .puz, .pdf, online.
Enigmatology: The Queen of Magic By David Kwong. .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
Real Puzzling Stuff: Slide + Seek #7 by Ryan Patrick Smith & Liz Fischer. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: AF+ Crossword is Making Kkakdugi and Watching “The Prom” by Emet Ozar. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
Crossword Flow: ($) Mini Puzzle by Aidan Deshong. iPad-exclusive app.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) “Read That Back to Me” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Morning Brew: Traffic by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: 4 pc nuggets by kavinp. Online.
Reason: Accountability Gap by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Kavin Pawittranon and Nijah Morris. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Lynn Lempel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Donna S. Levin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Guilherme Gilioli. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: @#$% Words by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano and Chandi Deitmer. Online, .pdf.
New York Magazine: Pair Bonding by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) Themeless by Mark Diehl. Reissues from 2005.
New York Times: ($) by Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Steve Mossberg. Online, .pdf, backup online.
PlayFour: Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Ali Gascoigne. Online.
Universal: Universal Freestyle 113 by Rafael Musa. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: End of the Line by Noelle Griskey. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: Long-Distance Relationship by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Three Little Birds Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: She Did What? by Randolph Ross. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo. Online, .pdf.

Squared Away: Daily Puzzle. Online.
TLMB: Dutch Truck Joint (Mev #9) by The Void .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,664 by Buccaneer. .pdf
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath number 1,271 by Pedrock. .pdf
Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 679 by Aldhelm. .pdf
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: Cryptic #14106 by Hypatia. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Tyrus. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Acrostic by Mike Shenk. .pdf.

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DCL Highlights, Week of 2/17

Reminder: This weekly post is not at all an attempt to pick the “best” puzzles, and we won’t be commenting as critics. Our approach is best described as “puzzles we don’t think you should miss.” Kind of like staff recommendations at a local bookstore.

Whether you solve one or all of this list, we’d love to hear about your favorite puzzles from the week in the comments here, as well. There are surely some we missed ourselves.

Gin and Grapefruit: Get In Loser, We’re Going Puzzling! (2/21) by Greg Snitkin. 11×11 featuring triple stacks and a wealth of clever and fun cluing – Norah

The Modern Crossword: Heartless (2/17) by Darby Ratliff. Saturdays at the Modern continue to be some of my favorite themes, like this one that had me from the first themer. – Rich & Norah

Bewilderingly: Round Figures (2/19) by Will Nediger. Very clever find by Will with his usual stellar cluing (1-Down!). – Rich & Norah

⟪Clever Name Here⟫: Is To Three (2/20) by David B Ritterskamp. Every clue in this puzzle, the third of four so far, is an analogy. It’s definitely a different kind of mental workout from a typical crossword. – Rich

USA Today: Get Him Back! (2/23) by Dan Schwartz and Rose Sloan. We love an Olivia Rodrigo banger. – Rich

Just a list from me (Matt) this week:

Los Angeles Times: (2/17) by Joe Deeney
USA Today: Food Drive (2/18) by Matthew Stock
New York Magazine: The Element of Surprise (2/17) by Matt Gaffney
New York Times: The Inside Scoop (2/18) by Sid Sivakumar
Universal Sunday: Tri-City Areas (2/18) by Jill Singer and Jeff Chen
Universal: You Guys Rock (2/19) by Daniel Hrynick
Monday Fills: Dishonorable Mention (2/19) by Dave Murchie
Universal: Screen Play (2/20) by Alan Levin