April 27, 2024 – Daily Crossword Links

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 907 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
Puzzles That Need A Home: the goodest dog by bt. .puz, .pdf, online.
xwords by a ladee: puzzle 59 // themeless xliv (“is it everything you hoped it’d be?”) by Brooke Husic. .puz, .pdf, online.

The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini by Olivia Barbieri. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Saturday Mini by Garv Mehdiratta. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Get Active! by Dashram Pai and Atishay Narayanan. Online.
Fordham Observer: Saturday (Mini) by Abby Grunzinger. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: AF+ Crossword Is Bad at Spelling by Rebecca Goldstein. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
Crossword Flow: ($) by Jasmeet Arora. iPad-exclusive app.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) “Starting Directions” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Morning Brew: Shaker by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: Marking a Splash by Olivia Mitra. Online.
Reason: 3 Body Problem by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
Spyscape: Framework by Bryant White. .pdf, online.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Jared Goudsmit. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) 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 Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Patti Varol. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Evans Clinchy. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: ($) Double Features by Dob Olino. Online, .pdf.
New York Magazine: Simon Says by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) Warrior by Byron Walden. Reissues from 2005.
New York Times: ($) by Rich Norris. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Tracy Bennett. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Stella Zawistowski. Online, .pdf.
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Ali Gascoigne. Online.
Universal: ($) Universal Freestyle 122 by David Karp. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Dressing on the Side by Will Eisenberg. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: Songbird by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: In Conclusion by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
The Walrus: Let Me In! by Jess Shulman. .pdf, online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo. Online, .pdf.

Puzzles For Progress: [insert puzzle hunt party here] (Part 3) by Jacob Cohen. Online, pdf.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.
Tortoiseshell Studio: ($) Bonus Two-Tone by Nathan Curtis. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,719 by Rosa Klebb .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath Number 1,280 by Hamilton .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 688 by Aldhelm .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #14160 by Hypatia. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Tees. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Section Eight by Patrick Berry. .pdf.

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Remember that this is not 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.

Tough as Nails: Themeless #111 (4/17) by Stella Zawistowski. From last week, but too good to let slip by. As good as any maximally-hard themeless in the last several months, if perhaps a bit trivia friendly. Every entry and corner was hard-fought and well earned. – Matt

The Modern Crossword: ($) Swap Bands (4/20) by Larry Snyder. Clever theme type that could go (too) tricky, but here is deployed in a way that is friendly for solvers of all experience levels. – Rich and Norah

The Atlantic: Themeless (4/21) by Chandi Dietmer. Such a goldmine of clever cluing and delightful long entries. One of my hardest solves this week, and I loved every second of it. – Norah

Crossword Club: (4/22) by Ada Nicolle. My midi pick of the week for its fun stacks and open architecture. -Norah

Bewilderingly Puzzles: Novel Idea (4/22) by Will Nediger. Hard to explain why this one made the list without giving it away, but let’s just say it might be a little more novel than it seems. -Norah

The New Yorker: (4/23) by Erik Agard. Love seeing 45A in a puzzle, and those clues for 60A and 32D are perfection. – Norah

Universal: Permanent Record (4/24) by Daniel Bodily. Love when a theme is pretty disruptive to the solve, but all the affected areas are still pretty smooth. Great payoff in the revealer here. – Matt

Los Angeles Times: (4/24) by Alex Rosen & Brad Wilber. I found the payoff without the revealer, and got a nice chuckle out of it. – Matt

Los Angeles Times: (4/25) by Sarah Sinclair and Kelsey Dixon. In a double LAT debut, a super-fresh theme in a very fun and smooth puzzle packed with modern references. – Matt and Norah

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