Day: May 26, 2024

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
M & M Crosswords: Ride The Wild Surf by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
Pun Of A Kind: Person of Letters by Mikey G. .puz, .pdf, online.
Southern Crosswords: sausage party by michael. .puz, .pdf, online.
Smooth Sailing Sunday: Have a Good Show! (Meta) by Pair-o-Ducks. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: May 26, 2024 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) You’ll Never Hear the En of It by Joon Pahk. Patreon subscription.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #172.5: yeah, duh (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Premier Crossword: by Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: Water Fight! by Eric Mao. Online.
Sporcle: Wise Guy, Eh? by Peacemaker. Online.

Apple News: ($) Someone to Look Up To by Ross Trudeau. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic: by Caleb Madison. .pdf, online.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Caitlin Reid. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Party in Paris, Sun. May 26, 2024 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: Workplay by Samuel A. Donaldson & Doug Peterson. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: May 26, 2024 – Near-Miss Film Classics by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: ($) Themeless 75 by Darby Ratliff. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) The Hue-Man Condition by Gary Steinmehl. Reissues from 2005.
New York Times: ($) Roughly Speaking by John Kugelman. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Tracy Bennett. Online, app.
Newsday: 05/26/24 SCALES DOWN: With a Big Hint at 117-Down by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdf.
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online.
TV Crossword: Weekly Puzzle. Online.
Universal: ($) Themeless Sunday 87 by Amie Walker and Rafael Musa. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Double Talk by Paul Coulter. .puz.
USA Today: The Strokes by Jeanne D. Breen. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Screen Gems by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

1Across: Loony Dance by Kriskross. .pdf, online.
A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Outside the Fox – Year 1, Week 13 (March 26, 2024) – Touchword by Grant Fikes. .pdf.
The Browser: ($) Cryptic 174  by Colin Tivol. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Nexus: ($) Search Party (Acrostic) by Alex Boisvert. Patreon Subscription.
Darren’s Puzzles: Cryptic 2024-05 by Darren Miller. .pdf, online.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 4,049 .pdf, online.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Sunday News Number 42 by Basilisk.pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: ($) The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Italicus. .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) Building Blocks by Will Shortz. .pdf, online.

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DCL Highlights, Week of 5/17

Scroll on for our recommendations from the last week of puzzles!

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.

Los Angeles Times: (5/18) by Parker Higgins. Impressive themeless grid and a delightful symmetrical pair in the center. —Rich 

McGrids: Chasm No. 14 (5/18) by Ryan McCarty. A seven-stack of nines? I don’t know how he does it.  —Rich 


USA Today: (5/17) by Sally Hoelscher & Olivia Mitra Framke. Loaded with strong themers and a more-complex-than-usual theme for USA Today that’s hopefully a sign of things to come. – Will  

The Atlantic: Caleb’s Inferno (5/19) by Caleb Madison. These are so freaking hard! This one with its especially devilish split entry down the middle challenged me in the best way. —Norah 

Slate: (5/20) by Sid Sivakumar.  The Slate puzzles have quickly become a favorite for me. I’d recommend all of them if I could but I chose this one for Sid’s hallmarks of the uber-clean grid and clever wordplay. —Norah 

The Modern Crossword: (5/23) by Rafa Musa.  Fun and breezy with a bunch of references that I enjoyed. —Norah 

Vox: (5/23) by Will Nediger. That Will continues to get this much theme density in to these puzzles week after week is astounding, not to mention consistently fun to solve. -Norah