Day: August 11, 2024

Sunday, August 11, 2024

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
M & M Crosswords: Made For Walkin’ by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
Pun Of A Kind: Call Letters by Mikey G. .puz, .pdf, online.
Smooth Sailing Sunday: One if By Land (Meta) by Capn Rick. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

The Daily Northwestern: Tangled-Up Titles by Lizzie Ferrazza. .pdf, online.

A-to-Z Crosswords: ($) Puzzle #49 by Peter Gordon & Frank Longo. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: August 11, 2024 by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Veiling Up by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #182.5: please please please (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Premier Crossword: by Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: Run for it! by Emily Sharp. Online.
Sporcle: Alternative Energy by BrooksSeveer. Online.

Apple News: ($) Noise Cancellation by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Kelsey Dixon. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic: Caleb’s Inferno by Caleb Madison. .pdf, online.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Lynn Lempel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: She Got the EGOT, Sun. Aug. 11, 2024 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Pam Amick Klawitter. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: Where the Boys Are by Doug Peterson. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: August 11, 2024 – Rated Triple-A by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: ($) Seasoned Professional by Chandi Deitmer. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Warrior by Karen M. Tracey. Reissues from 2006.
New York Times: ($) Take the El Train by Caryn Robbins. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Wyna Liu. Online, app.
Newsday: 8/11/24 NOTHING FANCY: Frill-Free by Mark McClain. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online.
TV Crossword: Weekly Puzzle. Online.
Universal: ($) Themeless Sunday 97 by Brian Callahan. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Somehow You’ll Manage by Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen. .puz.
USA Today: At Last! Coffee! by Geoffrey Schorkopf & Sally Hoelscher. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Space Oddity by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

The Browser: ($) Cryptic 184  by Neville Fogarty. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Nexus: ($) What to Expect When You’re Expecting (Acrostic) by Alex Boisvert. Patreon Subscription.
Negroni’s Cocktails: ($) Dark ‘n’ Stormy by Negroni. Patreon subscription.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.
TLMB: One Woman Returns by The Void .pdf, online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 4,060 – no solution provided .pdf, online.
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: ($) The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) Acrostic by David Balton and Jane Stewart. .pdf, online.

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Check out the DCL’s staff recommendations from last week’s puzzles

Other American-style links:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | “Crosscord” Discord | Crucidrama (en español) | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Easy Crossword (Newsday Archives) | FreeDailyCrosswords | Medium Crossword (Newsday Archives) | Hard Crossword (Newsday Archives) | r/crossword | USA Today Reviews and Discussion at Off the Grid | Squares.io | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety links:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | CoxRathvon.com | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

DCL Highlights, 7/27-8/10

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.

Did we miss your favorites? Add them in the comments!

Puzzles That Need A Home: Honk Honk (7/30) by bt. Tough themeless with such fun clues, my favorites being 2-Down and 36-Across. —Rich

Cruciverbology: Repeating Tile Mini Grids – Checkmarks #78 (8/1) by Elise Corbin. We love a brain-breaky puzzle idea from Elise. —Rich

Puzzmo: Did you not hear me the first time? (8/2) by parker. Simply incredible clue for 1-Across. —Rich and Norah

The Modern Crossword: ($) by Amanda Rafkin (8/7) I’m a fan of how the Modern has been making use of colored squares as theme elements lately. —Rich

Universal: Free Bird (7/30) by Michael Berg – a clever well executed theme with a fun bonus –Norah

Vox: by Will Nediger (8/1). amazing themestacking in midi form –Norah

luckystreak xwords: rustling jimmies (8/9) by Ada Nicolle. It’s a good themeless. –Matt

New York Times: by Hemant Mehta (8/9) There are at least a half-dozen entries in this one that I don’t think would have made it anywhere near the Times puzzle five years ago. –Matt