Day: October 6, 2024

Sunday, October 6, 2024

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
M & M Crosswords: Take A Trip by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
Puzzles by Rich: Play Ball by Rich Iurilli. .puz, .pdf, online.
Smooth Sailing Sunday: Downright Elegant by Cap’n Rick. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.
World of Crosswords: themeless 148 by Marya and Carla. Online.

The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini by Olivia Barbieri. .puz, .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Sunday (Mini) by Damian Grove. .pdf, online.
The Michigan Daily: The Sunday by Meryn Dzieman. Online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Crossword Flow: ($) by Rafael Musa. iPad-exclusive app.
Premier Crossword: by Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: Trinity of Tedium by Pravan Chakravarthy. Online.
Sporcle: ‘BAT’ Words by Pibble. Online.

Apple News: ($) Breakfast Hash by Will Nediger. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by David Steinberg. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic: by K. Austin Collins. .pdf, online.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Caroline Hand. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: “All in a Day’s Work” by Susan Gelfand & Katie Hale. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives:  Guess the Theme by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: ($) Clippings by Will Nediger. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Strike Zone by Gary Steinmehl. Reissues from 2006.
New York Times: ($) Teacher’s Marks by John Kugelman. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Wyna Liu. Online, app.
Newsday: LUMBERING AROUND: From Out of the Woodwork by Gail Grabowski. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
Slate: Slate Crossword by Hemant Mehta. Online, .pdf.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by tktktk. Online.
TV Crossword: Weekly Puzzle. Online.
Universal: ($) Themeless Sunday 104 by Rafael Musa. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Out With It! by Michael Schlossberg. .puz.
USA Today: Cross My Heart (Freestyle) by Rafael Musa. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Group Pictures by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

Redhead64: ANSWERS: Pathfinder 5 .pdf.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 4,068 – 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 & Jane Stewart. .pdf, online.

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DCL Highlights, 9/21-10/5

A light stretch from us given the runup to Midwest Crossword Tournament, but we’ve got a few. Happy solving!

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 solved that 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!

Bewilderingly: Back Exercise (9/23) by Will Nediger. This is a very “Will” puzzle in the best way. Some of the most memorable puzzles are ones that play with grid topography – rebuses, diagramless, and any number of variety formats are classic examples, but also diagonal symmetry and boundary-pushing tournament puzzles. Will is always happy to let a gimmick override a sense of where a theme should be in a puzzle or how much of the grid it should work with, and it’s a real neat payoff here. – Matt

Los Angeles Times: (9/24) by Stella Zawistowski This puzzle features a delightful theme that cleverly utilizes the circles in the grid. – Jac

New York Times: (9/25) by Peter Gordon. I’m thoroughly impressed with the theme of this puzzle. Even with all three revealers, it took me a while to grasp what was happening in the grid. But when that “aha” moment hit, I truly appreciated the cleverness of Peter’s construction. Hats off for finding so many words that fit the theme. – Jac

Universal: Fall Themeless Week, Puzzle 5 (9/27) by Matthew Luter: This crossword, featuring an impressive 14 entries of 8 letters or more, was a blast to solve. – Jac

Puzzmo: Winter Is Coming (10/2) by Elise Corbin. See what I said above about grid topography? Copy and paste. Plus whatever Rich was going to say; he didn’t leave a note =P. – Matt & Rich

Midwest Crossword Tournament: (10/5). They’re good puzzles. Available for a bit at the link. #3 and #6 were my favorites among favorites. – Matt