Saturday, December 14, 2024

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Brian Gubin: Themed #158 – Let’s Get Swifty by Brian Gubin. .puz, .pdf.
Club 72: Freestyle 969 by Tim Croce, club72.wordpress.com. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Nexus Blog: Puzzle #131: The Crave (Jelly Roll) by Alex Boisvert .ipuz, .pdf, online.
David Alfred Bywaters: The Morning After by David Alfred Bywaters. .puz, .pdf, online.
Dissonant Grids: healing? (dissonant grid #1) by owen bergstein. tktktk
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: A Little Child Shall Lead Them by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
Pocket Squares: Main character energy by Jasper Davidoff. .pdf, online.

The Daily Pennsylvanian: Daily Puzzle .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Saturday (Mini) by Damian Grove. .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
Crossword Flow: ($) On the 6 by Kelly Richardson. iPad-exclusive app.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) “One or Two?” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: Must Be Exhausting by May Huang. Online.
Reason: Throw the Drink in the Drink by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
Spyscape: Well Equipped by Prasanna Keshava. .pdf, online.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Jared Goudsmit. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Kelsey Dixon. News+ Subscription Required
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar. .pdf, online.
CNN: Daily Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer. Online.
Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Caitlin Reid. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Evan Kalish. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Patti Varol. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Adrian Johnson & Victor Sloan. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Sun: ($) Triple Features by Gary Steinmehl. Reissues from 2006.
New York Times: ($) by Owen Bergstein. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Ian Livengood. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Matthew Sewell. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Ali Gascoigne. Online.
Universal: ($) Universal Freestyle 153 by Rafael Musa and Amie Walker. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Hi Hi! by Brian Callahan. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: Double Trouble by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Cheer Up by David Karp. Online, .pdf. .puz.
The Walrus: Labours of Love (Themeless) by David Karp. .pdf, online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo. Online, .pdf.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Loopholes by Jess Shulman & Andy Yingst. .pdf.

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DCL Highlights, 11/16-12/13

Got a few weeks of puzzles for you again today. 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!

Newsday: Saturday Stumper (11/16) by Stan Newman –Matt 


New York Times: ($) (11/19) by Erik Agard –Matt

Universal: ($) Walk This Way by Drew Schmenner –Matt 

Luckystreak Xwords: ($) puzzle #195: who’s excited? (themeless) (11/18) by Ada Nicolle. –Matt

New York Times: ($) (11/19) by Erik Agard –Matt

Luckystreak Xwords: puzzle #195.5: lemme at ‘er! (themeless) (11/23) by Ada Nicolle. –Matt

The Atlantic: (11/24) by Kelsey Dixon. —Rich 

The New Yorker: The Crossword (11/26) by Erik Agard. —Rich

Luckystreak Xwords: care to elaborate? (themed) + no-skips recap (11/30) by ada nicolle. —Rich 

Slate: (12/8) by Chandi Deitmer – Rich

Los Angeles Times: (12/10) by Zhouqin Burnikel – Matt 

New York Times Puzzle Mania: ($) Annual Super Mega (12/1) by Sid Sivakumar. — Matt