Day: December 18, 2024

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 970 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
MEOW: Nice Work if You Can Get It (Meta) by DrTom. .puz, .pdf, online.
xwordswithbabka: Early Days by Dan Schwartz. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

The Daily Pennsylvanian: Daily Puzzle .pdf, online.
The Michigan Daily: The Mini. Online.

AVCX: ($) Decembr 18, 2024 “A Winter’s Tale” by Aimee Lucido. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: December 18, 2024 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Crossword Flow: ($) Bejeweled by Olivia Mitra Framke. iPad-exclusive app.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: Living in the Moment by Priyanka Sethy & Rajiv Sethy. Online.

Apple News: ($) Grrr! by Catherine Cetta. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Darby Ratliff. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar. .pdf, online.
CNN: Daily Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer. Online.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Scary Movie, Tues. Dec. 17, 2024 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Samuel A. Donaldson. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Daniel Hrynick. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Applied AI by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) Cargo by Lee Glickstein. Reissues from 2006.
New York Times: ($) by Jeffrey Martinovic and Will Nediger. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Christina Iverson. Online, app.
Newsday: 12/18/24 High Adventure by Lin Josephson. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
Slate: Slate Midi: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024 by Ben Zimmer. Online, .pdf.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Russell Henwood. Online.
Universal: ($) Winter Themeless Week, Puzzle 3 by Amie Walker. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Scatterbrain by Mark Budovitch. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Pride Lands Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Know Your Roots by Peter Gordon & Ben Zimmer. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Coffee Smashed by Ben Robinson Online.
Outside The Fox: ($) Touchwords by Grant Fikes. Subscribe at link.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,569 by Imogen. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online.

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Daily Crossword Links’ Year-End Fundraiser

Something new from us: a fundraiser! As we share on our Support Us page, DCL has always been a free resource. Daily emails, News & Notes bulletins, and weekly (or so) recommendations posts will always be free.

But as time goes on, it’s more important that I recover some of my costs and acknowledge the time and energy DCL volunteers contribute to the site.

If you’re a fan of Brendan Emmett Quigley, you know he runs a semiannual fundraiser with a few exclusive bonus puzzles for donors. That’s our model – the DCL team has prepared four puzzles which we’ll happily send to solvers who make a donation of any size between now and the new year. We plan to do this again in June.

Information on how to donate can be found at our Support Us page. Please include your email address in the memo line and we’ll get the puzzles over to you. We’re still putting the finishing touches together, so the first batch of puzzles will be emailed this Saturday, 21 December.

You can donate any amount to DCL to get the pack. If you donated at any time in 2024, we’ll also happily share it with you. Depending on what information Venmo or PayPal shared with me, you might need to ping us at crosswordlinks [at] gmail [dot] com to share your email address, but I’ll be trying to reach you, too.

We are also happy to share the pack to anyone who donates $15 or more to a crossword tip jar or newly subscribes to an indie Patreon or subscription service. Your favorite constructor, AVCX, or Crosshare are all great options, among many others. Email a receipt of that donation or new subscription (between 12/17 and 12/31) to crosswordlinks [at] gmail [dot] com if you choose that route.

Once again: four puzzles available exclusively to donors who give before the new year. Donations to DCL of any size get the puzzles. New donations/subscriptions to other crossword places of $15 or more get the puzzles. If you donated to us earlier in 2024, we’ll get you the puzzles. Visit Support Us for information on making a donation to DCL.

Thank you for your support.