January 26, 2025 – Daily Crossword Links

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: January 26, 2025 by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues: Entitled by Frisco17. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Beasts Increased by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
M & M Crosswords: Stuffed Up by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
The Michigan Daily: The Sunday by Bella Bartfield. Online.
Pun Of A Kind: Easy as 1-2-3 by Mikey G. .puz, .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: Opening Act by Alex Eaton-Salners. Online.
Quid Pro: A Theme-ish Midi by Andrew Anker. .puz, .pdf, online.
Smooth Sailing Sunday: Is Anyone Here a Doctor? (Meta) by Wendy Walker. .puz, .pdf, online.

Apple News: ($) On Top of Things by Ross Trudeau. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Darby Ratliff. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic: by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Flow: ($) Video Games by Will Eisenberg. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Andy Kravis. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Andy Kravis. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: I Love Utah to Death, Sun. Jan. 26, 2025 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Gail Grabowski. App Store | Google Play, online.
Frank Virzi: Mini #115 (5×5) by Frank Virzi. Online at Crosswordr.
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
Premier Crossword: by Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Slate: Slate Crossword: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 by Chandi Deitmer. Online, .pdf.
Slate: Slate Mini: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez. Online, .pdf.
Sporcle: Prime Time by JeluPotter25. Online.
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar. .pdf, online.
CNN: Daily Puzzle by Patrick Blindauer. Online.
Los Angeles Times: Quality Time by Amy Johnson & Katie Hale. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: January 26, 2025 – A Christmas Challenge by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Double-Jointed by Patrick Blindauer. Reissues from 2006.
New York Times: ($) Letter Openers by Rich Proulx. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Wyna Liu. Online, app.
Newsday: 1/26/25 GOTCHA: A Collection of Catches by Billie Truitt. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online.
TV Crossword: Weekly Puzzle. Online.
Universal: ($) Themeless Sunday 119 by Adrian Johnson. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Mind-Bending by John Guzzetta. .puz.
USA Today: Blow Out by Amie Walker & Amanda Rafkin. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Food Processing by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

The Browser: ($) Cryptic 208 by Stella Zawistowski. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Nexus: ($) Appropriate Appreciation (Acrostic) by Alex Boisvert. Patreon Subscription.
Juff’s Cryptic Crosswords: Seed Entry by juff. .pdf, online, .ipuz.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 4,084 .pdf, online.
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf.
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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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.

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Puzzmo: Business Up Front, Party in the Back (1/11) by Trent H. Evans. The rise of the midi form allows for all sorts of wordplay finds that wouldn’t work in a 15×15 grid to get their moment in the sun. This grid has two themers and a perfect title bringing them together. – Matt

Dissonant Grids: “it’s hard to get out of bed” and “it’s hard to know what i’m feeling” (1/12) by Owen Bergstein. For anyone who loves how a puzzle can reveal the personality of the constructor, Owen Bergstein’s Inferno Variations, a double-gridded masterpiece, offers a tough going but ultimately rewarding and artistic experience. – Steve

Bewilderingly: This Puzzle Is Full of Itself (1/13) by Will Nediger. One of those puzzles where you can’t wait for the next theme clue to see what else the constructor has in store. – Matt

Will also posted another edition of his Indie puzzle highlights, which we’re now going to include in these posts rather than News & Notes. Note that his posts are much more spoiler-heavy than ours.

Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter (1/16) by Matt Gaffney. We haven’t had Matt’s Merriam Webster puzzles in these posts yet. They’re awfully constrained, as each puzzle features clues starting with 25 different letters of the alphabet. This had a great pair of long entries. – Matt

Los Angeles Times: (1/16) by Pravan Chakravarthy. Cute idea in a direction you don’t see very often. – Matt

Vox: Blow-by-Blow Account (1/18) by Adesina O. Koiki. Tight theme set with a spot-on revealer. – Matt

Los Angeles Times: (1/22) by Parker Higgins. Themes don’t need dramatic contortions for a great payoff. I laughed out loud when I hit the revealer on this one. – Matt

Universal: ($) Break It Up! (1/24) by Ryan Mathiason. A great theme that I enjoyed piecing together even after my solve. – Matt

Apple News: ($) Freestyle (1/25) by Kate Chin Park. Shouting out the clue at 46-Across. —Rich

Day: January 26, 2025

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