Ariadne’s Crossword Library: May 2025 Monthly Contest: “In All Directions” by Emma Oxford. .pdf, .puz only
AVCX+: ($) May 2, 2025 – “Find a Way” (themeless) by Hannah Slovut-Einertson. Subscribe at link.
BEQ: CROSSWORD #1779: Going With the Grain by Brendan Emmett Quigley.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: May 2, 2025 by Kelsey Dixon.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: May 2, 2025 by Kelsey Dixon.
Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues: Themeless 46! by Frisco17.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #217: where’d you get that idea? (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #217.5: i had you going there, didn’t i? (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
The New Dork Times: ($) New Dork Times Puzzle: Bye Bye Bye by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: Nature is Metal by Neville Fogarty. Online only
Apple News: ($) Language Barriers by Hannah Slovut-Einertson. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Just a Few Drops by Kareem Ayas. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Sports Fan Friday by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by David Steinberg. App Store | Google Play
The Daily Northwestern: Daily Mini Crossword, May 2, 2025 by Kate Pollot.
The Daily Northwestern: Daily Mini Crossword, May 1, 2025 by Sejal Mehta.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Daily Puzzle
Daily POP Crosswords: by Patti Varol. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
The Daily Princetonian: Lime (Mini) by Abigail Zhang. Online only
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
Slate: Slate Midi: Thursday, May 1, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Slate: Slate Mini: Thursday, May 1, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries.
Vulture 10×10: The Kitchen Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski.
The Week: America 2028 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf only
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Kathy Lowden. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) Equal Parts by Patrick Jordan. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Robyn Weintraub.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
The New Yorker Mini: The Mini Crossword: Friday, April 18, 2025 by Mollie Cowger.
Newsday: 5/2/25 Your Choice by Billie Truitt. Online .pdf
People Puzzler: Star of ‘The Affair’ and ‘Fatal Attraction’ by Patrick Merrell.
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online only
Universal: ($) Can You Break a Hundred? by Jake Halperin. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Marble Madness by CJ Tan.
The Wall Street Journal: Keep Current by Matt Gaffney. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.
Out Of Left Field: ($) #266 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.
Stay Golden Puzzles: ($) “Gardening Lesson” Rows Garden Set by Juliana Tringali Golden. Puzzle pack for purchase
Contingencies: Hop, Skip, and a Jump, Reprise by Tom Toce.
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,684 by Soup.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
Check out the DCL’s staff recommendations from last week’s puzzles
We’ve revamped information about available puzzle formats, only highlighting when one of .puz (either direct or via the “Crossword Scraper” browser extension), .pdf (either directly or via a print option), or online solving options are not available.
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 ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener