Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Crosswoods: Sawayama of “John Wick: Chapter 4” by Crosswoods.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: May 18, 2025 by Trent H. Evans.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Red Shift by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 103 by Jeff Linder.
M & M Crosswords: Bangs Bangs Moves Moves by Martina Waluk.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) MGWCC #885 — Saturday, May 17th, 2025 — “Taking the Fifth” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Puzzmo: Brown Sauce by Stella Zawistowski. Online only
Smooth Sailing Sunday: Up in Smoke (Meta) by Team Walkennan.
What’s Grid Got to Do With It?: Baby’s First Puzzle by Josh Jerez.
Apple News: ($) Layer Cake by Will Nediger. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic: Caleb’s Inferno by Caleb Madison.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Beginner’s Tool Set by Kareem Ayas. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Andy Kravis. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Matt Jones. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Spike in Publicity, Thurs. May 15, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Angela Kinsella Olson. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
Premier Crossword: by Frank Longo. .pdf, online only
Slate: Slate Mini: Saturday, May 17, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Sporcle: Head of State by BeerRains. Online only
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: Work in Progress by Ed Sessa. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
Merl Reagle Archives: May 18, 2025 – The Naked Truth by Merl Reagle.
New York Sun: ($) Beginning to End by Kelsey Blakley. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) Halving the Last Word by Garrett Chalfin.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano.
Newsday: 5/18/25 LET’S PARTY: Have a Blast With It by Gary M. Larson. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
TV Crossword: Weekly Puzzle. .pdf, online only
Universal: ($) Themeless Sunday 134 by Adrian Johnson. Direct link to .puz.
Universal Sunday: Sign Language by Zhouqin Burnikel. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Heard You Loud and Clear (Freestyle) by Amie Walker & Amanda Rafkin.
Washington Post: School’s Out by Evan Birnholz. Direct link to .puz.
1Across: May Flowers by Bluejay. .pdf, online.
The Browser: ($) Cryptic by Bob Fink & Jerry Miccolis. Subscribe at link.
Azed Cryptic: Azed 2761
Everyman Cryptic: Everyman 4100
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Hindu Cryptic: ($) The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
New York Times Variety: ($) Acrostic by David Balton and Jane Stewart.
Check out the DCL’s staff recommendations from last week’s puzzles
We’ve revamped information about available puzzle formats, only highlighting when one of .puz (either direct or via the “Crossword Scraper” browser extension), .pdf (either directly or via a print option), or online solving options are not available.
Other American-style links:
Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | “Crosscord” Discord | Crucidrama (en español) | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Easy Crossword (Newsday Archives) | FreeDailyCrosswords | Medium Crossword (Newsday Archives) | Hard Crossword (Newsday Archives) | r/crossword | USA Today Reviews and Discussion at Off the Grid | Squares.io | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar
Other Cryptic/Variety links:
A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | CoxRathvon.com | Harper’s ($) | 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
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