Monday, May 19, 2025

A Crossword Rose: Best of the Year (themeless) by acommonrose.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: May 19, 2025 by Kelsey Dixon.
Lil AVCX: ($) significant figures by Alisya Reza. Subscribe at link.
Monday Fills: Out of Sight by Dave Murchie.
Muggle Meta Mondays: Shooting Stars (Meta) by ajk.
Pair-o-Ducks: Overt Operations by Pair O Ducks.
Puzzmo: Think Piece by chandi. Online only
Puzzmo: Off-Center by Matthew Stock. Online only

Apple News: ($) Vibe Shifts by Rafael Musa. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) 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: ($) by Ada Nicolle. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Robyn Weintraub. 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: Fully Invested, Sun. May 18, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Neville Fogarty. 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
Slate: Slate Crossword: Sunday, May 18, 2025 by Hemant Mehta.
Slate: Slate Mini: Sunday, May 18, 2025 by Kavin Pawittranon.
Vox: by Will Nediger.
Vulture 10×10: The Free Will Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski.
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: ($) Good Start for Trick Ending by Patrick Blindauer. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Kiran Pandey.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, May 19, 2025 by Patrick Berry.
Newsday: 5/19/25 at the Movies by Stan Newman. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Words of Wisdom by Caryn Robbins. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Fallen Angel by Max Schlenker.
The Wall Street Journal: Sowing the Seeds by Adam Regn Arvidson. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Kevin’s Puzzles at Home Season 10, Episode 3: Tabletop Talk by Grant Fikes. .pdf only
BEQ Marching Bands: ($) Marching Bands #11.3 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscribe at link.
blogat: Midi Cryptic 6: Straight-Up Swiss Cheese by bolgat. .pdf, online.
Cryptic Crossweird: ($) Yuck! by Momes. Patreon Subscription.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #544: Pent Words 21 .pdf only
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: by Steve Townsend. Online only

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,698 by Vulcan.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only

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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