Thursday, June 5, 2025

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) There’s Been a Mix-up by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: June 5, 2025 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik.
Fireball: ($) Only as Old as You Feel by Rich Katz. Subscribe at link.
Jonesin’: Inner Harmony by Matt Jones. Direct .puz link
M & M Crosswords: Rah-Rah Routine by Martina Waluk.
The New Dork Times: ($) New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 101 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: Nothing suspicious going on here! by jqzx. Online only
Quid Pro: The GenXword Mini 6/5/25 #tbt by Andrew Anker. Online at Crosswordr.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Kavin Pawittranon & Nijah Morris. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) 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 Jasmeet Arora. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Top 40 Thursday by Peter Wentz. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Caitlin Reid. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Fire It Back Up, Thurs. June 5, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Alan Olschwang. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Cruise by Jack Murtagh.
Slate: Slate Midi: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Slate: Slate Mini: Wednesday, June 4, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Vox: by Will Nediger.
Vulture 10×10: The Graceful Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Roland Huget. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) Upscale Wordplay by by Gary Steinmehl. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Timothy Gaetz.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
The New Yorker Mini: The Mini Crossword: Thursday, June 5, 2025 by Andy Kravis.
Newsday: 6/5/25 Confidence Builder by Winston Emmons. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) High Stakes by Sam Brody. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Raise Your Glass by Stella Zawistowski.
The Wall Street Journal: Character Introductions by Jared Cappel. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 651: Anacrossword 44 by Grant Fikes. .pdf only
Tales From The Cryptic: Cryptic Mini #000000119: “Bottomless Grimace Shakes” 5×7 by Bob Weisz.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,713 by Yank.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
New Scientist: ($) Biweekly Cryptic Subscribe at link.
The Spectator: ($) Weekly Cryptic Subscribe at link.

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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