Wednesday, July 16, 2025

A Crossword Rose: Themeless: Cool for the Summer by acommonrose.
Autostraddle: Mini Crossword Stopped Short by Kate Hawkins and Rachel.
AVCX: ($) July 16, 2025 – “Baloney Sandwiches” by Brian Callahan. Subscribe at link.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Club 72: Freestyle 1029: “We’re number one!” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: July 16, 2025 by Kate Chin Park.
Crossword Club: Game Changers by Trent H. Evans.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Puns, Anagrams, and General Goofiness 2 by Jeff Linder.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #228: incredible, right? (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
MEOW: Mixed Doubles (Meta) by DrTom.
The New Dork Times: ($) New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 116 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: The Sound of Silence by Sala. Online only

Apple News: ($) Mixed Signos by Zhouqin Burnikel. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Taylor Johnson. 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: Wayback Wednesday by Donna S. Levin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: She’s Outstanding, Weds. July 16, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
The Daily Northwestern: Weekly Crossword: Balling Out by Games Editor.
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
Slate: Slate Midi: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 by Hemant Mehta.
Slate: Slate Mini: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 by Kavin Pawittranon.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Sam Cordes. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
McKinsey: Alliterative People by Peter Gordon.
New York Sun: ($) “Puzzle Tov!” by Jack McInturff. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Jasin Cekinmez.
New York Times Mini: by Ian Livengood.
Newsday: 7/15/25 Good as New by Steve Faiella. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Alien Invasion by Sam Brody. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Why Me? by Guilherme Gilioli.
The Wall Street Journal: Getaway Plans by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Arrow Licence by Ben Robinson Online only
Outside The Fox: ($) Touchwords by Grant Fikes. Subscribe at link.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,748 by Tramp.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only

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