Saturday, July 19, 2025

Autostraddle: AF+ Crossword Is At the Salon by Rebecca Goldstein.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Club 72: Freestyle 1030: “Snap out of it!” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Will Nediger.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) “Back and Forth They Go” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Puzzmo: Shell Companies by kareemayas & Will Eisenberg. Online only
Reason: Dreamin’ by Stella Zawistowski.
Spyscape: Network Out-Age by Prasanna Keshava.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Robert Logan. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Cold Comfort by Olivia Mitra Framke. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Emily Carroll. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Caitlin Reid. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
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: Don’t Dilly-Dally by Jack Murtagh.
Vox: Pivot to Video by Andrew J. Ries.
The Walrus: Privileged Information by Jess Shulman.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Chandi Deitmer & Erik Agard. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Magazine: Spoiler Alert by Matt Gaffney.
New York Sun: ($) Opening Arguments by Lee Glickstein. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Erik Agard.
New York Times Mini: by Wyna Liu.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Lester Ruff. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Universal Freestyle 181 by Jim Quinlan. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: There Will Be Signs by Rebecca Goldstein.
The Wall Street Journal: Downward Dog by Paul Coulter. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Tortoiseshell Studio: Free Crushword Spiral by Nathan Curtis. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath .pdf only
Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword .pdf only
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
WSJ Variety: The Long and Winding Road by Patrick Berry. Direct link to .pdf.

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