AVCX+: ($) August 20, 2025 “Rosetta Stone” by Michael Schlossberg. Subscribe at link.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Club 72: Freestyle 1039: “You deserve a pat on the back.” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: August 20, 2025 by Kate Chin Park.
Crossword Club: The Sound of Silence by Trent H. Evans.
In Pursuit of Puzzles: Midi #3 by Jeanne Breen.
Inteltainment: Themeless #146 Feel smart. Have fun! by Stella Zawistowski.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Bird, Diz, and LBFF by Jeff Linder.
MEOW: What’s the Deal? (Meta) by DrTom.
The New Dork Times: ($) New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 129 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Olio Grids: I’m Getting Tu Old for This by Brian Callahan.
The Puzzle Pit: Themed Wednesday #8 by Adam Landau. .pdf, .puz only
Puzzmo: Head to Toe by kangareuben. Online only
Scientific American: A Trip Down Memory Lane by Aimee Lucido.
Souvenir Puzzles: A Good Puzzle: this time, it’s acrostic (explanation within) by Nir Shtuhl.
Apple News: ($) Leading Parts by Zhouqin Burnikel. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) 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: ($) Lost in Translation by Kelly Richardson. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Evan Kalish. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Friends and the City, Weds. Aug. 20, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Neville Fogarty. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
Slate: Slate Midi: Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025 by Ben Zimmer.
Slate: Slate Mini: Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025 by Nijah Morris.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki.
Vulture 10×10: The Horse Trainer Puzzle by Malaika Handa.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Rebecca Goldstein. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
McKinsey: Mickey Mouse Operation by Peter Gordon.
New York Sun: ($) Serving Spoonerisms by Kelsey Blakley. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Victor Schmitt.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 by Caitlin Reid.
Newsday: 8/20/25 by the Dozen by Steve Faiella. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Bell’s Knell by Jake Halperin. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Another Trip Around the Sun (Freestyle) by Sally Hoelscher.
The Wall Street Journal: Any Given Sundae by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.
Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Cry Out “Success!” by Ben Robinson Online only
Cryptic Crosswords by Māyā: Untitled by Māyā
Outside The Fox: ($) Touchwords by Grant Fikes. Subscribe at link.
Square Pursuit: Quiptic Pack 2025 (#52-60) by Steve Mossberg.
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,778 by Yank.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
Check out the DCL’s staff recommendations from last week’s puzzles
Other American-style links:
Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | “Crosscord” Discord | Crucidrama (en español) | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Easy Crossword (Newsday Archives) | FreeDailyCrosswords | Medium Crossword (Newsday Archives) | Hard Crossword (Newsday Archives) | r/crossword | USA Today Reviews and Discussion at Off the Grid | Squares.io | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar
Other Cryptic/Variety links:
A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | CoxRathvon.com | Harper’s ($) | 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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