AVCX+: ($) August 27, 2025 “Career Pivot” by Dylan Schiff. Subscribe at link.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Club 72: Freestyle 1041: “Have some pride!” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: August 27, 2025 by Kate Chin Park.
Crossword Club: Break Things Down by Trent H. Evans.
Jeff’s Puzzles: G’Day Mates 2 by Jeff Linder.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #234: live! (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
MEOW: Titanic Effect (Meta) by benchen71.
The New Dork Times: ($) New Dork Times Puzzle: Midi 25 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Norah’s Puzzles: Field of Dreams (themeless) by Norah Sharpe.
Puzzmo: Good for them! by Darby Ratliff. Online only
Apple News: ($) Chain, Chain, Chain by Lucy Cohen. 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 Stella Zawistowski. 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 David Steinberg. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Let’s Play Some 45’s, Tues. Aug. 26, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
Duke Chronicle: Mini 148 (8/27/25) by Jeffrey Broms.
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
The Rice Thresher: Start Small by Ava McClung.
Slate: Slate Mini: Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025 by Nijah Morris.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki.
Vulture 10×10: The Cabin Puzzle by Malaika Handa.
WashU Student Life : Grand Slam by Rena Cohen.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Aaron Ullman. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
McKinsey: Coat Check by Peter Gordon.
New York Sun: ($) Mercury Records by Jeremy Horwitz. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Zhou Zhang.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 by Patrick Berry.
Newsday: 8/27/25 However Necessary by Steve Faiella. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Capital Letters by Daniel Hrynick. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Tennis, Anyone? by Daniel Grinberg.
The Wall Street Journal: What Do You See? by Mike Shenk. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.
Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Challenge News by Ben Robinson Online only
Garden Variety Puzzles: Rows Garden #4 by Peter Baronowski. .pdf, .rgz only
Outside The Fox: ($) Touchwords by Grant Fikes. Subscribe at link.
The Rackenfracker: Fracks in Five by The Rackenfracker. Available format varies by puzzle
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,784 by Paul.
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