Thursday, August 28, 2025

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) Sole Purposes by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: August 28, 2025 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik.
Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues: Fully Freehand Fhemeless #2 by Frisco17.
Jonesin’: “Let Us Splay”–two from the top. by Matt Jones. Direct .puz link
The New Dork Times: ($) New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 131 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: Color Scale by zuckylee. Online only
Quid Pro: The GenXword Mini 8/28/25 #tbt by Andrew Anker. Online at Crosswordr.
Real Puzzling Stuff: Drops of Color (Themed, 8/27/25) by Ryan Patrick Smith.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Kavin Pawittranon. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) 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 Igor Ryzhkov. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Top 40 Thursday by Jeff Chen. 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: Everything Has Changed, Weds. Aug. 27, 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: Turntable by Jack Murtagh.
Slate: Slate Mini: Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025 by Kameron Austin Collins.
Vox: by Will Nediger.
Vulture 10×10: The Magical Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski.
WashU Student Life : Looking for Treasure by Molly Levitt.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Sala Wanetick & Emily Biegas. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) Go to the Head of the Line by Patrick Blindauer. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Joel Woodford.
New York Times Mini: by Ian Livengood.
The New Yorker Mini: The Mini Crossword: Thursday, August 28, 2025 by Andy Kravis.
Newsday: 8/28/25 Redundancies by Stan Newman. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Drawing Conclusions by Daniel Grinberg. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Superstar(t) by Emma Oxford.
The Wall Street Journal: Backtalk by Ayesha Agarwal. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Aries Puzzles: Aries Marching Bands #9 by Andrew J. Ries.
A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 663: Touchword 33 by Grant Fikes. .pdf only
In Pursuit of Puzzles: Rows Garden #3 by Jeanne Breen.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,785 by Tramp.
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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