Saturday, August 30, 2025

A Crossword Rose: Trouble Brewing by acommonrose.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Club 72: Freestyle 1042: “What a ball of energy!” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Will Nediger.
Pun Of A Kind: You’re Such a Square by Mikey G.
Puzzmo: I’m Working Out a Couple of Bugs by Brian Callahan. Online only
Reason: Right to Rock by Stella Zawistowski.
Spyscape: Take a Letter by Prasanna Keshava.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Hannah Slovut-Einertson. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Taylor Johnson. News+ Subscription Required
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Colorful Taste by Brian Callahan. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Gail Grabowski. 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: If I Only Had… by Jack Murtagh.
Vox: Stop Being a Hero by Adesina O. Koiki.
The Walrus: Nothing Compares by The Walrus.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Brian Callahan & Matthew Luter. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Magazine: We Got the Beat by Matt Gaffney.
New York Sun: ($) “Don’t Be So Negative!” by Pete Mitchell. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Maddy Ziegler.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Winston Emmons. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Universal Freestyle 187 by Tarun Krishnamurthy. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Top Down by Noelle Griskey.
The Wall Street Journal: Extreme Happiness by Sean Ziebarth. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

The Crossword Centre: September 2025 Sucker? by Bufo by Derek Harrison .pdf only
Taceo’s Little Puzzle Shed: Bite-sized cryptic #6: High Heat by tktktk. .pdf, online only
Tortoiseshell Studio: ($) Back to School 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: Marching Bands by Mike Shenk. Direct link to .pdf.

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