Tuesday, September 30, 2025

BEQ: Themeless Monday #844 by Brendan Emmett Quigley.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Boswords Themeless League: ($) Preseason Puzzle by Andrew Kingsley. Competitors have all week to complete the puzzle. Late registrants welcome.
The Chicago Maroon: Daily Minis – 7 by Piyush Garodia and Carter Otis.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: September 30, 2025 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik.
Defector: ($) The Crossword, Sept. 29: Miss Her, Kiss Her, Love Her (Themeless) by Amie Walker. Subscribe at link.
The Griddy: Keep It Like A Secret by Devin McIntyre.
Hyperallergic: The Art Crossword: Impressionism Edition by Natan Last.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Gendered Geography by Jeff Linder.
LuterCross: Your Local Forecast by Matthew Luter.
Metas On A Tuesday: Banned Animals (Meta) by benchen71.
The New Dork Times: New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 143 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: Screen Name by Ada Nicolle. Online only
Queerty: Queerty Crossword #354 by Queerty.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Matthew Stock. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Amie Walker. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 09/30/2025 by Ananya Govindarajan.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Cheeky to Cheeky by Brian Callahan. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: TV Tuesday by Trip Payne. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch… Tues. Sept. 30, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
The Daily Northwestern: Daily Mini Crossword, September 30, 2025 by Gabriel Bernick.
The Daily Northwestern: Daily Mini Crossword, September 29, 2025 by Gabriel Bernick.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. 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: Brew Mini: Passing by Jack Murtagh.
Slate: Slate Midi: Monday, Sept. 29, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Slate: Slate Mini: Monday, Sept. 29, 2025 by Kiran Pandey.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer.
Vulture 10×10: The Belcher Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski.
WashU Student Life : The Great Pyramid by Vinisha Tripathi.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Zhouqin Burnikel. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) Endnotes by David Sullivan. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Justin Werfel.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Tuesday, September 30, 2025 by Wyna Liu.
Newsday: 9/30/25 How to Get There by Billie Truitt. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
SFGATE California Mini Crossword: Mini Crossword by Kate Hawkins. Online only.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) On Deck by Shmuel Schmell. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Fuzzy Logic by Mark Budovitch.
The Wall Street Journal: Want Fries With That? by Christopher Youngs. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Garden Party: ($) Rows Garden #8.39 by Michael Blake. Subscribe at link.
Keynesian Cryptics: Butterfly Knife by Jack H Keynes.
Outside The Box: ($) Rows Garden #11.5 by joon pahk. Subscribe at link.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,813 by Brummie.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only

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