Ariadne’s Crossword Library: “In Search of a Colorful Metaphor” by Emma Oxford. .pdf, .puz only
Ashley’s Crosswords: “Turkish Delight” (5×5 — September 30 2025) by Ashley Wong.
AVCX+: ($) October 1, 2025 AV Classic Themeless #84 by Victor Schmitt. Subscribe at link.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
The Chicago Maroon: Daily Minis – 8 by Piyush Garodia and Carter Otis.
Club 72: Freestyle 1050: “What to wear?” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: October 1, 2025 by Kate Chin Park.
Crossword Club: Easy As… by Trent H. Evans.
The Griddy: Mad About Saffron by Devin McIntyre.
Inteltainment: Themeless #149 by Stella Zawistowski.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #239: you can tell me! (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Memorial Hall Library: Hard to Do by Dean.
MEOW: House Hunters (Meta) by Darth.
Playbill Puzzles: Puzzle #10: How Peculiar… (Meta) by Danny K Bernstein.
Puzzmo: What (is) a drag? by Mikkel Snyder. Online only
Puzz-up: High Hopes by Laura Taylor Kinnel.
Queerty: Queerty Crossword #355 by Queerty.
Apple News: ($) Middle Management by Zhouqin Burnikel. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Amie Walker. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 10/01/2025 by Olivia Barbieri.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) by Igor Ryzhkov. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski.. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch… Tues. Sept. 30, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
The Daily Northwestern: Weekly Crossword: Paired Up by Miguel Tsang.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
Duke Chronicle: Mini Crossword 161 (10/1/25): Countdown to Craziness 2 by Jeffrey Broms.
Fordham Observer: Wednesday, October 1 (Mini) by Mailea Sass.
Fordham Observer: Tuesday, September 30 (Mini) by Emaan Ehtasham.
Fordham Observer: Monday, September 29 (Mini) by Emaan Ehtasham.
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
The Rice Thresher: Empty-headed by Stephan Hatem.
Slate: Slate Midi: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 by Hemant Mehta.
Slate: Slate Mini: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 by Kavin Pawittranon.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki.
Vulture 10×10: The Disguise Puzzle by Malaika Handa.
WashU Student Life : Would You Like Fries With That? by Rena Cohen.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Katherine Simonson. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
McKinsey: Winging It by Peter Gordon.
New York Sun: ($) Letter Perfect by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Neville Fogarty.
New York Times Monthly Bonus: It’s a Mystery by Chandi Deitmer.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 by Patrick Berry.
Newsday: 10/1/25 Make Some Noise by Zachary Edward-Brown. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
SFGATE California Mini Crossword: Mini Crossword by Amanda Rafkin. Online only.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Texas Monthly: State of Confusion by Brandon Koppy.
Universal: ($) Predictive Text by Prasanna Keshava. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: In-Flight Meal by Noelle Griskey.
The Wall Street Journal: High Style by Margot Kohn & Paul Hudes. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.
Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Beastly Battle by Ben Robinson Online only
The Crossword Centre: October 2025 Like Two-Tone by Yimin by Derek Harrison .pdf only
Outside The Fox: ($) Touchwords by Grant Fikes. Subscribe at link.
Playbill Puzzles: Puzzle #10: How Peculiar… (Meta) by Danny K Bernstein.
Puzzle Tome: First (Cryptic) .pdf, online.
The Rackenfracker: Sixes and Sevens by The Rackenfracker. Available format varies by puzzle
Square Chase: ($) Fair Fare (Variety Cryptic) by Steve Mossberg. Patreon subscription.
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,814 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