Saturday, October 4, 2025

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
The Chicago Maroon: Daily Minis – 11 by Piyush Garodia and Carter Otis.
Club 72: Freestyle 1051: “It finally clicked.” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Ada Nicolle.
Crossword Nexus Blog: Puzzle #140: Finishing Blow (Crushword Spiral) by Alex Boisvert
Crossworms: croctober 2025 – week one puzzles by Franci Dimitrovska
David Alfred Bywaters: It Adds Up by David Alfred Bywaters.
Elliot’s Puzzles: Cats? by Elliot’s Puzzles. Online at Crosswordr.
The Griddy: Aldi Small Things by Devin McIntyre.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 113 by Jeff Linder.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) “Eight for Eight” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
The New Dork Times: New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 145 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Pocket Squares: Lost in the sauce by Jasper Davidoff.
Puzzmo: Go With the Flow(er) by Priyanka Sethy & Rajiv Sethy. Online only
Reason: Cost of Doing Business by Stella Zawistowski.
Spyscape: Change Agents by Prasanna Keshava.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Kelsey Dixon. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Amie Walker. News+ Subscription Required
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Fishes by Will Eisenberg. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Donna S. Levin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini by Prasanna Keshava.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
Morning Brew: Rise and Shine by Jack Murtagh.
Vox: Solve for X by Will Nediger.
The Walrus: Listening to our Bodies by Emma Lawson.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by August Miller. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Magazine: Just Follow the Directions by Matt Gaffney.
New York Sun: ($) A Solution to the Question by Ashish Vengsarkar. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Ryan McCarty.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Lars G. Doubleday. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Universal Freestyle 192 by Lin Josephson. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Mr. Bond by Kapil Mehta.
The Wall Street Journal: The Old One-Two by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Cryptic Crossweird: ($) Set in Chicago by Momes, Dob Olino, & Bob Weisz. Patreon Subscription.
Tortoiseshell Studio: ($) Bonus Wry Tangles 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: Acrostic by Mike Shenk. Direct link to .pdf.

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