Sunday, October 19, 2025

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
The Chicago Maroon: Mini by Chicago Maroon Crossword Team.
Crosswoods: Princely Seating at Wimbledon by Crosswoods.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: October 19, 2025 by Will Nediger.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Duded Up by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 114 by Jeff Linder.
lost for xwords: Crossword #134 – Up in the Heavens by August Miller.
Puzzmo: Cat-ch of the Day by kareemayas. Online only
Puzzmo: Mini Crossword by Brooke Husic. Online only
Smooth Sailing Sunday: Weekly Meta

Apple News: ($) Train Set by Nate Cardin. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Amie Walker. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic: by Adrian Johnson.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 10/19/2025 by Ananya Govindarajan.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) 44 by Brian Callahan. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: 99 and Doing Fine, Sun. Oct. 19, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
The Michigan Daily: The Sunday by Tiffany Zhou. Online only
Premier Crossword: by Frank Longo. .pdf, online only
Slate: Slate Mini: Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025 by Nate Cardin.
Sporcle: Denzel Washington by bhenderson79. Online only
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: EASY DOES IT by Zhouqin Burnikel. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
Merl Reagle Archives: October 19, 2025 – Definitials by Merl Reagle.
New York Sun: ($) Two by Fours by Ogden Porter. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) Same Difference by Daniel Grinberg.
New York Times Mini: by Christina Iverson.
Newsday: 10/19/25 EYE RHYMES: Which Aren’t Spoken Ones by Stan Newman. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
TV Crossword: Weekly Puzzle. .pdf, online only
Universal: ($) Themeless Sunday 155 by Rafael Musa. Direct link to .puz.
Universal Sunday: Creative Thinking by Jared Goudsmit. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Clamshell by Amanda Rafkin.
Washington Post: Family Ties by Evan Birnholz. Direct link to .puz.

1Across: Dispelling Darkness by Metacryptix. .pdf, online.
The Browser: ($) Cryptic 243 by Bob Weisz. Subscribe at link.
In Pursuit of Puzzles: No Kings (Acrostic)  by Jeanne Breen.

Azed Cryptic: Cryptic
Everyman Cryptic: Cryptic
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Hindu Cryptic: ($) The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
New York Times Variety: ($) Acrostic by David Balton and Jane Stewart.

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