Thursday, November 20, 2025

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
The Chicago Maroon: Daily Mini by Chicago Maroon Crossword Team.
ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) Creature Congregations by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: November 20, 2025 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik.
Fireball: ($) Down for the Count by Paul Coulter. Subscribe at link.
Fireball Newsflash: ($) Fireball Newsflash Crosswords #18, 11/20/25 by Peter Gordon. Subscribe at link.
Jonesin’: State Animals by Matt Jones. Direct .puz link
M & M Crosswords: LaMotta and Capone by Martina Waluk.
The New Dork Times: New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 163 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: Time Flies by kareemayas. Online only
Puzzmo: Mini Crossword by Brooke Husic. Online only
Queerty: Queerty Crossword #405 by Queerty.
Quid Pro: The GenXword Mini 11/20/25 #tbt by Andrew Anker. Online at Crosswordr.
Scientific American: A Destructive Fix by Aimee Lucido.
Southern Crosswords: southern crosswords mini #41 by michael.
Star-Crossed: Puzzle #16: Themeless 5 by Kiran Pandey.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Anna Harkins. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Taylor Johnson. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Amanda Rafkin.
Billboard: by Stella Zawistowski.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 11/20/2025 by Ananya Govindarajan.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 11/19/2025 by Michael Lenox.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) It’s a Stretch by Sally Hoelscher. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Top 40 Thursday App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Which Witch Is Which? Thurs. Nov. 20, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Daily Puzzle
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
Fordham Observer: Thursday, November 20 (Mini) by Jasmine White.
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 Mini. Online only
Slate: Slate Midi: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 by Chandi Deitmer.
Slate: Slate Mini: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 by K. Austin Collins.
Vox: by Will Nediger.
WashU Student Life : Spices and Solves by Vinisha Tripath.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Caroline Hand. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) A Few Choice Words by Ogden Porter. Reissues from 2008.
New York Times: ($) by Adam Wagner.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano.
The New Yorker Mini: The Mini Crossword: Thursday, November 20, 2025 by Mollie Cowget.
Newsday: 11/20/25 Wars of Words by Mark McClain. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
SFGATE California Mini Crossword: Mini Crossword by Doug Peterson. Online only.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Technical Language by Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Face the Wrong Way by Adam Levav.
The Wall Street Journal: Program Trading by Mike Shenk. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 675: Pent Words 135 by Grant Fikes. .pdf only
Sporcle: Daily Acrostic Online only

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,857 by Pangakupu.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
New Scientist: ($) Biweekly Cryptic Subscribe at link.
The Spectator: ($) Weekly Cryptic Subscribe at link.

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