Monday, December 8, 2025

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: December 8, 2025 by Kelsey Dixon.
Lil AVCX: ($) Borderline by Terry Sun. Subscribe at link.
Monday Fills: Accounts Payable by Dave Murchie.
Muggle Meta Mondays: Weekly Meta
Muller Monthly Music Meta: December MMMM by Pete Muller, Mack Meller, and Andrew White.
The Puzzle Pit: Metal Monday #27 – “Feel the Beat” by Adam Landau. .pdf, .puz only
Puzzmo: We’re Going Places! by Willa. Online only
Puzzmo: Mini Crossword by Brooke Husic. Online only
Southern Crosswords: southern crosswords mini #59 by michael.
Souvenir Puzzles: Under the Influence by Nir Shtuhl.

Apple News: ($) Laundry Day by Hoang-Kim Vu. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Amie Walker. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Amanda Rafkin.
Billboard: by Stella Zawistowski.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 12/07/2025 by Rich Vigliotti.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) by Ada Nicolle. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Lofty Praise, Mon. Dec. 8, 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: Monday, December 8 (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 Crossword: Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Slate: Slate Mini: Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer
Vulture 10×10: The Cover-Up Puzzle by Malaika Handa.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago-Style Crossword by Kelsey Dixon.
Los Angeles Times: by Brian Gubin. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) The Question by Lee Glickstein. Reissues from 2008.
New York Times: ($) by Dan Kammann and Zhouqin Burnikel.
New York Times Midi: by Ian Livengood.
New York Times Mini: by Ian Livengood.
The New Yorker: December 8 by Natan Last.
Newsday: 12/8/25 on the Stove by Guilherme Gilioli. Online .pdf
People Puzzler: ‘Rise and Shine Mama’ by Will Eisenberg.
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
SFGATE California Mini Crossword: Mini Crossword by Nate Cardin. Online only.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Cut the Act by Jake Halperin. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Vise Grip by Michael Drusedum & Jason Reuben.
The Wall Street Journal: Native Dress by Kathy Lowden. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Monday Fills Acrostics: Acrostic 265 by Dave Murchie.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #573: Back-Oops 4 .pdf only
Sporcle: Daily Acrostic Online only
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: by Steve Townsend. Online only

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,872 by Qaos.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only

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