Day: December 13, 2025

Saturday, December 13, 2025

We’ve kicked off our 2025 year-end fundraiser, featuring nine puzzles! Learn more here. Your support last year helped make our new Constructor Spotlights possible, and donations this year will help cover site costs while recognizing the many volunteer hours that keep the site running. Thank you for supporting Daily Crossword Links and everyone who makes it possible!

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Club 72: Freestyle 1071: “It can’t be true, can it?” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Ada Nicolle.
David Alfred Bywaters: The First Noel by David Alfred Bywaters.
Dissonant Grids: healing. by Owen Bergstein.
Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues: Themeless 51! by Frisco17.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) “Triple Entente” (Meta) by Paul Coulter. Subscribe at Patreon.
The New Dork Times: New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 173 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: All in the Game by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online only
Puzzmo: Mini Crossword by Brooke Husic. Online only
Queerty: Queerty Crossword #430 by Queerty.
Queerty: Queerty Crossword #429 by Queerty.
Reason: Get Rolled by Stella Zawistowski.
Southern Crosswords: southern crosswords mini #64 by michael.
Spyscape: The Third Eye Affair by Bryant White.

Apple News: ($) How Low Can You Go? by Will Nediger. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Amie Walker. News+ Subscription Required
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Relatable Reject by Olivia Mitra Framke. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle App Store | Google Play
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Daily Puzzle
Daily POP Crosswords: by Alan Olschwang. 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 Themeless by tktktk. Online only
Morning Brew: Initial Thoughts by Jack Murtagh.
Vox: Walking in a LADDER WINNER TOWN by Patrick Blindauer.
The Walrus: Trouble Ahead by Mark Tomek.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Stella Zawistowski. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Magazine: The Inside Track by Matt Gaffney.
New York Sun: ($) Themeless by Alan Olschwang. Reissues from 2008.
New York Times: ($) by Gene Louise De Vera.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Matthew Sewell. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Universal Freestyle 202 by Jess Rucks and Rafael Musa. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Gratuity Included by Sala Wanetick.
The Wall Street Journal: I Didn’t Catch Your Name by Desirée Penner & Jeff Sinnock. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Et Tu, Etui?: puns and anagrams by et tu etui.
Sporcle: Daily Acrostic Online only
Tales From The Cryptic: Ashtray, Pie, and Gelatin – 5×9 by Bob Weisz. .pdf, online

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath .pdf only
Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword .pdf only
Gemelo Cryptic: Cryptic
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
WSJ Variety: Season’s Eatings by Steve Mossberg. Direct link to .pdf.

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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

 

Daily Crossword Links’ 2025 Year-End Fundraiser

We’re once again running a year-end fundraiser. As we share on our Support Us page, DCL has always been a free resource. Daily posts, News & Notes bulletins, puzzle recommendations, and Constructor Spotlights will remain free. But it remains important that I recover site costs and acknowledge the time and energy of DCL volunteers.

Your generosity last year allowed us to add Jess Rucks’ fabulous Constructor Spotlights to the site. We don’t have specific plans for our next addition, other than getting News & Notes and puzzle recs back on a regular schedule, but if we match last year, we’ll find something.

Our team has prepared six 15×15 and three 7×7 puzzles which we’ll happily send to solvers who make a donation of any size between now and the new year.

Information on how to donate can be found at our Support Us page. Please include your email address in a message with the transaction and we’ll get the puzzles over to you. We’re still putting the finishing touches together, but will send the first batch by Friday, 12/19 at the latest.

You can donate any amount to DCL to get the pack. If you donated at any time in 2025, we’ll also happily share it with you. Depending on what information Venmo or PayPal share with me, you might need to ping us at crosswordlinks [at] gmail [dot] com to share your email address, but we’ll be trying to reach you, too.

We are also happy to share the pack to anyone who donates $15 or more to a crossword tip jar or newly subscribes to an indie Patreon or subscription service. Your favorite constructor, AVCX, or Crosshare are all great options, among many others. Email a receipt of that donation or new subscription (between 12/12 and 12/31) to crosswordlinks [at] gmail [dot] com if you choose that route.

If you missed last year’s (four puzzle) fundraiser pack, we’ll include it with any DCL donation of $20 or more, or any tip jar or new indie subscription of $25 or more.

Once again: nine puzzles available exclusively to donors who give before the new year. Donations to DCL of any size get the puzzles. New donations/subscriptions to other crossword places of $15 or more get the puzzles. If you donated to us earlier in 2025, we’ll get you the puzzles. If you missed last year’s puzzles, donate at least $20 to DCL or $25 to another indie crossword venture to get both year’s packs. Visit Support Us for information on making a donation to DCL.

Thank you for your support.