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Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: December 15, 2025 by Kelsey Dixon.
Lil AVCX: ($) Meet Cute by K.J. Sarr. Subscribe at link.
Monday Fills: Rise Up by Dave Murchie.
Muggle Meta Mondays: Weekly Meta
The Puzzle Pit: Metal Monday #29 – Themeless by Adam Landau. .pdf, .puz only
Puzzmo: No Middle Ground by Onefin. Online only
Puzzmo: Mini Crossword by Brooke Husic. Online only
Southern Crosswords: southern crosswords mini #66 by michael.
Apple News: ($) Shake It Off by Zhouqin Burnikel. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Amanda Rafkin.
Billboard: by Adam Aaronson.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) by Aidan Deshong. 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: Snakes Alive! Mon. Dec. 15, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Daily Puzzle
Daily POP Crosswords: by Gail Grabowski. 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
Slate: Slate Crossword: Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 by Adrianne Baik.
Slate: Slate Mini: Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025 by Kaitlin Hsu.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer
Vulture 10×10: The Menorah Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago-Style (Mini) Crossword by Kelsey Dixon.
Los Angeles Times: by Doug Peterson. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) One-Two Threes by Patrick Berry. Reissues from 2008.
New York Times: ($) by Jeff Jerome and Andrea Carla Michaels.
New York Times Midi: by Ian Livengood.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano.
The New Yorker: Rough Copy by Mollie Cowger.
Newsday: 12/15/25 on the Wall by Guilherme Gilioli. Online .pdf
People Puzzler: Dr. Meredith Grey by Shannon Rapp.
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
SFGATE California Mini Crossword: Mini Crossword by Enrique. Online only.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) School Assembly by Tarun Krishnamurthy. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Holding in Laughter by Shannon Rapp & Will Eisenberg.
The Wall Street Journal: M-N at Work by Kevin Christian & Andrea Carla Michaels. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.
BEQ Marching Bands: ($) Marching Bands #11.18 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscribe at link.
Cryptic Crossweird: ($) Pounding Hot Sauce by Steve Mossberg. Patreon Subscription.
The New Yorker: The Cryptic Crossword: Sondheim Edition by Paolo Pasco.
The New Yorker: In a Flurry by Patrick Berry.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #574: Pathfinder 6 .pdf only
Sporcle: Daily Acrostic Online only
Square Chase: ($) Save the Holiday (Variety Cryptic) by Steve Mossberg. Patreon subscription.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: by Steve Townsend. Online only
Team Crazy Cryptics: Puzzle No. 104: Dialled In by teamcrazymatt. Online.
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,878 by Vulcan.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
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