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BEQ: Themeless Monday #855 by Brendan Emmett Quigley.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: December 16, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Defector: ($) The Crossword, Dec. 15: Out Of Court by Matthew Stock. Subscribe at link.
Forever Cozart: Themeless #4 by Connor Angelo Denney.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Money and Show by Jeff Linder.
Lil AVCX: ($) Turnabout Is Fair Play by Alex Rossell Hayes. Subscribe at link.
lost for xwords: Crossword #140 – Strip Tease by August Miller.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #250: i’m so there (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
LuterCross: Chaos and Order by Matthew Luter.
Metas On A Tuesday: Weekly Meta
The New Dork Times: New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 174 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
theek hai puzzles: beauty is in the eyes of the beholder by TarunKrishnamurthy.
Pun Of A Kind: Trees and Thank You by Mikey G.
Puzzmo: Oopsie by Adrienne Raphel & brooke. Online only
Puzzmo: Mini Crossword by Brooke Husic. Online only
Queerty: Queerty Crossword #431 by Queerty.
Southern Crosswords: southern crossword mini #68 by michael.
Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Rafael Musa. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Amie Walker. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Amanda Rafkin.
Billboard: by Adam Aaronson.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) It’s Not Easy Being Green by Katja Brinck. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: TV Tuesday App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Vaunted Videos by Matt Gaffney.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Daily Puzzle
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 Mini. Online only
Morning Brew: Fancy-schmancy by Jack Murtagh.
Slate: Slate Midi: Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 by Tim Croce.
Slate: Slate Mini: Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 by Nate Cardin.
Vox: by Juliana Tringali Golden
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 Sala Wanetick & Emily Biegas. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) End to End by Robert H. Wolfe. Reissues from 2008.
New York Times: ($) by Jason Reich.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano.
Newsday: Blank Spaces by Billie Truitt. Online .pdf
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: ($) Slicing and Dicing by Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Get on With It by Zhouqin Burnikel.
The Wall Street Journal: Yum! by Karen Steinberg. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.
Garden Party: ($) Rows Garden #8.50 by Michael Blake. Subscribe at link.
Outside The Box: ($) touchwords by grant fikes. Subscribe at link.
Outside The Box: ($) Rows Garden #11.16 by joon pahk. Subscribe at link.
Sporcle: Daily Acrostic Online only
Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,879 by Chandler.
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
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