Saturday, November 14, 2026

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Club 72: Freestyle 1166: “Nipping at your heels.” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues: TMBW Themeless #2 by Frisco17.
Gridlocked!: Wildcard: Message Received (Themeless) by Zachary Edward-Brown & Namita Shashidhar.
Gridlocked: ($) Themeless #11: Don’t Go in the Lake! by Brad LeBeau. Subscribe at link.
Queerty: Queerty Crossword #763 by Queerty.
Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Boaz Moser & Alexandra Doumani. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Parker Higgins. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic: by Amanda Rafkin.
Bonmo: ($) by Rafael Musa. iPad-exclusive app.
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago-Style (Mini) Crossword by Kelsey Dixon.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: November 14, 2026 by Sam Mattson.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) MGWCC #963 — Week 2 of 4 in November — “It Takes Two” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Morning Brew: Party People by Jack Murtagh.
Puzzmo: Beds and Bugs by SimonWL. Online only
Puzzmo: Mini Crossword by k.j. sarr. Online only
Reason: Golden State by Stella Zawistowski.
Spyscape: Through the Lens by Bryant White.
Yahoo! Mini: Aces by Madeline Kaplan. Online only.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword
The Globe and Mail: Globe Mini by Jess Shulman.
The Globe and Mail Weekender: ($) Get a Word in Edgewise by Jess Shulman.
Los Angeles Times: by Kareem Ayas & Brian Callahan. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Midi: by Bart Gold.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
New York Magazine: License to Jive by Matt Gaffney.
New York Times: ($) by Byron Walden.
New York Times Midi: Wine Selections by Jeremy Newton.
New York Times Mini: by Ian Livengood.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Joe DiPietro. Online .pdf
Universal: ($) Universal Freestyle 247 by Amie Walker and Jess Shulman. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: The Outsiders by Sally Hoelscher.
USA Today MidGrid: Stay Gold by Jared Goudsmit.
Vox: Food, Glorious Food by Patrick Blindauer.
The Wall Street Journal: Elaboration by Mike Shenk.

Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
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
Daily POP Crosswords: by Pam Amick Klawitter. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini
LunaMini: Daily Mini by Luna. Online only
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Sporcle: Daily Acrostic. Online only
Tortoiseshell Studio: Free Spiral by Nathan Curtis.

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 Globe and Mail: The Weekender Cryptic by Fraser Simpson
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
WSJ Variety: Trail Mix by Patrick Berry

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