Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Due to changing schedules, the DCL team is recruiting for help on Fridays and Saturdays. The approximate time commitment is 20-30 minutes each morning. Drop us a line here, email us at crosswordlinks@gmail.com, or find us at ACPT this weekend if you’re interested!

The Amherst Student: Flip Flops by John Joire. .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
The Chicago Maroon: 7. The Beer Minimum by Pravan Chakravarthy. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 798 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Code.MaiaMcCormick.com: Confectionary Filling by Maia McCormick. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crosstalk Puzzles: Living Room by Nick McGuire. .pdf, online.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Tyler Kleim. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Hump Day by Sabrina Effron. Online.
The Daily Princetonian: Pair of Queens (Mini) by Dashram Pai. Online.
Haymarket’s Squares: Menace #22 by ariel haymarket. .puz, .pdf, online.
MEOW: Pas de Deux (Meta) by whimsy. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: A Little Bit of African Geography by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
The Rice Thresher: Beer Bike by Jayaker Kolli. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 29, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) AV Classic Themeless #68 by Brooke Husic. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Inboxes by Trent H. Evans. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Andrea Carla Michaels and Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Andy Kravis. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Season Three: Where’ll It Be?, Wed, Mar 29, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Chase Dittrich & Jeff Chen. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Pasta Perfect by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: by Rafael Musa. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Easy Does It by Alan Olschwang. Reissues from 2004.
New York Times: ($) by Ben Zoon. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 by Erik Agard. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Dance Club by Mark McClain. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: Something’s Missing by Josh Cockroft. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Splitting Hairs by Rebecca Goldstein. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Car Park Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Inflation by Prasanna Keshava. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Five Hundred by Ben Robinson. Online.
Garden Party: ($) The Walrus, The Works and the Wardrobe by Bart Gold. Subscribe at link.
McGrids: AI Image Vowelless Crossword No. 1 by Ryan McCarty. .puz, .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,371 by Monk. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,030 by Picaroon. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13825 by Hypatia. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Tees. .pdf, online.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

The Amherst Student: Prehistoric Puzzle by Alexandra Olson. .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 796 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crafty Crosswords: elementary, my dear watson by lila goldenberg .pdf, .puz, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Free Food (Mini) by Anne Xu. Online.
Just Gridding: The More You Know! (TPFA preview) by Caitlin Reid. .puz, .pdf, online.
MEOW: Rotten Trick (Meta) by DrTom. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: HOMES in the Neighborhood by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
The Rice Thresher: What’s Up? by Hoang Nguyen. .puz, .pdf, online.
Tough As Nails: Tough as Nails Themeless #83 by Stella Zawistowski. .puz, .pdf
Ubercross: small f by T Campbell .pdf
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 22, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) Behold! At Last! by Quiara Vasquez. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 22, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Electricity Class: Get to know power couples by Mark McClain. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Heir Apparent, Wed, Mar 22, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Alexander Liebeskind. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Room for Expansion by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: by Ada Nicolle. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) City Shapes by David J. Kahn. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Madeline Kaplan. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 by Patrick Berry. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Men and Beasts by Stan Newman. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: There’s an App for That by Guilherme Gilioli. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: … In Sheep’s Clothing by Neville Fogarty. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Greyhounds Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: In a Pinch by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Whacky Horror by Ben Robinson Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,364 by Chalmie. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,024 by Vlad. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13819 by Afterdark. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Eccles. .pdf, online.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 795 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Nexus Blog: Puzzle #85: Animal Crackers (with Norah Sharpe!) by Alex Boisvert & Norah Sharpe. .ipuz, .pdf, online.
matcha-drop: Your March Holiday Is My June Celebration by Drewrey Lupton. .puz, .pdf, online.
See 17-Across: Puzzle with a Twist by Brandon Koppy. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: A+ Crossword Hopes You Get to Adopt That Puppy by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 18, 2023 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Fireball Newsflash: ($) Fireball Newsflash Crosswords #4, 3/18/23 by Peter Gordon. Subscribe at link.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) “World Leaders” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Morning Brew: Shell Corporation by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Spyscape: Spy Song by Dennis Nullet. .pdf, online.

Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Stanley Newman. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Hoang-Kim Vu. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Grab a Six-Pack by Matt Forest. Edited by Amanda Rafkin.. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Spooner It Out by Randall J. Hartman. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Ada Nicolle. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Stella Zawistowski. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Ali Gascoigne. Online.
Universal: Universal Freestyle 64 by Hoang-Kim Vu and Rafael Musa. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Rising Sign by Amanda Rafkin. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: “Really Good Offense? Or … ?” by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Superhero Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: In Conclusion… by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,361 by STEERPIKE. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath number 1222 by FALCON. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 631 by Aldhelm. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: Cryptic #13816 by Crescent. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Serpent. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Marching Bands by Mike Shenk. .pdf.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 794 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Derek Wong and Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford. .pdf, online.
MEOW: Rotten Trick (Meta) by DrTom. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Not the Ides of March! by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Ubercross: Abecedaria E by T Campbell .pdf
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 15, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) Turn Up the Volume by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 15, 2023 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Worlds Apart: Places, please! by Pam Amick Klawitter. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Caitlin Reid. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Stan Newman. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: The Parent Trap, Wed, Mar 15, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Prasanna Keshava. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Four-Letter Award by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Warrior by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Michael B. Berg. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Cheese Choices by Fred Piscop. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: Do the Math by Jeffrey Martinovic and Jeff Chen. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: High Tops by Sara Cantor & Brooke Husic. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Defender Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Brush With Greatness by Philip Koski. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Beneath The Surface: Beneath The Surface Cryptic Midi #4 by Kyle Dolan. .puz, .pdf, online.
Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Retract Untruth! by Ben Robinson Online.
Hoyt Arcane: Weekly Freebie by Hoyt Arcane. .pdf
Real Puzzling Stuff: Cryptic Crossword #3 (3/14/23) by Ryan Patrick Smith. .pdf, online.
Square Chase: ($) Assemble! (Variety Cryptic) by Steve Mossberg. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,358 by IO. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,018 by Pangakupu. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13813 by Vidwan. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Filbert. .pdf, online.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The Amherst Student: Puzzle Palooza by Liam Archacki and John Joire. .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Boswords Spring Themeless League: Puzzle #1 by Hemant Mehta. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 792 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 3/8/23 by Jolie L’Heureux. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Princetonian: Sliced Bread by Joah Macosko. Online.
The Daily Princetonian: Suit Up! (Mini) by Anna Solzhenitsyn. Online.
MEOW: The Ultimate Challenge (Meta) by Joshua Rubin. .puz, .pdf, online.
Muller Monthly Music Meta: Songs of the Year by Pete Muller. .puz,. pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Notes of Note by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
The Rice Thresher: Slippery by Izzi Reynolds. .puz, .pdf, online.
Tough As Nails: Tough as Nails Themeless #82 by Stella Zawistowski. .puz, .pdf
Trash Panda Puzzles: 125: Pikachu & the Art Deco Restaurant (Themeless) by Jason “Jac” Crabtree .puz, .pdf, online.
Ubercross: Small e by T Campbell .pdf
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 8, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) Don’t Look at Me by Karen Lurie. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 8, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Boston Magazine: Bar Crawl by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Trip Payne. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Fred Piscop. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: 42 Years in the Making, Wed, Mar 8, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Samuel A. Donaldson. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Beth Rubin & Will Nediger. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Sun Screens by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: Wednesday, March 08, 2023 by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Yiddishisms by Seth A. Abel. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Miranda Kany. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 by Erik Agard. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Digital Gaming by Kevin Christian. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: The Right Flower Arrangement by Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Internal Deterioration by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The BAFTA Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Mix Tape by Ella Dershowitz. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Wild Fury by Ben Robinson Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,352 by Basilisk. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,012 by Brendan. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13807 by Arden. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Eccles. .pdf, online.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 790 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 3/1/23 by Caidan Speth-McCrary. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crosstina Aquafina: themeless no. 21 by crosstina aquafina. .pdf, online.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford and Derek Wong. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Seventy by Simon Marotte. Online.
The Daily Princetonian: You Down? (Mini) by Dylan Epstein-Gross. Online.
Mark’s Word Puzzles: All for One or One for All by Mark Morin .pdf, .puz, online.
Memorial Hall Library: Unusual Measures.pdf, online.
Nautilus Puzzles: Classic by Ben Tolkin. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Remembering a Pop Icon by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
The Rice Thresher: Before and After by Hoang Nguyen. .puz, .pdf, online.
Ubercross: Abecedaria D by T Campbell .pdf
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 1, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) Scorched Earth by Ben Tolkin. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 1, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Put ’em in Their Place by Amy Johnson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Nation: ($) For Beginners Only by Elizabeth C. Gorski. Subscribe at link.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #117: mommy don’t know (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Xtra Magazine: What Do You Say? by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by David Steinberg. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Round Nine, Wed, Mar 1, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by August Miller. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Elementary Reading by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: Wednesday, March 01, 2023 by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Record Spinners by Gary J. Whitehead. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Aaron M. Rosenberg. Online, .pdf, app.
NYT Monthly Bonus: Luck of the Irish by Fred Piscop. Online, .pdf, .puz.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 by Aimee Lucido. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Virtual Reality by Guilherme Gilioli. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: At the Salon by Jill Singer. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Personal Choice by Tom Pepper & Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Bounty Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Icy Conditions by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

The Amherst Student: Cubic Crossword by John Joire. .pdf, online.
Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Weighty Vinyl by Ben Robinson Online.
Puzzle Tome: Fight (Cryptic) .pdf, online.
Square Chase: ($) The Climb (Variety Cryptic) by Steve Mossberg. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,346 by Monk. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,006 by Brummie. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13801 by Avtaar. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Hippogryph. .pdf, online.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Late February Crossworld News & Notes

The Inkubator has announced it will cease operations at the end of 2023 in an email to subscribers:

After much careful thought, the Inkubator team has made the decision that 2023 will be our last year as a subscription service. We’ve had a wonderful four years with your support, surpassing our original goal of spending two years publishing new and emerging women and nonbinary constructors.

The Inkubator will continue as a community of constructors, and we’re excited for future directions and collaborations. In the meantime, we’re extending our current deadline for submissions until February 15, and we have an excellent slate of puzzles lined up for the next few weeks. We look forward to solving together with all of you this year.

We have a close relationship with the Inkubator team and offer our gratitude for both a great run and their leadership in the community. It has moved the needle, without a doubt.


A lovely piece from Liz Maynes-Aminzade at The New Yorker, “Will Shortz’s Life in Crosswords,” covers Will’s long career in puzzles. From all of us at DCL, echoing the sentiments we’ve heard from across the crossword community, we’re happy for Will for coming out publicly and finding love at 70.


ACPT is only five weeks away! We look forward to seeing many of you there. For those who can’t attend, the Virtual Tournament sponsored by Amuse Labs is an affordable way to participate and compete from afar. It includes live streams of all the tournament puzzles as well as other in-person events.


Congratulations to Paolo Pasco, winner of the Boswords Winter Wondersolve, and to second and third place finishers Will Nediger and Tyler Hinman. Congrats also to Frisco and Chauffeur, who won the Blizzard pairs division, Brian Lipinski, winner of the Flurry individual division, and Kristy and Wendy Gardner, winners of the Flurry pairs division.

Congratulations to Matthew Luter, whose puzzle was chosen through the open submission process to join the Boswords Spring Themeless League. The League begins with the preseason puzzle this Monday, February 27. A new practice puzzle from Chandi Deitmer and John Lieb is available for free.

In even more Boswords news, the annual summer tournament is now set for Sunday, July 23, with both in-person and virtual options.


These Puzzl3s Fund Abortion, the third annual TPFA pack organized by Rachel Fabi and co-edited by Rachel, Brooke Husic, and Claire Rimkus, is coming this spring in time for the 2023 NNAF Fund-a-Thon. We are excited about this year’s all-star constructor lineup and look forward to their puzzles.

We’re pleased to share that Grids for Kids has raised over $6,000 for youth charities so far, including The Trevor Project and No Kid Hungry. Written and edited by constructors who are also parents, it includes 17 standard crosswords with family-friendly themes, 2 cryptic puzzles, and 6 puzzles for younger solvers. Make a donation of at least $10 USD to receive the puzzles.


Since the last News & Notes, Nijah Morris (2/12), Kavin Pawittranon (2/12), Eric Rollfing (2/13), and Sean Ziebarth (2/15) made their NYT debuts. Congratulations to everyone!

On the February 10 episode, “Cut to Wabbit Season,” of the Crossnerds podcast with Brooke Husic and Rebecca Neipris, Brooke discusses the expansion of the Lil AVC X editing team, the importance of the constructor-editor relationship in cultivating a better solving experience, and (the lack of) gender diversity in The New York Times crossword.

Creating Crossword Puzzles” is a course taught by Brooke Husic and Natan Last in cooperation with Atlas Obscura. The next offering of the course begins March 28 with four weekly sessions over Zoom. The content is intended for very new constructors and those who are interested in how crosswords are made. Reduced price tickets are available. Puzzles constructed by previous classes are available for solving from Atlas Obscura: “Marvel, Extended Universe” and “Alpha and Omega.”

It’s been a while since we’ve mentioned Spread the Wordlist by Brooke Husic and Enrique Henestroza Anguiano, but now is a good time as the most recent quarterly update includes some structural changes to simplify the wordlist for constructors. It also surpassed 100,000 entries scored at 50+ for the first time. This is a fabulous free resource for new and veteran constructors alike, and we’re grateful to Brooke and Enrique for their continued work on it.

A Community of Crosswords” in the latest issue of Barnard Magazine comprises three short but delightful conversations with alums Rebecca Goldstein, Rebecca Gray, and Gustie Owens about their work in crosswords.

In the NYT Gameplay article “A Puzzle Maker Aims to Unite Black Communities in 25 Squares” by Deb Amlen, Juliana Pache speaks about her mission to inspire communities from across the Black diaspora to learn more about each other. Juliana publishes a free daily mini at Black Crossword, with plans to expand.

We may have mentioned it before, but it’s been a minute: Cross Your Heart by Laura Effinger-Dean is a free, open-source Android app for crossword solving, with lots of features such as downs-only mode, autocheck, pen/pencil toggle, scrambled puzzle support, and an undo button. Supports .puz files only.

The February issue of GAMES World of Puzzles features a Q&A with puzzlemaker Fred Piscop, who shares info about his new book, “The Healthy Brain Book of Word Puzzles.” The book includes Split Decisions (R) and plenty of other great puzzles.

We’ve added a few new sources to our daily list recently: Check out puzzles from Boston Magazine by Brendan Emmett Quigley, Barron’s, and The Hindu Cryptic. We’re also watching a handful of new-to-us college newspapers: Amherst, Rice, Columbia, Penn, and Michigan.

We’d like to remind everyone that the ability to download and print NYT variety and acrostic puzzles will be discontinued on February 26, and they’ll be removed from the archive beginning March 1—so solve, print, and save them while we still can.

We want to hear from you! If you have an idea about something you’d like to see us offer or have feedback about any of our features, please let us know.

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

The Amherst Student: Novel Ideas by Alexandra Olson. .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 788 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Matt Mahoney, Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Emi Tuyetnhi Tran, and Derek Wong. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Dress Code by Mikaela Lavandero. Online.
MEOW: Dude, Where’s My Card? (Meta) by Joshua Rubin. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Desperate Feat, No? by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
The Rice Thresher: Making a Racquet by Subash Jagadeesan and Jayaker Kolli. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — February 22, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) Periodic Disposal by Aimee Lucido. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: February 22, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Kitchen Confidential: We cooked up some fun. by Pam Amick Klawitter. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Lynn Lempel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: School Daze, Wed, Feb 22, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Alexander Liebeskind & Yu-Chen Huang. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Questionable Logic by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Getting In On It by Paula Gamache. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Adam Wagner. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Mown and Grown by Fred Piscop. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: Inner Clarity by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Seam Ripper by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Godmother Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Heed the Clues by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Huge Loot by Ben Robinson Online.
Pixlate’s Puzzles: Adorably Deplorable by Pixlate. .pdf, online.
Ubercross: Acrostic D by T Campbell .pdf

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,339 by Chalmie. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,000 by Fed. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13795 by Dr. X. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Filbert. .pdf, online.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Boswords: NEW Spring Themeless League Practice Puzzle by Chandi Deitmer and John Lieb. Online.
The Columbia Spectator: Chips by Molly Durawa. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Columbia Spectator: Vday by Jolie L’Heureux. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crosstalk Puzzles: Conjoined by Nick McGuire. .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: Cats and Other Critters by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Stuck on Repeat by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Pandora’s Blocks: Alternate Endings (Meta) by Will Pfadenhauer. .puz, .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: Secular Constitution by Ross Trudeau. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: February 19, 2023 by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Re-solutions by Joon Pahk. Patreon subscription.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) Second Look (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Premier Crosswordby Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Sporcle: Actors in Disguise by emilyda24. Online.

The Atlantic: by Adam Vincent. .pdf, online.
Barrons: Final Holdings by Mark McClain. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Adesina O. Koiki. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: From Hero to Sixty, Sun. Feb. 19, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Patti Varol. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: Auto Correct by Hoang-Kim Vu & Wendy L. Brandes. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: And Now Back to P.D.Q. Bach by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: Themeless 10 by Rebecca Goldstein. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Anagrammed Edge by David J. Kahn. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) Simile Irresistible by Rebecca Goldstein. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: ALTERNATE ROUTES: Both Horizontal and Vertical by Gary M. Larson. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online.
Universal: Terminator Series by Jake Halperin. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Doctor’s Orders by Amie Walker. .puz.
USA Today: Cutting Short by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Character Development by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

1Across: Nitty-Gritty by Bingo. .pdf, online.
The Browser: ($) Cryptic #111 by Nate Cardin. Subscribe at link.
Tales From The Cryptic: Cryptic Mini #000000009:
“Soviet Doll” (9×9 )
 by Bob Weisz. .pdf, online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 3,983 .pdf, online.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: ($) The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Hoskins. .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) Cryptic Crossword by Richard Silvestri. .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) A Little Variety by Frank Longo, Jacob M. Cohen, and Patrick Berry . .pdf, online.
The New Yorker Cryptic: Cryptic by Trip Payne. .pdf, online.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Saturday, 18 February 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 787 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Princetonian: Metamorphosis (Midi) by Simon Marotte. Online.
Olio Grids: I Don’t Give a Damn ‘Bout My Reputation by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
See 17-Across: Extra Sauce by Brandon Koppy. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: A+ Crossword Is a Varsity Player by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: February 18, 2023 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Morning Brew: Concept Cars by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Spyscape: Good Lookers by Lisa Senzel. .pdf, online.

Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Tom Pepper & C.C. Burnikel. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Double Play by Dylan Schiff. Edited by Amanda Rafkin.. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) What You Z Is What You Get by Randall J. Hartman. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Kameron Austin Collins. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Steve Mossberg. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Ali Gascoigne. Online.
Universal: Universal Freestyle 60 by Rafael Musa. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Gee, I … by Nate Cardin. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: The ABA by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Chaos Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: We’re Behind You All the Way by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Skald’s Puzzles: A Sustaining Cryptic by Skaldskaparmal. .pdf, online.
Tortoiseshell Studio: ($) Shakespeare in Love (Cryptic) by Nathan Curtis. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath number 1218 by FALCON. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,336 by GURNEY. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: Cryptic #13792 by Afterdark. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Monk. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Trail Mix by Patrick Berry. .pdf.

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener