Thursday, May 29, 2025

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) Split Decision by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: May 29, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Fireball: ($) Made in the Shade by Hanh Huynh. Subscribe at link.
Jonesin’: Well, Sorta by Matt Jones. Direct .puz link
M & M Crosswords: Who Wants Another Treat? by Martina Waluk.
The New Dork Times: ($) New Dork Times Puzzle: Mini 98 by Cole Rush. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: Give me five! by Frédérick Lavoie. Online only
Quid Pro: The GenXword Mini 5/29/25 #tbt by Andrew Anker. Online at Crosswordr.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Amie Walker and Will Eisenberg. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Creature Feature by Will Eisenberg. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Top 40 Thursday by Fred Piscop. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Evan Kalish. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Tony Orbach. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: The Big 5-0 by Matt Gaffney.
The Daily Northwestern: Daily Mini Crossword, May 29, 2025 by Zoya Khan.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Patti Varol. App Store | Google Play, Online, phone app only
India Mini Crossword: Daily Mini by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Give me five by Jack Murtagh.
Slate: Slate Midi: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by Chandi Deitmer.
Slate: Slate Mini: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 by Nijah Morris.
Vox: by Will Nediger.
Vulture 10×10: The Football Puzzle by Malaika Handa.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Andrew Colin Kirk. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) DEF Jam by John R. Conrad. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by John Kugelman.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
The New Yorker Mini: The Mini Crossword: Thursday, May 29, 2025 by Kate Chin Park.
Newsday: 5/29/25 Positively by Mark McClain. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Bar Exam by Gabe Antell-Proulx. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Chopped Liver by Kareem Ayas.
The Wall Street Journal: I Forgot by Mike Shenk. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Aries Puzzles: Aries Twists & Turns #12 by Andrew J. Ries.
AVCX Cryptic: ($) Down the Tubes by Steve Mossberg. Subscribe at link.
Cryptic Crosswords by Māyā: X-word jigsaw by Māyā

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,707 by Vlad.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
New Scientist: ($) Biweekly Cryptic Subscribe at link.
The Spectator: ($) Weekly Cryptic Subscribe at link.

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Check out the DCL’s staff recommendations from last week’s puzzles

We’ve revamped information about available puzzle formats, only highlighting when one of .puz (either direct or via the “Crossword Scraper” browser extension), .pdf (either directly or via a print option), or online solving options are not available.

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

 

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Without Excuses by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 87 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf, online.
Jonesin’: Just Do It by Matt Jones. .puz, .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: Belly-Itcher by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
seaon’s puzzles: You Shall Not Crucify Mankind… by seaon. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 10/03/24 by Reda Shaikh. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Daily Northwestern: Daily Mini Crossword, October 3, 2024 by Lillian Ali. .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Thursday, October 3 (Mini) by Damian Grove. .pdf, online.
The Michigan Daily: The Mini. Online.

Alta Magazine: Eureka! by Rafael Musa and Rebecca Goldstein. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: October 3, 2024 by Quiara Vasquez. .pdf, online.
Crossword Flow: ($) Plus by Will Eisenberg. iPad-exclusive app.
Fireball: ($) Themeless 171 by Peter Gordon. Subscribe at link.
Merriam Webster: The Missing Letter by Matt Gaffney .pdf, online.
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Crackle by Jack Murtagh. .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: You gotta problem? by chandi. Online.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Maddy Ziegler. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by David Steinberg. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Top 40 Thursday by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by David Steinberg. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Even the Title Is Funny, Thurs. Oct. 3, 2024 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Katherine Simonson. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: ($) by Jared Goudsmit. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Aloha State Saying by Ogden Porter. Reissues from 2006.
New York Times: ($) by Rena Cohen. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Wyna Liu. Online, app.
The New Yorker Mini: The Mini Crossword: Thursday, October 3, 2024 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Newsday: 10/3/24 on the Other Hand by Winston Emmons. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
Slate: Slate Midi: Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 by Nancy Serrano-Wu. Online, .pdf.
Slate: Slate Midi: Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 by Quiara Vasquez. Online, .pdf.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Russell Henwood. Online.
Universal: ($) Creative Spark by Rich Katz and Jeff Chen. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Middle Management by Margi Stevenson. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Spit Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: The Combative Type by Andrew Colin Kirk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo. Online, .pdf.

A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 616: Section Six 61 by Grant Fikes. .pdf.
Keynesian Cryptics: Unbeatable Enemies by Jack H Keynes. .pdf, online.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.
Tales From The Cryptic: Cryptic Mini #000000105: “Upstanding Figure is Biased” 5×9 by Bob Weisz. .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,504 by Paul. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online.
The Spectator: ($) Weekly Cryptic Subscribe at link.

Support Daily Crossword Links

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 ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener