Monday, June 2, 2025

Two indie puzzle packs celebrating Pride Month released yesterday:
A Trans Person Made Your Puzzle. Donate at least $10 to receive the pack.
Puzzler Pride 2025. Free. Mostly variety puzzles.

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: June 2, 2025 by Kelsey Dixon.
Lil AVCX: ($) Kitchen Confidential by Carina da Rosa. Subscribe at link.
Monday Fills: Even Out by Dave Murchie.
Muggle Meta Mondays: ABC, easy as 1-2-3! (Meta) by Wendy Walker.
Pair-o-Ducks: Focus Group by Pair O Ducks.
Puzzmo: We Aim to Please by DenaRobin. Online only
Puzzmo: Top of the Mornin’ to You by Joe Deeney. Online only
Quid Pro: A Poisonous Midi by Andrew Anker.

Apple News: ($) Lemon Extracts by Zhouqin Burnikel. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Anna Gundlach. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) by Rafael Musa. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Mike Nothnagel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Tony Orbach. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Holy Sheet, Mon. June 2, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
The Daily Northwestern: Daily Mini Crossword, June 2, 2025.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. 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
Slate: Slate Crossword: Sunday, June 1, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Slate: Slate Mini: Sunday, June 1, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Zachary David Levy. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) ± by by Steve Picus. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Anthony V. Grubb.
New York Times Mini: by Christina Iverson.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, June 2, 2025 by Natan Last.
Newsday: 6/2/25 Teacher’s Desk by Guilherme Gilioli. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Raise Your Glasses by Chandi Deitmer. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: It’s the Muppet Show! by Justin Werfel.
The Wall Street Journal: What a Disaster! by Kareem Ayas. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

1Across: Roll The Dice by Metacryptix. .pdf, online.
A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Kevin’s Puzzles at Home Season 10, Episode 5: Mystifying Midpoints by Grant Fikes. .pdf only
BEQ Marching Bands: ($) Marching Bands #11.4 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscribe at link.
Cryptic Crossweird: ($) Lucid Nightmare by Nate Fricker. Patreon Subscription.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #546: Pieces of Nine 13 .pdf only
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: by Steve Townsend. Online only
TLMB: Titled by The Void .pdf, online only

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,710 by Vulcan.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only

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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

Monday, June 24, 2024

Bewilderingly: A Quesadilla Cut into Four Pieces by Will Nediger. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 80 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf, online.
Mangesh Ghogre’s Indian Mini Crosswords: Daily Mini by Mangesh Ghogre. .pdf, online.
Monday Fills: Themeless 130 by Dave Murchie. .puz, .pdf, online.
Muggle Meta Mondays: Down East (Meta) by Cap’n Rick. .puz, .pdf, online.
Quid Pro: It’s AAll AAbout Me! by Andrew Anker. .puz, .pdf, online.
Ryan Judge(‘)s Crosswords: all i’ve ever known by Ryan Judge. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

The Daily Northwestern: Weekly Crossword: “School Is A Joke!” by Lizzie Ferrazza. .pdf, online.

A-to-Z Crosswords: ($) Puzzle #1 by Peter Gordon & Frank Longo. Subscribe at link.
Autostraddle: Mini Crossword Learned Something New Today by Emet Ozar. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: June 24, 2024 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Crossword Flow: ($) by Igor Ryzhkov. iPad-exclusive app.
Fireball: ($) By the Numbers by Patrick Berry. Subscribe at link.
Lil AVC X: ($) Period Play by Jasmeet Arora. Subscribe at link.
Puzzmo: Stationflow by Evannakita. Online.

Apple News: ($) Find the Area by Jared Goudsmit. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Caitlin Reid. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Andy Kravis. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Queasy Rider, Mon. June 24, 2024 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Larry Snyder. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: ($) by Taylor Johnson. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Tsar Search by Timothy Powell. Reissues from 2005.
New York Times: ($) by Anthony V. Grubb. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, June 24, 2024 by Erik Agard. .pdf, online.
Newsday: 6/24/24 Getting Warmer by Doug Peterson. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online
Slate: Slate Midi: Monday, June 24, 2024 by Quiara Vasquez. Online, .pdf.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by James Brydon. Online.
Universal: ($) Summer Themeless Week, Puzzle 1 by Larry Snyder. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Skyfall by Kapil Mehta. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Clone Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Round Trip by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo. Online, .pdf.

The Crossword Centre: Crossword News June 2024 by Derek Harrison .pdf
Monday Fills Acrostics: Acrostic 227 by Dave Murchie. .pdf, online.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #497: Link-Letters 13 .pdf.
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 378 by Ben Robinson Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,770 by PHSSTHPOK .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,417 by Picaroon. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #14209 by Dr. X. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Bard. .pdf, online.

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