Saturday, June 14, 2025

Autostraddle: AF+ Crossword Learned the Word ‘Foofaraw’ Today by Emet Ozar.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Club 72: Freestyle 1021: “How do I explain this?” by Tim Croce. .pdf, .puz only
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Ada Nicolle and Will Nediger.
David Alfred Bywaters: Or Else by David Alfred Bywaters.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) MGWCC #889 – “Missing Links” (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Puzzmo: Eat the Rich by Shannon Rapp & Will Eisenberg. Online only
Reason: You Can’t Take the Sky From Me by Stella Zawistowski.
Spyscape: Baking Class by Bryant White.

Apple News: ($) Freestyle by Rafa Musa. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) Perfect Ten by Kelly Richardson. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Tony Orbach. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Andy Kravis. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. 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: Do the Math by Jack Murtagh.
Vox: This and That by Will Nediger.
The Walrus: The Walrus Crossword July/August 2025 by Emma Lawson.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Adrian Johnson. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Magazine: I’ll Get You Back for That! by Matt Gaffney.
New York Sun: ($) R&B Singles by by Pancho Harrison. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Barbara Lin.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Lars G. Doubleday. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Universal Freestyle 177 by Kareem Ayas. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Doesn’t Hold Water by Dan Kammann & Zhouqin Burnikel.
The Wall Street Journal: Hopeless House Hunt by Bettina Elias Siegel. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath .pdf only
Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword .pdf only
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only
WSJ Variety: Acrostic by Mike Shenk. Direct link to .pdf.

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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

 

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 793 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 3/11/23 by Ethan Xu. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Princetonian: Food For Thought (Midi) by Simon Marotte. Online.
David Alfred Bywaters: Out of the Past by David Alfred Bywaters. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: White Castle Anyone? by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Pocket Squares: Lights up by Jasper Davidoff. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: A+ Crossword Is a Gay Piece, If You Think About It by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 11, 2023 by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #118: the future is now (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) Plural Transferral (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Morning Brew: Brew Crossword: Shower by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Spyscape: In Disguise by Gary Larson. .pdf, online.

Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Tracy Bennett. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Angela Olson Halsted. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Bettina Elias Siegel & Dan Elias. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Off To a Late Start by Jake Halperin. Edited by Amanda Rafkin.. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Dining à la Card by Steven Kahn. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Tom Pepper. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Matthew Sewell. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Ali Gascoigne. Online.
Universal: Universal Freestyle 63 by Taylor Johnson. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Cut the Cord by Hannah Slovut. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: MARCH Madness by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Ghostface Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Double Features by Gary Larson & Amy Ensz. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.
The Week: With Whom Am I Speaking? by Matt Gaffney. .pdf.

Crossword Nexus: ($) Random Number Generator (Acrostic) by Alex Boisvert. Patreon Subscription.
Mental Judo: A Cryptic Blog (11): Cryptic of the Year #3 by joeadultman Online.
Tortoiseshell Studio: ($) Two-Tone by Nathan Curtis. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,355 by JASON. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath number 1221 by HAMILTON. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13810 by Incognito. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Bluth. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: In The Fun House (Variety Cryptic) by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon. .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