Tag: Francis Heaney

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The Amherst Student: Time to Retake Math by John Joire. .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 800 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 4/5/23 by Jolie L’Heureux. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford and Derek Wong. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Baker’s Dozen (Mini) by Cole Vandenberg. Online.
Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues: Hi Olds! (Themeless) by Frisco17. .puz, .pdf, online.
Haymarket’s Squares: Haymarket “Mini” #53 (Birthday) by ariel haymarket. .puz, .pdf, online.
LuterCross: Important Things by Matthew Luter. .pdf, .puz, online.
MEOW: Play Dough (Meta) by DrTom. .puz, .pdf, online.
Muller Monthly Music Meta: April MMMM: Capital Records by Pete Muller. .puz,. pdf, online.
Norah’s Puzzles: She Actually Did It by Chris Evans. .puz, online.
Olio Grids: Now I’m Hungry! by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
The Rice Thresher: PRIDE by Hoang Nguyen. .puz, .pdf, online.
Tough As Nails: Tough as Nails Themeless #84 by Stella Zawistowski. .puz, .pdf
Trash Panda Puzzles: 130: Modern Mississippi Jazz (Themeless) by Jason “Jac” Crabtree .puz, .pdf, online.
Ubercross: small g by T Campbell .pdf
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — April 5, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) Jesus, Take the Wheel by Francis Heaney. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: April 5, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) It’s All in Your Head: At least at first. by Robin Stears. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: All Dolled Up, Wed, Apr 5, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Robin Stears. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Jeffrey Wechsler. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: It Takes Two by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: by May Huang. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Front-End Alignment by Seth A. Abel. Reissues from 2004.
New York Times: ($) by Brandon Koppy. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Ordinality by Chris Gross. Online, .pdf, backup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: The Four Cups by Rebecca Goldstein. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: A Taste of Passover by Rebecca Goldstein. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Vodka-Sauce Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Have a Blast! by Jared Goudsmit. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Crazy Caper by Ben Robinson. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,378 by Basilisk. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,036 by Brummie. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13831 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

Crossworld News and Notes

Congratulations to Erik Agard, winner of the 2022 Boswords Fall Themeless League, and to second- and third- place contestants Tyler Hinman and Will Nediger. League puzzle packs, videos, and full standings are available at boswords.org. Boswords Winter Wondersolve will take place February 5.

The 45th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament will be held in Stamford, CT March 31-April 2, 2023. Registration opens January 1.

AVCX+ is accepting applications for up to two new crossword editors to join the team in 2023. Applications accepted through December 4.

AVCX submissions open December 1 and Inkubator submissions open January 1.

Since the last News & Notes, Taylor Johnson (11/14), Benji Goldsmith (11/19), Kanyin Ajayi (11/26), Chloe Revery (11/28), and David Rockow (11/29) made their NYT debuts. Congratulations to everyone! Here’s some of their other work we have enjoyed: Chloe’s presentation for !!Con 2020 and Taylor’s work with the Lemonade Disco series.

Jeff Chen, operator of XWord Info, recently appeared on the Creative License podcast. He talks about what drew him into the world of puzzles, how he brainstorms themes, and what keeps him coming back for more.

The New York Times has announced that Wordle will now be edited and tested similar to Spelling Bee and the crossword. Tracy Bennett, associate puzzle editor, will lead this work.

Steve Mossberg is excited to announce “Eight Cryptic Nights,” a free Chanukah-themed variety cryptic meta suite. A new puzzle will drop at 5:00 PM ET each night of the holiday starting on December 18. It’s full of Jewish culture, humor, and even a little Hebrew, but should be loads of fun whether or not you light the menorah, and can be solved at Square Pursuit.

“The Amazing Inventions of Eureka K. Jones,” a puzzle hunt by Eric Berlin is available now. For $7.99, you get eleven puzzles including a meta puzzle.

“The Charlotte Ledger Crossword Puzzle Collection” by Chris King is a book of 35 Charlotte-themed crossword puzzles that originally run on the Charlotte Ledger site (5 are new) for $12.99.

Fireball Newsflash Crosswords by Peter Gordon are timely, current-event themed puzzles delivered twice a month by email. Registrations open now through January 18 on Kickstarter for the 2023 series.

The newest additions to the Sit & Solve crossword book series, edited by Francis Heaney, are here: a “simple” edition by Brooke Husic, and a “tough” edition by Kameron Austin Collins. The previous pair, by Robyn Weintraub and Adesina O. Koiki, are still available as well.

And if you’re looking for more holiday gift ideas, BEQ shared some of his recommendations in a recent blog post. We second his plug for the Inkubator book, and also suggest the reprinted film-themed A24 book. Gift subscriptions to the Inkubator to support gender diversity in crosswords and AVCX to support the indie community at large are great ideas too.

Have a news tip for us? An idea to pitch? A puzzle or puzzle site to share? Let us know!

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Club 72: Freestyle 751 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossworms: cowboy by Franci Dimitrovska .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Back in Black by Owen Travis. Online.
Fordham Observer: Wednesday, October 5 (Mini) by Irene Hao. .pdf, online.
MEOW: Rock the Boat (Meta) by whimsy. .puz, .pdf, online.
Muller Monthly Music Meta: Four by Fours by Pete Muller. .puz,. pdf, online.
Norah’s Puzzles: Let’s Bang It Out by Norah Sharpe and Christopher Adams. .puz, online.
Tough As Nails: Themeless #73 by Stella Zawistowski. .puz, .pdf

Aries Puzzles: ($) Aries Freestyle #5.40 by Andrew J. Ries. Subscribe at link.
AVCX: ($) Gimme Five by Francis Heaney. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: October 5, 2022 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.
Luckystreak+: ($) a puzzle about betrayal (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Planet Crossword: New puzzle released each weekday at noon. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Donna S. Levin. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: So Long, Loretta by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Ed Sessa. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Who’s the Boss? by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) Right Under Your Nose by Ed Early. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Jason Reich. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword by Erik Agard. .pdf, online.
Newsday: On the Brink by Steve Faiella. Online, .pdf, backup online.
Universal: Quite a Mouthful by Rebecca Goldstein. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Tree Stand by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Mother-Son Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Holding Companies by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: 25, 50, 81? by Ben Robinson. Online.
Cryptic Crosswords by Māyā: Can’t quite think of a title… by Māyā. .pdf, online.
Keynesian Cryptics: Shooting Stars by Jack H Keynes. .pdf, online.
TLMB: Nos Da by The Void .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,217 by GOZO. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,880 by Qaos. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Raich. .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

Thursday, 1 September 2022

“Waaay better than a repository.” – Fill Me In

Crafty Crosswords: caught blue-footed by lila goldenberg .pdf, .puz, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Haymarket’s Squares: Are we still having to go over this?? by ariel haymarket. .puz, .pdf, online.
Jonesin’: “Point the Way”–it feels like a lack of direction. by Matt Jones. .puz, .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: Who Needs Directions? by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.

A-to-Z Crosswords: ($) Puzzle #74 by Peter Gordon & Frank Longo. Subscribe at link.
ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) That’s Entertainment! by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #93: it’s new yoik, baybee! (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Life Begins at 40-Love, Thur, Sept 1, 2022 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Brooke Husic. App Store | Google Play Online.
Los Angeles Times: by Hoang-Kim Vu & Jessica Zetzman. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Sun: ($) B&B’s by Ogden Porter. Reissues from 2002.
New York Times: ($) by John Wrenholt. Online, .pdf, .puz, app.
NYT Monthly Bonus: Ask A Silly Question Day by Fred Piscop. Online, .pdf, .puz.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Thursday, September 1, 2022 by Robyn Weintraub. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Indoor Chores by Matthew Sewell. Online, .pdf, backup online.
Universal: Upfront Payment by Prasanna Keshava. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Machine Parts by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Wish Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: The In Crowd by Michael Schlossberg. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

AVCX Cryptic: ($) AVCX Cryptic Mini (9/1/2022) by Francis Heaney. Subscribe at link.
A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 493: Hex Pathfinder 30 & Wordy Wednesday 494: Framelinks 15 by Grant Fikes .pdf
Mental Judo: A Cryptic Blog (11): Where in the World #3 by joeadultman Online.
No-Feet McGee: Representation (Acrostic) by No-Feet McGee. .pdf, online.
Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #127 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.
Puzzle Tome: *** (Cryptic) .pdf, online.
Square Chase: ($) Heist (Variety Cryptic) by Steve Mossberg. Patreon subscription.
TLMB: Cricket Cryptic #4 by The Void .pdf, online.
Tough As Nails: Mini Cryptic #8 by Stella Zawistowski. .puz, .pdf

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,188. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,851. pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Filbert. pdf, online.
New Scientist: ($) Cryptic Crossword #91 by Wingding. Subscribe at link.
The Spectator: ($) 10″ by Doc. Subscribe at link.

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