Thursday, 17 November 2022

Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Dilemmas: nov 16 2022 by Emma Lawson. .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Thursday, November 17 (Mini) by Aurelien Clavaud. .pdf, online.
Haymarket’s Squares: You’re Watching The Family Learning Channel by ariel haymarket. .puz, .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Mostly Musical Mini 30 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
Jonesin’: “If I Only Had a Grain”–enough for a meal. by Matt Jones. .puz, .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: Smart Aleck Footwear by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: FIFA Match Fixing 2022, Part 1 by Ross Trudeau. .puz, .pdf, online.
Taylor Made Crosswords: Lemonade Disco 003: rising signs (Puzzle Suite) by Matt Forest, Quiara Vasquez, Jimmy Peniston, Glenn Cook, and Chandi Deitmer. .pdf, online.
Xylo’s Puzzles: Wee-nsday #8 by Xylo. .pdf, .puz, online.

ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) Half-baked Baking by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: November 17, 2022 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
luckystreak+: ($) bollocks! (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Patreon Subscription.
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Midpoint by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Planet Crossword: Legal Themeless by Patrick Blindauer. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Nominees, Please, Thur, Nov 17, 2022 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Michael Schlossberg. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Sun: ($) Note-able by Jerry E. Rosman. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Christina Iverson. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Thursday, November 17, 2022 by Caitlin Reid. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Hesitations by Mark McClain. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: What About It?! by Amie Walker. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: On & on & On by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Hole in One by Rich Proulx. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

AVCX Cryptic: ($) City Blocks by Neville Fogarty. Subscribe at link.
A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 507: Codewords 20 by Grant Fikes .pdf
Browser Sevens: Mini Cryptic by Rachel Fabi. Online.
Mental Judo: A Cryptic Blog (11): Where in the World #4 by joeadultman Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,254 by Buccaneer. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,917 by Picaroon. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Methuselah. .pdf, online.
The Spectator: ($) 2582: Chief Whip by La Jerezana. 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

Crossworld News and Notes, September 2022

Don’t forget, we’re moving! For now we are still simulcasting via Substack and WordPress, but we will soon transition to only WordPress. Make sure you’re subscribed to the new site:

And we’re growing! We’ve added pages for Construction Resources and our entire list of puzzle sources. We also want to hear from you – is there a feature you want to see? Have an idea to pitch, a guest essay to submit, or a tip about some exciting puzzle news? Something else? Let us know!

We’re very happy to share our first essay, “On Trust,” by Will Eisenberg, exploring the relationship between a constructor and solver. A snippet: “A puzzlemaker can strive to evoke many things: happiness, nostalgia, the feeling of being ‘seen,’ the joy of an “aha!” moment, and even frustration. But the ability to evoke these emotions from the solver is built upon a base of trust. This is because a puzzle offers the solver one fundamental proposition: It is going to take you some time to work out the solution, but it will be worth it.”

We’re excited to add a home for guest essays here on our new site, and will build out public submission guidelines in time.


Congratulations to Kelsey Dixon, whose puzzle was chosen from an open call to round out the Boswords Fall Themeless League. She joins Derek Allen, Kate Chin Park & Chandi Deitmer, Malaika Handa, Natan Last, Barbara Lin, Portia Lundie, Brendan Emmett Quigley, and Brad Wilber. What a fantastic lineup! Registration is open now, and the League starts with the preseason puzzle on September 26.

New to Boswords? Check out the introductory video from organizer John Lieb:

Registration is open now for The Tenth Annual Finger Lakes Crossword Competition on September 24. After a Zoom-based kick off event moderated by Anna Shechtman, the puzzles are presented in a laid-back, self-timed, all-pdf format. The event is open to individuals and teams of up to four people with three levels of difficulty. The fee is pay-what-you-want and proceeds support adult literacy programs in the Finger Lakes area.

Final reminder that the Lollapuzzoola 15 puzzles are available for purchase through September 24. There’s so much good content here; get it while you still can!


My Jewish Learning, a site with resources to empower Jewish discovery for anyone interested in learning more, has launched a weekly Jewish themed mini crossword puzzle written by Rebecca Goldstein. They will also run larger Jewish holiday-themed puzzles throughout the year.

The first edition of Lemonade Disco has arrived! The theme of the 5-puzzle pack hosted on Taylor Made Crosswords is “Cocktail Mixer” and includes puzzles by Matt Forest, Emma Getman, George Ho, Seth Bisen-Hersh, and Glenn Cook. Puzzles are curated and edited by Taylor Johnson with help on this edition from guest editor Steve Mossberg. Constructors of any experience level may participate. Submissions for the third edition, “Rising Signs” are due on October 17. Submissions details here.

Crucinova has announced it will be drawing to a close by June 2023. We’ve enjoyed many of the innovative puzzles that Crucinova has made possible and we thank Lisa Bunker and all of the constructors for their work.


A hearty welcome back to Cursewords Live! After an extended summer hiatus, Parker Higgins and Ross Trudeau will be live solving and live creating puzzles once more starting tonight (September 18) at 8pm eastern.


AVCX Cryptics has re-opened for submissions during the month of September. Details here.

The Inkubator is open for submissions for the month of September for themed puzzles from women and nonbinary constructors. Details here.

Congratulations to Katie Hale, who has joined the L.A. Times team as Assistant Editor.


Since the last News & Notes, Adam Simpson (9/5) and Ekua Ewool (9/7) made their NYT debuts and Bonnie Eisenman (9/12) made her USAT debut! Congrats to everyone!


Hayley Gold, along with Will Nediger and Al Sanders, have issued a contest to write a full set of new cryptic clues for the grid “Un-American” by Stephen Sondheim. The filled grid is here and the original puzzle and clues are here. Submit contest entries to Hayley via Twitter dm. Hayley, Will, and Al are co-streaming cryptics on Will’s Twitch channel; next streams are October 6 and October 21 at 9pm eastern.

Hayley also wrote a in-depth rundown of Lollapuzzoola 15 for Beyond Wordplay and she was a guest on the podcast “Because Language” to discuss the state and history of cryptic crosswords and crossworld in general.


Champion speed solver Stella Zawistowski recently appeared on the YouTube show “Game On,” in which she raced viewers to solve a series of crosswords.


Thanks in preparing this issue to: Kate Chin Park, Hayley Gold, Rebecca Goldstein, and Taylor Johnson.

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

Saturday, 17 September 2022

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

Club 72: Freestyle 746 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
David Alfred Bywaters: Sad Partings by David Alfred Bywaters. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Nexus Blog: Golden Lady by Jeremy Horwitz & Alex Boisvert .jpz, .pdf, online.
Pocket Squares: Eat the which? by Jasper Davidoff. .pdf, online.
Taylor Made Crosswords: Lemonade Disco #1: Shaken, Not Stirred by Seth Bisen-Hersh. .pdf, online.
Taylor Made Crosswords: Lemonade Disco #1: Spirit Style by Emma Getman. .pdf, online.
Taylor Made Crosswords: Lemonade Disco #1: Spritzed Drinks by Matt Forest. .pdf, online.
Taylor Made Crosswords: Lemonade Disco #1: Never Gonna Keep Me Down by Glenn Cook. .pdf, online.

A-to-Z Crosswords: ($) Puzzle #90 by Peter Gordon & Frank Longo. Subscribe at link.
The Charlotte Ledger: Name Change by Chris King. .puz, .pdf.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: September 17, 2022 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) Our Retorter Is on the Scene (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Morning Brew: Stopping By by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.

Crosswords with Friends: by Lynn Lempel. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Andrew J. Ries. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by John Lieb. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Sun: ($) Animal Puns “R” Us by Louis Hildebrand. Reissues from 2002.
New York Times: ($) by Grant Thackray. Online, .pdf, .puz, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Steve Mossberg. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: Universal Freestyle 38 by Guilherme Gilioli. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Last to Leave by Matthew Stock. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: Letter Heads by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Mystery Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: What Did You Sate? by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Darren’s Puzzles: Perplexing Pirates by Darren Miller. .pdf
Taylor Made Crosswords: Lemonade Disco #1: Last Round (Cryptic) by George Ho. .pdf, online.
Tortoiseshell Studio: ($) Pathfinder by Nathan Curtis. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,202 by Mudd. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath number 1196 by Bradman. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Serpent. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Riding The Waves 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