Friday, May 26, 2023

BEQ: No Futz by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Fordham Observer: Friday, May 26 (Mini) by Ana Kevorkian. .pdf, online.
The Griddy: Pale Fire by Devin McIntyre. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Pop Culture by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) It Doesn’t Pay to Play by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: May 26, 2023 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
No-Feet McGee: ($) American Crossword #15 by No-Feet McGee. Subscribe at link.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Quite the Contrary: It’s opposite day. by Joe DiPietro. Sunsetting shortly; new subscriptions no longer available.
Crosswords with Friends: Sports Fan Friday by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Fred Piscop. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Pam Amick Klawitter. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Andrew Anker. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: by Rafael Musa. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Measuring Up by Stella Daily Zawistowski and Bruce Venzke. Reissues from 2004.
New York Times: ($) by Hemant Mehta. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Friday, May 26, 2023 by Ross Trudeau. .pdf, online.
Newsday: + Back Scratcher by Steve Faiella. Online, .pdf, backup online.
PlayFour: Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Jeremy Mutch. Online.
Universal: Root of the Problem by Caryn Robbins. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: -Anonymous by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Voice Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Power Pack by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.
The Week: Litigiously Delicious by Matt Gaffney. .pdf.

AVCX Cryptic: ($) AVCX Cryptic 5/25/23 by Jamie Ding. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Nexus Blog: Acrostic #8: Film Schooled by Alex Boisvert .ipuz, .pdf, online.
Half-Baked Puzzles: Clubs, but not Hearts (cryptic) by Will Eisenberg. .puz, .pdf, online.

Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #165 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.
The Rackenfracker: Word▶️ #9: Desiderata by jmsr525 and dadgumituh. .ipuz, .pdf
Squared Away: Daily Puzzle. Online.
TLMB: Sirius by The Void .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,425 by Neo. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,080 by Tramp. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13875 by Hypatia. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Phi. .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

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The Amherst Student: Puzzle Palooza by Liam Archacki and John Joire. .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Boswords Spring Themeless League: Puzzle #1 by Hemant Mehta. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 792 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 3/8/23 by Jolie L’Heureux. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Princetonian: Sliced Bread by Joah Macosko. Online.
The Daily Princetonian: Suit Up! (Mini) by Anna Solzhenitsyn. Online.
MEOW: The Ultimate Challenge (Meta) by Joshua Rubin. .puz, .pdf, online.
Muller Monthly Music Meta: Songs of the Year by Pete Muller. .puz,. pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Notes of Note by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
The Rice Thresher: Slippery by Izzi Reynolds. .puz, .pdf, online.
Tough As Nails: Tough as Nails Themeless #82 by Stella Zawistowski. .puz, .pdf
Trash Panda Puzzles: 125: Pikachu & the Art Deco Restaurant (Themeless) by Jason “Jac” Crabtree .puz, .pdf, online.
Ubercross: Small e by T Campbell .pdf
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 8, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) Don’t Look at Me by Karen Lurie. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 8, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Boston Magazine: Bar Crawl by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Trip Payne. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Fred Piscop. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: 42 Years in the Making, Wed, Mar 8, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Samuel A. Donaldson. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Beth Rubin & Will Nediger. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Sun Screens by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: Wednesday, March 08, 2023 by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Yiddishisms by Seth A. Abel. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Miranda Kany. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 by Erik Agard. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Digital Gaming by Kevin Christian. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: The Right Flower Arrangement by Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Internal Deterioration by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The BAFTA Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Mix Tape by Ella Dershowitz. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Wild Fury by Ben Robinson Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,352 by Basilisk. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,012 by Brendan. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13807 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

A jam-packed Crossworld News and Notes

Boswords 2023 Winter Wondersolve takes place February 5 beginning at 1:00pm ET. Registration opens January 21. We are excited about the event’s roster of constructors: Rebecca Goldstein, Damon Gulczynski, Enrique Henestroza Anguiano, and Joanne Sullivan.

Boswords has also released the roster for the 2023 Spring Themeless League, to take place in March and April: Ashton Anderson & James Mulhern, Kate Hawkins, Jenna LaFleur, Adrian Johnson, Hemant Mehta, Rafael Musa, Carly Schuna, Nancy Serrano-Wu, and one constructor to be chosen from an open submission process.

We’re looking forward to the smaller (and free!) second annual St. Louis Crossword Puzzle Tournament on March 4 with puzzles by Shannon Rapp and Patrick Blindauer.

The 45th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford, CT is March 31 – April 2. Registration and hotel reservations are open now.

We hear word of two charity packs coming soon for our solving pleasure. Grids For Kids is a pack of 25 family-friendly puzzles launching in February. Shortly to follow will be the third round of These Puzzles Fund Abortion in March.

Among the changes at Crucinova under new management is the addition of a free monthly midi by editor Quiara Vasquez. The first one, “Good Housekeeping” (which actually verges on full-sized) we found delightful. Quiara is eager to entertain new queries from constructors of all levels of experience. Submit your ideas by email.

Secret Snowflake is an indie project coordinated by Rose Sloan and David Glasser in which constructors were randomly matched with each other to create custom puzzles. Not all of the thirty puzzles were released publicly, but here are a some that were: Litter Boxes by Lyle Broughton, January Stumper by Ada Nicolle, Costume Party by jseakle, Season’s Greetings by Rose Sloan, A PUZZLE FOR @TlMBERWOLVES by Paolo Pasco , Secret Snowflake Themeless by Max, Secret Snowflake by Christopher Adams, and Santa Puzzle 2022 by Xylo. (If we missed any, please drop them in the comments!)

In books, “Will Must Send Regrets: 101 Rejected Crossword Puzzles and the Stories Behind Them” by Damon Gulczynski is a new take on puzzle books; the puzzles are all past submissions to the New York Times, rejected. With “constructor notes and loosely tangential anecdotes, the puzzles tell a humorous, two-decade tale of repeated but endearing failure.” I’ve already gotten a copy, and while I haven’t solved the puzzles, I’m already hoping this is the first of a genre in the crossword scene.

Have we mentioned Stella Zawistowski’s coming book? I thought we must have, but maybe not (apologies if we have!) Bearing the title of her themeless-focused blog, “Tough As Nails Crosswords” features 72 “extra-challenging” grids from Stella. Preorders are open now, for a release on 28 March – just in time for ACPT.

P&A Magazine Issue 98 titled “X” is out now.

Congratulations to Hoang-Kim Vu, who has joined the editing team at AVCX+.

Congratulations to Jeff Chen, who as joined the team at Andrews McMeel Universal and will be the editor of Universal Sunday Crossword. Along with this news, Universal has announced they are now accepting submissions with a wider range of features. As always, we recommend constructors consult Matthew Stock’s spec sheet sheet for the most up-to-date submission specifications.

Creating Crossword Puzzles” is a course taught by Brooke Husic and Natan Last in cooperation with Atlas Obscura. The next offering of the course begins March 28 with four weekly sessions over Zoom. The content is intended for very new constructors and those who are interested in how crosswords are made. Reduced price tickets are available. The last session’s co-constructed puzzle, “Marvel, Extended Universe” is solvable online.

Hayley Gold’s next monthly cryptic stream is set for 9pm eastern on Wed., Jan. 18th. Hayley, Will and Al will be joined by special guests from the cryptic outlet The Rackenfracker.

New York Times Associate puzzle editor and Wordle editor Tracy Bennett appeared on the TODAY show to discuss her work with Wordle.

We enjoyed reading “Yesterday and tomorrow in puzzles“, a 2022 round up in “Puzzle Buzz”, the newsletter from amuselabs. Some of our favorite outlets across the community, new and old, got nice callouts for their work.

We mentioned “Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast” from Emma Oxford and Will Pfadenhauer of Pandora’s Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword when they launched in 2022. The newest episode includes an interview with Mike Dirolf, aka “mike d” aka “The Crosshare Guy.” (Sneak peek: we get a definitive answer as to how “crosshare” is pronounced.)


And some updates from the inside: We are pleased to welcome Rich Iurilli to the DCL team! You can expect to see him contribute to some daily emails and News and Notes. We’ve also been continuing to add new features to the site: More Puzzles, a listing of sites that have been dormant long enough that we don’t keep an eye on them anymore but are still full of puzzling entertainment; the beginnings of a community calendar, and a bit About Us. We also want to hear from you – if you have an idea about something you’d like to see us offer or have feedback about any of our features, please let us know.

Friday, 11 November 2022

BEQ: Special K’s by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Dilemmas: nov 10 2022 by Emma Lawson. .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Friday, November 11 (Mini) by Aurelien Clauvid. .pdf, online.
Harvard Independent: The Long Run by Becca Ackerman. .pdf, online.
Lexicon Devil: Joined at the Hip by Richard D. Allen. .puz, .pdf, online.
Xylo’s Puzzles: Wee-nsday #7 by Xylo. .puz, .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — November 11, 2022 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
AVCX+: ($) Organized Chaos (themeless) by Hemant Mehta. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: November 11, 2022 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Crucinova: ($) Timeline Branches by Dan Caprera. Subscribe at link.
Inkubator: ($) Settle Down by Lindsey Hobbs. Subscribe at link.
Planet Crossword: Ladies’ Firsts by Patrick Blindauer. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Andy Kravis. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Pam Amick Klawitter. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Patti Varol. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Sun: ($) Making Sense by Byron Walden. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Brooke Husic and Erik Agard. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Tracy Bennett. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Friday, November 11, 2022 by Ross Trudeau. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Seize the Day by Stanley Newman. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: I Haven’t Heard From Your Friend by Guilherme Gilioli. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Left Shark by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Sicily Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Shifty Schemers by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Examiner: ($?) Run Off by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.
The Week: I’ll Be Back by Matt Gaffney. .pdf.

Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #137 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.
Puzzles For Progress: #96: For Starters, KenKen, Spiral by Jacob Cohen. .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,249 by PHSSTHPOK. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,912 by Picaroon. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Phi. .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