Monday, June 16, 2025

A Crossword Rose: Absolute Destiny Apocalypse by acommonrose.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: June 16, 2025 by Kelsey Dixon.
Just Gridding: play date” (themeless) by erik agard & claire l. rimkus.
Lil AVCX: ($) Here (and There) Be Dragons by K.J. Sarr. Subscribe at link.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #223.5: gulp! (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Monday Fills: Et al. by Dave Murchie.
Muggle Meta Mondays: Going Poe-stal (Meta) by Abide.
Pair-o-Ducks: “Then there’s a pair of us!” by Pair O Ducks.
The Puzzle Pit: Metal Monday #3 by Adam Landau. .pdf, .puz only
Puzzmo: Manners of Speaking by Rebecca Goldstein. Online only
Puzzmo: Wedding Guest by Olivia Mitra Framke. Online only

Apple News: ($) Much Ado by Neil Shook. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossherd: Daily Mini. Online only
Crossword Flow: ($) by Jasmeet Arora. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Evan Kalish. 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 Beast: Waterworld, Mon. June 16, 2025 by Matt Gaffney.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Pam Amick Klawitter. 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 15, 2025 by Chandi Deitmer.
Slate: Slate Mini: Sunday, June 15, 2025 by Quiara Vasquez.
Vox: by Will Nediger.
Vulture 10×10: The Love Triangle Puzzle by Malaika Handa.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Kathy Lowden. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) Double Y’ed Trailers by by Patrick Berry. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp.
New York Times Mini: by Wyna Liu.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, June 16, 2025 by Anna Shechtman.
Newsday: 6/16/25 by the Kitchen Sink by Guilherme Gilioli. Online .pdf
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Summer 2025 Themeless Week, Puzzle 1 by Leo Tsai. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Suitcase by Rachel Fabi & Jill Brufsky.
The Wall Street Journal: Very Funny! by Andrea Carla Michaels & Kevin Christian. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

BEQ Marching Bands: ($) Marching Bands #11.5 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscribe at link.
Cryptic Crossweird: ($) Fresh Pain by Dan Schwartz. Patreon Subscription.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #548: The Spiral Squared 8 .pdf only
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 429 by Steve Townsend. Online only

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,722 by Vulcan.
The Hindu Cryptic: Daily Cryptic .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword .pdf, online only

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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

 

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 9/17/23 by Molly Durawa. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Fordham Observer: Sunday, September 17 (Mini) by Abby Grunzinger. .pdf, online.
Lemonade Disco: Wild Meetings (meta) by Michèle Govier. Online.
Lemonade Disco: From the Aviary by Bart Gold. Online.
Lemonade Disco: It’s All Happening at the Zoo by Brian Callahan. Online.
Lemonade Disco: Camouflage by Dena Witkes. Online.
Lemonade Disco: The Lion’s Share by Tim Giannetti. Online.
M & M Crosswords: Yer So Bad by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Pun Of A Kind: We’re Coming Apart! by Mikey G. .puz, .pdf, online.
Roy Johnson’s Crossword Hub: Back to Black by Roy Johnson. Online.
Sunday Summer Substitute: Hooked on Phonics (Meta) by Bird Lives. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

A-to-Z Crosswords: ($) Puzzle #84 by Peter Gordon & Frank Longo. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: September 17, 2023 by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Whatcha Doin? by Joon Pahk. Patreon subscription.
Premier Crossword: by Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Sporcle: Methodical by BorezU. Online.

The Atlantic: Caleb’s Inferno by Caleb Madison. .pdf, online.
Barrons: Power Play by Gary Cee. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: SYNC-ed Up, Sun., Sept. 17, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: Subtraction by Pam Amick Klawitter. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: September 17, 2023 – A Boy and His Whatchamacallit by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: Themeless 40 by Sarah Sinclair. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Categories by Jerry E. Rosman. Reissues from 2004.
New York Times: ($) Classical Music by Jill Rafaloff and Michelle Sontarp. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: DOUBLE-HEADER: Words & Phrases With Two ”Head” Enders by Mark McClain. Online, .pdf, backup online.
PlayFour: Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online.
Universal: Themeless Sunday 51 by Adrian Johnson. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Short Films by Adam Simpson. .puz.
USA Today: Start of Something New by Matthew Stock. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Off the Table by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

The Browser: ($) Cryptic by Pixlate. Subscribe at link.
Darren’s Puzzles: Cryptic 2023-09: Plundering Pirates by Darren Miller. pdf.
Lemonade Disco: El Parque Zoologico Minerva (cryptic) by Kaye Barton. Online.

Squared Away: Daily Puzzle. Online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 4,013. pdf, online.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: ($) The Hindu Cryptic on Sunday .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Tees. .pdf, online.
The New Yorker Cryptic: Cryptic by Neville Fogarty. .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