Friday, June 30, 2023

BEQ: Bank Withdrawals by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crosstina Aquafina: “themeless” no. 27 by crosstina aquafina. .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Friday, June 30 (Mini) by Ana Kevorkian. .pdf, online.
Half-Baked Puzzles: Blooper Reel by Will Eisenberg. .puz, .pdf, online.
Hoyt Arcane: A MARRY OCCASION by Hoyt Arcane. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Old and New by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

A-to-Z Crosswords: ($) Puzzle #5 of 91 by Peter Gordon & Frank Longo. Subscribe at link.
AVCX+: ($) Twisted Logic (themeless) – by Kunal Nabar. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: June 30, 2023 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sports Fan Friday by Evan Kalish. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Donna S. Levin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Spencer Leach. 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: ($) “What If…” by Ogden Porter. Reissues from 2004.
New York Times: ($) by Carly Schuna. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: Friday, June 30 by Chandi Deitmer. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Polymath Patriot by Stan Newman. Online, .pdf, backup online.
PlayFour: Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Jeremy Mutch. Online.
Universal: Jack of All Trades by Joe Rodini. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Start With a Bang by Bruce Haight. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Clarity Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: The Global Marketplace by Matt Gaffney. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.
The Week: Summer Movies by Matt Gaffney. .pdf.

The Crossword Centre: Crossword Centre Prize Puzzle July 2023 by Derek Harrison .pdf
Garden Party: ($) Rows Garden #27a by Michael Blake. Subscribe at link.
Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #170 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.
Squared Away: Daily Puzzle. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,456 by Zamorca. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,110 by Harpo. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13905 by Vidwan. .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

Monday, January 23, 2023

Black Crossword: January 23 by Juliana Pache. Online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Fordham Observer: Monday, January 23 (Mini) by Irene Hao. .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 46 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
M & M Crosswords: Risk It by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Monday Fills: Lead Off by Dave Murchie. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Don’t Make Me Take My Shirt Off by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
xwordswithbabka: Hold Tight by Dan Schwartz. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Atlas Obscura: Historical Sammies by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .pdf, .puz, online.
Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — January 23, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: January 23, 2023 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Lil AVC X: ($) Crossword (Sad Girl Autumn Version) by Rose Sloan. Subscribe at link.
Planet Crossword: In and Out Themeless by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Zhouqin Burnkel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: He Scores!, Mon, Jan 23, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by John Michael Currie. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Monday, January 23, 2023 by Amanda Rafkin. Online, .pdf.
New York Magazine: Spa Day by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) Peter Pan Complex by Edgar Fontaine. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Adrian Johnson. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, January 23, 2023 by Natan Last. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Think Small by Stan Newman. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: Rah-Rah by Joe Rodini. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Lion Dance by Hoang-Kim Vu. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Cut the Cards by Catherine Cetta. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Kevin’s Puzzles at Home Season 3, Episode 4: Totally A-Mazed by Grant Fikes .pdf
The Griddle: The Minecraft Cryptic by Spencer Leach. .pdf, online.
The Griddle: Getting into crypto… (Cryptic crosswords) by Spencer Leach. .pdf, online.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #423: Word Squares: Projectors 6 .pdf.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 304 by Steve Townsend. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,312 by Gaff. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,974 by Carpathian. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Twin. .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, November 2022


Across and Down” is a CBC documentary that follows a set of constructors as they fight to improve representation in crosswords. Constructors featured are Tass and Lita Williams, Natan Last, Nancy Serrano-Wu, Soleil St-Cyr, Ross Trudeau, and Nate Cardin. While the documentary is currently not available outside Canada, the accompanying articles “Seven crossword constructors fighting for better representation in the beloved puzzle” and “Bias in crosswords: how women, people of colour and LGBTQIA+ communities are overlooked” provide a bit of a sneak peek. We’re happy to see Queer Qrosswords, Women of Letters, and The Inkubator mentioned.

In digging up more about “Across and Down” we found an old, but excellent, article from the Halifax Examiner featuring Tass and Lita Williams and the making of culturally significant crosswords.

Celia Mattison, writing for Catapult Magazine in “Why I Started Writing Crossword Puzzles” describes her experience in redefining what “common knowledge” can be in crosswords.

From cryptic streamer Hayley Gold: “This month’s cryptic stream (featuring guests Ryan McCarty, Derek Allen, and No-Feet McGee — plus the boring regulars: Will Nediger, Al Sanders, and Two-Feet Hayley —though technically one is broken) will be on Friday, November 18 at 9 pm Eastern. Come one, come all for a cornucopia of classic cryptics, because that’s the only thing I’m thankful for.  Go to twitch.tv/bewilderingly to watch, or catch the VOD afterward for only 7 days (twitch lowered the number of days, so just come to the live show so ya don’t have to worry about it!)”


Congratulations to the new members of the Lil AVC X editing team for 2023: Derek Allen, Kavin Pawittranon, Kelsey Dixon, Ken Stern, No-Feet McGee, Olivia Mitra Framke, Rafael Musa, Rose Sloan, Sally Hoelscher, Sara Cantor, Steve Mossberg, and Will Eisenberg. We are so excited for the puzzles to come from this amazing lineup!

Lil AVC X is also recruiting constructors for the 2023 roster. Applications are due November 21.


Congratulations to Ada Nicolle who has joined the team at Crossword Club as both an editor and constructor.


Autostraddle, a progressive, feminist, LGBTQIA+ digital publication has begun offering crossword puzzles that center queer content. Puzzles so far are written by Brooke Husic and Rachel Fabi, with more constructors to come. Three mini puzzles each week are free to all, and a midi crossword is published Saturdays exclusively for Autostraddle’s A+ members.

A new crop of puzzle sources has come to our attention lately. We’re happy to share these in the Daily Links, but we also want to recommend them to our News and Notes readers. In standard crosswords we have learned of Completing the Square by Carter, Crossword Dilemmas by Emma Lawson, and Quid Pro by Andrew Anker; and in cryptics, Pix Puzzles by Pixlate and The Buzzle Blog by Celise. We have also started including The Chicago Maroon by University of Chicago students.

We’re also enjoying the work of Taylor Johnson and the ongoing suite of Lemonade Disco puzzles. Constructors of all experienced levels are encouraged to submit ideas. On the 17th of each month a new pack is released and the new prompt is announced.


Since the last News & Notes, Caryn L. Robbins (10/17), Rafael Musa (10/21), Joe Rodini (10/24), Nick Shephard (10/25), Ethan Zou (11/2), Juliet Corless (11/4), Jill Singer (11/6) made their NYT debuts! Congrats to everyone! Check out some of their other work we have enjoyed: Rafa’s AVCX+ “Can We Solve It? Yes We Can!” (with Kate Chin Park), Juliet’s work with The Daily Princetonian, Jill’s Spyscape “Inside Jobs“.


Thank you to our friends at the Fill Me In podcast, who in recent weeks have hosted a variety of guests to discuss topics in crossworld. Check out these episodes if you missed them: Rachel Fabi and Neville Fogarty talk about their work in making, solving, and streaming cryptic crosswords; Kate Chin Park and Will Eisenberg share their interesting origin stories; our own Matthew Gritzmacher discusses the history and future of Daily Crossword Links; and our own Shannon Rapp reviews some of her favorite indie puzzles over the last couple of months.


The New York Times is accepting applications for the second class of their Diverse Crossword Constructor Fellowship. Submissions open through December 1.

Beginning November 23 through January 3, 2023, The New York Times is accepting Sunday-size submissions only, directly by email to crosswordeditors@nytimes.com. All other submissions are closed until after January 3.


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

Monday, October 24, 2022

Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crosstalk Puzzles: Positive Outlook by Nick McGuire. .pdf, online.
Monday Fills: Self-Addressed by Dave Murchie. .puz, .pdf, online.
QVXwordz: Five by Five #14 by Quiara Vasquez. .puz, .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: October 24, 2022 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Lil AVC X: ($) All Kidding Aside by Adrian Johnson. Subscribe at link.
The Malibu Times Magazine: How Well Do You Know Malibu? by Eric Dick. .pdf
Planet Crossword: Aussie Themeless by Andrew Ries. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Lynn Lempel. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Everything Is Illuminated by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Kyle Dolan. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Magazine: Must Be 21 to Play by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) Silent E’s by Paula Gamache. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Joe Rodini. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Devices With Dials by Doug Peterson. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: Enough Talk! by Howard Barkin. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Fruitful Start by Bonnie Eisenman. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Back to the Office by Lynn Lempel. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: The Art of the Matter by Grant Fikes .pdf
Redhead64: Chain Reaction: Extra Links 10 .pdf.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 291 by Steve Townsend. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,233 by PETO. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,896 by Vulcan. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Bluth. .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