Friday, June 2, 2023

A Crossword Rose: Beta Versions by acommonrose. .puz, online.
BEQ: J Crew by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Deli Counter: I’M 29!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! by meatdaddy69420. .puz, .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Friday, June 2 (Mini) by Quincy Reyes. .pdf, online.
The Griddy: Fake News by Devin McIntyre. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Let’s Go Party! by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
QVXwordz: Toy Story by Quiara Vasquez. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

AVCX+: ($) On the Plus Side by Matthew Stock. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: June 2, 2023 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Inkubator: ($) Scoring on Skates by Emily Alinder Flynn and Kate Hawkins. Subscribe at link.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sports Fan Friday 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 POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Joe Deeney. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: by May Huang. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) I Don’t Want to Know by Ed Early. Reissues from 2004.
New York Times: ($) by John Ewbank. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Friday, June 2, 2023 by Ella Dershowitz & Aimee Lucido. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Loaded Questions by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdf, backup online.
PlayFour: Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Henderson. Online.
Universal: Circle Back by Morton J. Mendelson. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Split the Bill by Brooke Husic. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The DMB Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Couples Only by Matt Gaffney. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Examiner: ($) Spending Cuts by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.
The Week: Litigiously Delicious by Matt Gaffney. .pdf.

Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #166 by Liari and Juff. Patreon subscription.
Squared Away: Daily Puzzle. Online.
Tough As Nails: Tough as Nails Mini Cryptic #14 by Stella Zawistowski. .puz, .pdf

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,432 by Velia. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,086 by Qaos. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13881 by Arden. .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

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Princetonian: Magically Delicious by Claire Kaneshiro and Jaeda Woodruff. Online.
The Daily Princetonian: Sniffed Out (Mini) by Simon Marotte. Online.

LuterCross: A Game of Chance by Matthew Luter. .pdf, .puz, online.
Metas On A Tuesday: To Really Foul Things Up Requires a Computer (Meta) by benchen71. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Fresh Starts by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Pixlate’s Puzzles: Evil Birds by Pixlate. .pdf, online.

See 17-Across: Talking in Circles by Brandon Koppy. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Boswords Themeless League: ($) Week 7 by Kate Hawkins. Competitors have all week to complete the puzzle. Late registrants welcome.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: April 18, 2023 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Crossword Nation: ($) You Are Joking! by Elizabeth C. Gorski. Subscribe at link.
Lil AVC X: ($) RODENTS, we’re RODENTS; we’re the RODENTS by Nijah Morris. Subscribe at link.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: TV Tuesday by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: She’ll Play It Again, Tue, Apr 18, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Samuel A. Donaldson. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Juliet Corless. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Themeless by Tyler Hinman. Reissues from 2004.
New York Times: ($) by Kiran Pandey. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 by Anna Shechtman. .pdf, online.
Newsday: April Rain by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdf, backup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Jason Crampton. Online.
Universal: What a Spread! by Justin Werfel. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Etc, Etc, Etc by Wendy L. Brandes. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Juliana Tringali Golden. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Dracula Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Misfiled by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Aries Puzzles: ($) Rows Garden #10.16 by Andrew J. Ries. Subscribe at link.
Garden Party: ($) Rows Garden #6.16 by Michael Blake. Subscribe at link.
Hoyt Arcane: Weekly Freebie (Diagramless) by Hoyt Arcane. .pdf.

Keynesian Cryptics: Shot in the Dark by Jack Keynes. .pdf, online.
Outside The Box: ($) Rows Garden #8.30 by joon pahk. Subscribe at link.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,390 by Buccaneer. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,047 by Pangakupu. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13842 by Crescent. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Crosophile. .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

Saturday, 4 February 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 783 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Princetonian: Jumbo Shrimp (Midi) by Joah Macosko. Online.
Fordham Observer: Saturday, February 4 (Mini) by Irene Hao. .pdf, online.
Grids For Kids: Growth Chart by Sally Hoelscher & Matt Forest. Sample puzzle – charity pack available now.
Half-Baked Puzzles: (T)Ricky Themeless by Will Eisenberg. .puz, .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: To My New Granddaughter by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
JKL Crosswords: Yellow Stockings by Jesse Lansner. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Take the Day Off by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Pocket Squares: Don’t bark at me! by Jasper Davidoff. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle A+ Crossword — February 4, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: February 4, 2023 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #113.5: pick a noun, any noun (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Patreon Subscription.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) Happy Birthday to Her (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
Morning Brew: Brew Crossword: Bucks by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Spyscape: Keep It To Yourself by Jeff Stillman. .pdf, online.

Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Tracy Bennett. 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 Mark McClain. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Doug Peterson. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: And Now … The Main Attraction! by Dan Caprera. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) They’re All Wrong! by Barbara Olson. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Kate Hawkins. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Stella Zawistowski. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Ali Gascoigne. Online.
Universal: Universal Freestyle 58 by Adrian Johnson. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Ship Out by Brooke Husic. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: Excuse by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Retreat Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: A Little RR by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,324 by ROSA KLEBB. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath number 1216 by SLEUTH. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Serpent. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Curly Quote 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

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.

Saturday, 3 December 2022

Club 72: Freestyle 768 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Nexus Blog: Stock Phrases by Quiara Vasquez & Alex Boisvert .jpz, .pdf, online.
David Alfred Bywaters: Teaser Rates by David Alfred Bywaters. .puz, .pdf, online.
Norah’s Puzzles: Cross the Streams by Ben Bass and Norah Sharpe. .puz, online.

Autostraddle: A+ Crossword Is Furiously Writing Fanfic by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: December 3, 2022 by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest: ($) A League of Their Own (Meta) by Matt Gaffney. Subscribe at Patreon.
My Jewish Learning: MJL Mini Dec 2, 2022 by Rebecca Goldstein .pdf, online.
Spyscape: Casino Royale by Bryant White. .pdf, online.

Crosswords with Friends: by Donna S. Levin. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Taylor Johnson. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Sun: ($) A Thought for Modern Times by Ed Early. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Kate Hawkins. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Wyna Liu. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Steve Mossberg. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: Universal Freestyle 49 by Garrett Chalfin. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Tea Infusions by Brooke Husic. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: It’s Not Just Jorts and Jeggings Anymore by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Monopoly Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Book Fare by Pelagia Horgan. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Mental Playground: December 3 by MP. .pdf, online.
Tortoiseshell Studio: Snake Charmer by Nathan Curtis. .pdf

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,268 by Zamorca. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath number 1207 by Aardvark. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Monk. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Acrostic by Mike Shenk. .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