Friday, May 23, 2025

BEQ: CROSSWORD #1785: Going Too Far by Brendan Emmett Quigley.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache.
The Chicago Maroon: 92. Lexical Festival by Catherine Bowers.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: May 23, 2025 by Kelsey Dixon.
Puzzmo: Watch this space by brooke. Online only
Puzz-up: Penn(cil?) Pals: 45 years of Building Community by Laura Taylor Kinnel.

Apple News: ($) Photocopying by Jared Goudsmit. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) 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: ($) Primary Emotions by Kareem Ayas. iPad-exclusive app.
Crosswordr Community: Community Puzzle Platform.
Crosswords with Friends: Sports Fan Friday by Peter Wentz. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Matt Jones. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Matt Jones. App Store | Google Play
The Daily Northwestern: Daily Mini Crossword, May 23, 2025 by Tia Bethke.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. 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 Midi: Thursday, May 22, 2025 by Hemant Mehta.
Slate: Slate Mini: Thursday, May 22, 2025 by Jasmeet Arora.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries.
Vulture 10×10: The Stunt Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski.
The Week: You Can’t Wear That! by Matt Gaffney. .pdf only
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas.

The Boston Globe: Mini Crossword by Sowmya Ramkumar.
Los Angeles Times: by Marc Goldstein. Create free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski.
New York Sun: ($) Nixed Doubles by Patrick Blindauer. Reissues from 2007.
New York Times: ($) by Kate Hawkins.
New York Times Mini: by Sam Ezersky.
The New Yorker Mini: The Mini Crossword: Friday, May 23, 2025 by Kate Chin Park.
Newsday: 5/23/25 Mark My Words by Billie Truitt. Online .pdf
People Puzzler: Younger Star by Patrick Merrell.
PlayFour: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
Squared Away: ($) Daily Puzzle. Online only
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic Online only
Universal: ($) Needs No Introduction by Dylan Schiff. Direct link to .puz.
USA Today: Scratch That! by Emily Biegas & Sala Wanetick.
The Wall Street Journal: By No Means by Mike Shenk. Direct link to .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo.

Out Of Left Field: ($) #269 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword .pdf only
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,702 by Pangakupu.
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

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

BEQ: CROSSWORD #1640: Themeless Monday by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Hyperallergic: Hyperallergic Art Crossword: January 2024 by Natan Last. Online.
LuterCross: Not Done Yet by Matthew Luter. .pdf, .puz, online.
Metas On A Tuesday: A Puzzle of Firsts (Meta) by benchen71. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: January 2, 2024 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.
Crossword Nation: ($) Newspaper Clippings by Elizabeth C. Gorski. Subscribe at link.
Defector: ($) The Crossword, Jan. 1: Leading Question by Matt Forest. Subscribe at link.
Lil AVC X: ($) “YOU are the visual, baby” by Brooke Husic. Subscribe at link.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #152: the dark side of the morning (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Merriam Webster: Puzzle #24 by Matt Gaffney .pdf, online.
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: New by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Puzzmo: Morning Rush by Enrique. Online.

Apple News : ($) Freestyle by Jared Goudsmit. News+ Subscription Required
Apple News Mini: ($) Daily Mini by Erik Agard. News+ Subscription Required
The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: TV Tuesday by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Patrick Berry. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Hello January, Jan. 1, 2024 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by Robin Stears. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Tuesday, January 02, 2024 by Jared Goudsmit. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Middle School by Jim Hyres. Reissues from 2005.
New York Times: ($) by Jeffrey Martinovic. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 by Anna Shechtman. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Down and Out by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdf, backup online.
PlayFour: Daily Puzzle. Online
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Allan Scott. Online.
Universal: Give Me a Break! by David P. Williams. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Man Overboard! by Lindsay Rosenblum. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Juliana Tringali Golden. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Mega Station 9000 Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Strange Brew by Marc Goldstein. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Frank Longo. Online, .pdf.

Aries Puzzles: ($) Rows Garden #11.1 by Andrew J. Ries. Subscribe at link.
Garden Party: ($) Rows Garden #7.1 by Michael Blake. Subscribe at link.
Outside The Box: ($) Rows Garden #9.17 by joon pahk. Subscribe at link.
Squared Away: Daily Puzzle. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,618 by Bobcat. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,268 by Yank. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 14061 by Arden. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Filbert. .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