Tuesday, March 21, 2023

BEQ: Themeless Monday #715 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Princetonian: Making Gains by Harit Raghunathan. Online.
The Daily Princetonian: Fields Medal (Mini) by Anne Xu. Online.
LuterCross: A Breezy Themeless by Matthew Luter. .pdf, .puz, online.
Metas On A Tuesday: I Can’t Even! (Meta) by benchen71. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Well, I’ll be! by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Trash Panda Puzzles: 127: Positive Exchange (Themeless) by Jason “Jac” Crabtree .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Boswords Themeless League: ($) Week 3 by Rafael Musa. Competitors have all week to complete the puzzle. Late registrants welcome.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 21, 2023 by Quiara Vasquez. .pdf, online.
Crossword Nation: ($) High-Energy Workout by Elizabeth C. Gorski. Subscribe at link.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #120: alright, alright! (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Message by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: TV Tuesday by Emily Carroll. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Stanley Newman. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Fifth and Final, Tue, Mar 21, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Will Nediger. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Tom Pepper & C.C. Burnikel. 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: ($) Santa’s Strangest Gifts by Patrick Jordan. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Michael Lieberman. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Tuesday, March 21, 2022 by Natan Last. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Spring Is Here by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Allan Scott. Online.
Universal: Catch My Drift? by Lee Taylor. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Wolf! by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Juliana Tringali Golden. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Same Love Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Rogues’ Gallery by Drew Schmenner. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Aries Puzzles: ($) Rows Garden #10.12 by Andrew J. Ries. Subscribe at link.
Garden Party: ($) Rows Garden #6.12 by Michael Blake. Subscribe at link.
Hoyt Arcane: Weekly Freebie (vowelless) by Hoyt Arcane. .pdf.
Keynesian Cryptics: Ad Infinitum by Jack H Keynes. .pdf, online.
Liari’s Cryptic Crosswords: The Potoroo Painstaker 4 by Potoroo. Online.
Outside The Box: ($) Rows Garden #8.27 by joon pahk. Subscribe at link.
Outside The Box: ($) Shape Shifters by joon pahk. Subscribe at link.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,363 by Aardvark. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,023 by Imogen. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13818 by Afterdark. .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

Monday, March 13, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Tyler Kleim. .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Din-Din’s Ready by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
Monday Fills: The Doors by Dave Murchie. .puz, .pdf, online.
Muggle Meta Mondays: Most Excellent! (Meta) by Capn Rick. .puz, .pdf.
Olio Grids: Dedicated to Tara Reid by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 13, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 13, 2023 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Lil AVC X: ($) ME@ Pies by Nijah Morris. Subscribe at link.
Planet Crossword: Pupper Themeless by Carly Schuna. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Things Are Looking Up, Sun, Mar 12, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Christina Iverson. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Rebecca Goldstein. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Monday, March 13, 2023 by Amanda Rafkin. Online, .pdf.
New York Magazine: Computer-Constructed Crossword by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) Bang! by Gary Steinmehl. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, March 13, 2023 by Natan Last. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Under the Sea by Stella Zawistowski. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by James Brydon. Online.
Universal: Out of the WoodS by David Steinberg. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Book Launch by Bruce Haight. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Fashion Ensemble by Desiree Penner & Jeff Sinnock. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Redhead64: PUZZLE #430: Squeezed in the Middle 19 .pdf.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 311 by Steve Townsend. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,356 by Bradman. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,016 by Vulcan. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13811 by Incognito. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Knut. .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, February 27, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 2/27/23 by Reena Gaber. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Cruciverbology: To Infinity And Beyond by Elise Corbin. .pdf, online.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Matt Mahoney, Mira Sydow, Emily Chang, and Delaney Parks. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: What’s Up? (Mini) by Dylan Epstein-Gross. Online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Mardi Grid by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
Monday Fills: Typos by Dave Murchie. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Critical Point by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Pandora’s Blocks: Initial Forecast (Meta) by Emma Oxford and Will Pfadenhauer. .puz, .pdf, online.
Real Puzzling Stuff: Bumper to Bumper by Ryan Patrick Smith. .pdf, online.
xwords by a ladee: puzzle 44 // themeless xxxi (“i’ll cry if i want to”) by Brooke Husic. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — February 27, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: February 27, 2023 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Crucinova: UR 2 SWEET by Spencer Leach. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Alas by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Lil AVC X: ($) 3-Point Specialist by Nancy Serrano-Wu. Subscribe at link.
Planet Crossword: Nope Themeless by Trent Evans. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by David Steinberg. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: I Guess That’s Final, Mon, Feb 27, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Rebecca Goldstein & Rachel Fabi. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Monday, February 27, 2023 by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf.
New York Magazine: Getting Possessive by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) Halliteration by Harvey Estes. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by David Rockow. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, February 27, 2023 by Natan Last. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Unreal by Doug Peterson. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by James Brydon. Online.
Universal: You’re Unbelievable! by Taylor Johnson and Matthew Stock. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Fish Heads by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Readout by May Huang & Kevin Trickey. 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 9 (Meta): Mix-Up by Grant Fikes .pdf
The Crossword Centre: Crossword Centre Prize Puzzle March 2023: High Bar by Hawk .pdf
Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues: Oh No-meration (Half-Variety Cryptic) by Frisco17. .puz, .pdf, online.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #428: Eat Your Words 8 .pdf.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 309 by Steve Townsend. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,344 by Steerpike. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,004 by Vulcan. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13799 by Hypatia. .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

Late February Crossworld News & Notes

The Inkubator has announced it will cease operations at the end of 2023 in an email to subscribers:

After much careful thought, the Inkubator team has made the decision that 2023 will be our last year as a subscription service. We’ve had a wonderful four years with your support, surpassing our original goal of spending two years publishing new and emerging women and nonbinary constructors.

The Inkubator will continue as a community of constructors, and we’re excited for future directions and collaborations. In the meantime, we’re extending our current deadline for submissions until February 15, and we have an excellent slate of puzzles lined up for the next few weeks. We look forward to solving together with all of you this year.

We have a close relationship with the Inkubator team and offer our gratitude for both a great run and their leadership in the community. It has moved the needle, without a doubt.


A lovely piece from Liz Maynes-Aminzade at The New Yorker, “Will Shortz’s Life in Crosswords,” covers Will’s long career in puzzles. From all of us at DCL, echoing the sentiments we’ve heard from across the crossword community, we’re happy for Will for coming out publicly and finding love at 70.


ACPT is only five weeks away! We look forward to seeing many of you there. For those who can’t attend, the Virtual Tournament sponsored by Amuse Labs is an affordable way to participate and compete from afar. It includes live streams of all the tournament puzzles as well as other in-person events.


Congratulations to Paolo Pasco, winner of the Boswords Winter Wondersolve, and to second and third place finishers Will Nediger and Tyler Hinman. Congrats also to Frisco and Chauffeur, who won the Blizzard pairs division, Brian Lipinski, winner of the Flurry individual division, and Kristy and Wendy Gardner, winners of the Flurry pairs division.

Congratulations to Matthew Luter, whose puzzle was chosen through the open submission process to join the Boswords Spring Themeless League. The League begins with the preseason puzzle this Monday, February 27. A new practice puzzle from Chandi Deitmer and John Lieb is available for free.

In even more Boswords news, the annual summer tournament is now set for Sunday, July 23, with both in-person and virtual options.


These Puzzl3s Fund Abortion, the third annual TPFA pack organized by Rachel Fabi and co-edited by Rachel, Brooke Husic, and Claire Rimkus, is coming this spring in time for the 2023 NNAF Fund-a-Thon. We are excited about this year’s all-star constructor lineup and look forward to their puzzles.

We’re pleased to share that Grids for Kids has raised over $6,000 for youth charities so far, including The Trevor Project and No Kid Hungry. Written and edited by constructors who are also parents, it includes 17 standard crosswords with family-friendly themes, 2 cryptic puzzles, and 6 puzzles for younger solvers. Make a donation of at least $10 USD to receive the puzzles.


Since the last News & Notes, Nijah Morris (2/12), Kavin Pawittranon (2/12), Eric Rollfing (2/13), and Sean Ziebarth (2/15) made their NYT debuts. Congratulations to everyone!

On the February 10 episode, “Cut to Wabbit Season,” of the Crossnerds podcast with Brooke Husic and Rebecca Neipris, Brooke discusses the expansion of the Lil AVC X editing team, the importance of the constructor-editor relationship in cultivating a better solving experience, and (the lack of) gender diversity in The New York Times crossword.

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. Puzzles constructed by previous classes are available for solving from Atlas Obscura: “Marvel, Extended Universe” and “Alpha and Omega.”

It’s been a while since we’ve mentioned Spread the Wordlist by Brooke Husic and Enrique Henestroza Anguiano, but now is a good time as the most recent quarterly update includes some structural changes to simplify the wordlist for constructors. It also surpassed 100,000 entries scored at 50+ for the first time. This is a fabulous free resource for new and veteran constructors alike, and we’re grateful to Brooke and Enrique for their continued work on it.

A Community of Crosswords” in the latest issue of Barnard Magazine comprises three short but delightful conversations with alums Rebecca Goldstein, Rebecca Gray, and Gustie Owens about their work in crosswords.

In the NYT Gameplay article “A Puzzle Maker Aims to Unite Black Communities in 25 Squares” by Deb Amlen, Juliana Pache speaks about her mission to inspire communities from across the Black diaspora to learn more about each other. Juliana publishes a free daily mini at Black Crossword, with plans to expand.

We may have mentioned it before, but it’s been a minute: Cross Your Heart by Laura Effinger-Dean is a free, open-source Android app for crossword solving, with lots of features such as downs-only mode, autocheck, pen/pencil toggle, scrambled puzzle support, and an undo button. Supports .puz files only.

The February issue of GAMES World of Puzzles features a Q&A with puzzlemaker Fred Piscop, who shares info about his new book, “The Healthy Brain Book of Word Puzzles.” The book includes Split Decisions (R) and plenty of other great puzzles.

We’ve added a few new sources to our daily list recently: Check out puzzles from Boston Magazine by Brendan Emmett Quigley, Barron’s, and The Hindu Cryptic. We’re also watching a handful of new-to-us college newspapers: Amherst, Rice, Columbia, Penn, and Michigan.

We’d like to remind everyone that the ability to download and print NYT variety and acrostic puzzles will be discontinued on February 26, and they’ll be removed from the archive beginning March 1—so solve, print, and save them while we still can.

We 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.

Tuesday, 7 February 2023

BEQ: Themeless Monday #709 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
⟪Clever Name Here⟫: In a Pickle? by David B Ritterskamp. .jpz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Dilemmas: How Long ’til Black Future Month? by Emma Lawson. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: A Bit Lite (Mini) by Bryan Zhang. Online.
LuterCross: Really?! by Matthew Luter. .pdf, .puz, online.
Metas On A Tuesday: Best Intentions (Meta) by benchen71. .puz, .pdf, online.
Muggle Meta Mondays: Missing Something (Meta) by Bird Lives. .puz, .pdf.
Olio Grids: This Puzzle Has Balls by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Atlas Obscura: It’s Snow Fun by Laura Braunstein. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: February 7, 2023 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Crossword Nation: ($) Der Crossword by Elizabeth C. Gorski. Subscribe at link.
Lil AVC X: ($) One-Off by Ken Stern. Subscribe at link.
Luckystreak+: ($) puzzle #114: on two candles (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Subscribe at link.
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Chill by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) tktktk by tktktk. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: TV Tuesday by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Donna S. Levin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Launch Your Brand, Mon, Feb 6, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Robin Stears. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Darryl Gonzalez. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Tuesday, February 07, 2023 by Amanda Rafkin. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) The Eyes Have It by Lynn Lempel. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Ellen Leuschner. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Tuesday, February 7, 2022 by Natan Last. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Palette Choices by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by James Brydon. Online.
Universal: All the Right Angles by Wayne Harris. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Side Salad by Matthew Stock. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Juliana Tringali Golden. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Canuck Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Bringing Home the Bacon by Kristian House. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Aries Puzzles: ($) Rows Garden #10.6 by Andrew J. Ries. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Nexus Blog: Decisions Were Made… (Acrostic) by JibbyMAX. .ipuz, .pdf, online.
Garden Party: ($) Rows Garden #6.6 by Michael Blake. Subscribe at link.
Keynesian Cryptics: Quixotic Smorgasbord by Jack H Keynes. .pdf, online.
Monday Fills Acrostics: Acrostic 191 by Dave Murchie. .pdf, online.
Outside The Box: ($) Split Decisions by Grant Fikes. Subscribe at link.
Outside The Box: ($) Rows Garden #8.21 by joon pahk. Subscribe at link.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,326 by Bobcat. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,987 by Maskarade. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Tees. .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

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.

Monday, January 9, 2023

Bewilderingly: Do Stuff by Will Nediger. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
crosswords and other puzzles! by eva: wow1_2 by eva. .puz, .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 45 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
M & M Crosswords: Fat Cat Haiku #2 by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Monday Fills: Udon (Noodles) by Dave Murchie. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Dial It Back by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
xwordswithbabka: What are you, ten?? by Dan Schwartz. .puz, .pdf, online.

Atlas Obscura: Marvel, Extended Universe by the students in Atlas Obscura’s ‘Creating Crossword Puzzles’ course. Online.
Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — January 8, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: January 9, 2023 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Lil AVC X: ($) Lousy Food, Lousy Service by Kavin Pawittranon. Subscribe at link.
Planet Crossword: Arm Day Themeless by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: 41 and Having Fun by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Lynn K. Watson & Will Nediger. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Monday, January 09, 2023 by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf.
New York Magazine: Just Yanking Your Chain by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) There Is No “I” in Team by Steven Kahn. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Andrea Carla Michaels and Kevin Christian. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, January 9, 2023 by Natan Last. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Folders by Stan Newman. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: Half-Baked by Nate Cardin. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Mixing Bowls by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: She’s Got It by Dave Taber & Laura Moll. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

The Browser: ($) Cryptic by Will Nediger. Subscribe at link.
Cryptic Crosswords by Māyā: 21.Belated Christmas Greetings! by Māyā. Online, .pdf
Darren’s Puzzles: Cryptic Snowflake 2023-01 by Darren Miller. .pdf.
Redhead64: Fronts Off 6 .pdf.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 302 by Steve Townsend Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,300 by Peto. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,962 by Matilda. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Wire. .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

Friday, December 30, 2022

BEQ: By THE NUMBERS (ACPT 2022 Puzzle #5) by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Chicago Maroon: MCPT #3: Life of the Mind by Pravan Chakravarthy. .pdf, online.
Cross Angel: Mind Freak: Themeless by Jess Goldstein. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Nexus Blog: Puzzle #73: America’s Finest Crossword Puzzle by Alex Boisvert and Will Eisenberg .jpz, .pdf, online.
Xylo’s Puzzles: Wee-nsday #14 by Xylo. .puz, .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — December 30, 2022 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: December 30, 2022 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Planet Crossword: Football Gear by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Tracy Bennett. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Pam Amick Klawitter. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Mark Valdez & Brooke Husic. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Friday, December 30, 2022 by Amanda Rafkin. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Themeless by Craig Kasper. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Holiday Crossword: Friday, December 30, 2022 by Natan Last. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Almost Party Time by Gail Grabowski. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: Double Play by Susan Gelfand. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Higher Power by Rafael Musa. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Divorce Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: It’s That Time Again by Matt Gaffney. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Examiner: ($?) School Choice by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.
The Week: Watch It ! by Matt Gaffney. .pdf.

Liari’s Cryptic Crosswords: Soda Water by liari. .pdf, online.
Mental Judo: A Cryptic Blog (11): Kate and Joe’s Finite Playlist by kateschmate and joeadultman. Online.
Josh Solves: Puzzle #15: Cryptic Themeless #2 by JoshSolves. .pdf, online.
Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #144by Katherine Bryant. Patreon subscription.
Team Crazy Cryptics: Puzzle No. 76: Moments True by teamcrazymatt. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,292 by Mudd. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,954 by Pasquale. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Nimrod. .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, December 12, 2022

Bewilderingly: That’s Weird, I Ended Up Back Where I Started by Will Nediger. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 43 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
Monday Fills: Themeless 114 by Dave Murchie. .puz, .pdf, online.
xwordswithbabka: Happy Hanukkah by Dan Schwartz. .puz, .pdf, online.

Atlas Obscura: Atlas Obscura Christmas by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .pdf, .puz, online.
Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — December 12, 2022 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: December 12, 2022 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Planet Crossword: Beastly Themeless by Christina Iverson. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Wicked Cool, Mon, Dec 12, 2022 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by David Tuffs. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: by Erik Agard. Online.
New York Magazine: Just Desserts by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) It’s All Greek to Me by Craig Kasper. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Anthony J. Caruso and Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Christina Iverson. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, December 12, 2022 by Natan Last. .pdf, online.
Newsday: About Time by Stan Newman. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic No. 22 by Chris Lancaster. Online.
Universal: Moving Stress by Micah Sommersmith. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Album Drop by Kavin Pawittranon & Nijah Morris. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Things Are Looking Up by Wayne Bergman & Gary Otting. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Liari’s Cryptic Crosswords: Secret Sauce by Liari. .pdf, online.
Mental Playground: December 12 by MP. .pdf, online.
Redhead64: PUZZLE #417: Mini-Marching Bands 6 .pdf.
Some Variety: Advent 2022: #8 by Elgel online.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 298 by Steve Townsend. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,275 by PETO. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,938 by Nutmeg. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Italicus. .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