Wednesday, March 22, 2023

The Amherst Student: Prehistoric Puzzle by Alexandra Olson. .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Freestyle 796 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
Crafty Crosswords: elementary, my dear watson by lila goldenberg .pdf, .puz, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Free Food (Mini) by Anne Xu. Online.
Just Gridding: The More You Know! (TPFA preview) by Caitlin Reid. .puz, .pdf, online.
MEOW: Rotten Trick (Meta) by DrTom. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: HOMES in the Neighborhood by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
The Rice Thresher: What’s Up? by Hoang Nguyen. .puz, .pdf, online.
Tough As Nails: Tough as Nails Themeless #83 by Stella Zawistowski. .puz, .pdf
Ubercross: small f by T Campbell .pdf
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 22, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
AVCX: ($) Behold! At Last! by Quiara Vasquez. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 22, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Electricity Class: Get to know power couples by Mark McClain. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: Wayback Wednesday by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Nate Cardin. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Heir Apparent, Wed, Mar 22, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Alexander Liebeskind. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
McKinsey: Room for Expansion by Peter Gordon. .pdf, online.
The Modern Crossword: by Ada Nicolle. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) City Shapes by David J. Kahn. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Madeline Kaplan. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 by Patrick Berry. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Men and Beasts by Stan Newman. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by John Halpern. Online.
Universal: There’s an App for That by Guilherme Gilioli. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: … In Sheep’s Clothing by Neville Fogarty. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Adesina O. Koiki. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Greyhounds Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: In a Pinch by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Ben’s Cryptic Crosswords: Whacky Horror by Ben Robinson Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,364 by Chalmie. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,024 by Vlad. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13819 by Afterdark. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Eccles. .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, March 17, 2023

BEQ: Aw Yeah by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Lemonade Disco: What Are Your Digits? by Dallas Fletcher. .pdf, online.
Lemonade Disco: Let’s Keep In On The … by Lynn K. Watson. .pdf, online.
Lemonade Disco: Only YOU Can Prevent, uh, um, line please by Evan Shapiro. .pdf, online.
Lemonade Disco: Open Secrets by Jess Shulman. .pdf, online.
Lemonade Disco: Shhh! by Kevin Weiler. .pdf, online.
Lemonade Disco: Just Tell Me! by Mike Graczyk. .pdf, online.
Nautilus Puzzles: Themeless by Ben Tolkin. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Green Day by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 17, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 17, 2023 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.
Inkubator: ($) Themeless #41 by by Erica Hsiung Wojcik and Emma Lawson. Subscribe at link.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Ease Into It by Emet Ozar. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: Sports Fan Friday by Fred Piscop. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Stanley Newman. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Robin Stears. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Jess Shulman & Max Woghiren. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Friday, March 17, 2023 by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Tree People by Mark P. Sherwood. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Carter Cobb. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Friday, March 17, 2023 by Tracy Gray. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Green Space by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Paul Bringloe. Online.
Universal: Promising Young Professionals by David Alfred Bywaters. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Park on the Right by Brooke Husic & Neville Fogarty. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Coach Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Shamrocks by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Examiner: ($?) Bank On It by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.
The Week: In The Zone by Matt Gaffney. .pdf.

AVCX Cryptic: ($) AVCX Cryptic 3/16/23 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscribe at link.
Lemonade Disco: Curb Appeal (Cryptic) by Shannon Rapp & Will Eisenberg. .pdf, online.
Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #155 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.
Puzzles For Progress: #105: KenKen, Yajilin, Overpath by Jacob Cohen. .pdf, .jpz, online.
No-Feet McGee: ($) World Renowned (Cryptic) by No-Feet McGee. Subscribe at link.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,360 by MUDD. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,020 by Philistine. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13815 by KrisKross. .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

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 3/12/23 by Reena Bromberg Gaber. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
M & M Crosswords: Belt It Out by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Face It, Tiger…You Just Hit the Jackpot! by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Pandora’s Blocks: Surrounded with Flavor (Meta) by Will Pfadenhauer. .puz, .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: Eye for an Eye by Jessie and Ross Trudeau. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Strait Talk by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 12, 2023 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Taking the L by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Premier Crosswordby Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Sporcle: Steven Spielberg by BorezU. Online.

The Atlantic: by Caleb Madison. .pdf, online.
Barrons: Financial Follies #1 by Mark McClain. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Tracy Bennett. 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 Will Nediger. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: Excuses, Excuses! by Robin Stears. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: March 12, 2023 – Coming-Out Party by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: Themeless 13 by Trent H. Evans. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) A+ by Craig Kasper. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) This and That by David Tuffs. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: Of COURSE: But of What Course? by Mark McClain. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online.
Universal: Mind in the Gutter by Jared Goudsmit. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood by Caryn Robbins and Jeff Chen. .puz.
USA Today: In Question by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Director’s Cut by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

Pixlate’s Puzzles: Breaking Bad by Pixlate. .pdf, online.
Tales From The Cryptic: Cryptic Mini #000000015:
“20 cents” (9×9 )
 by Bob Weisz. .pdf, online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 3,986 .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 Filbert. .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

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
The Chicago Maroon: Little Girl Blue by Pravan Chakravarthy. .pdf, online.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 3/9/23 by Molly Durawa. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crosstown Traffic: intro + puzzle 001 by town mcgurl. Online.
The Daily Princetonian: Green Machine (Mini) by Anna Solzhenitsyn. Online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Venn Mini 5 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
Jonesin’: “Them Apples”–if I had four apples and you took one… by Matt Jones. .puz, .pdf, online.
Josh Solves: Puzzle #17: Goblin Goblin Goblin Goblin Goblin by JoshSolves. .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: On My Mind by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: You Win Some, You Lose Some by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) That Changes Everything by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 9, 2023 by Quiara Vasquez. .pdf, online.
Fireball: ($) Cryptogram Names by Peter Gordon. Subscribe at link.
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Same by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Planet Crossword: Flock to the Right by Trent Evans. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Top 40 Thursday by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Fred Piscop. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Her Life Is an Open Book, Thur, Mar 9, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Neville Fogarty. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Thursday, March 09, 2023 by Amanda Rafkin. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Themeless by Nancy Kavanaugh. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Simeon Seigel. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Thursday, March 9, 2023 by Caitlin Reid. .pdf, online.
Newsday: ”Big” Idea by Fred Piscop. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Russell Henwood. Online.
Universal: I Call Shotgun! by Zachary David Levy. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Starting Big by Rafael Musa. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Runway Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Block Letters by Jake Halperin. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

1Across: The Family Woman by Women of 1ACross. .pdf, online.
A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 527: Foxgeryptics 17 by Grant Fikes .pdf
Darren’s Puzzles: Cryptic 2023-03 by Darren Miller. .pdf, online.
No-Feet McGee: Letterbox: Spiral #13 by No-Feet McGee. .pdf, online.
Tales From The Cryptic: Cryptic Mini #000000014: “Spirit of Victory” (5×5 ) by Bob Weisz. .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,353 by Slormgorm. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,013 by Picaroon. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13808 by Arden. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Tees. .pdf, online.
The Spectator: ($) 2595 by Doc. Subscribe at link.

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

Sunday, January 22, 2023

Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Pandora’s Blocks: Roll the Dice (Meta) by Will Pfadenhauer. .puz, .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: Pilot Programs by Dr. Jessie & Mr. Ross Trudeau. .puz, .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Weekly 15×15 by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: January 22, 2023 by Ada Nicolle. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Sounds Fishy by Joon Pahk. Patreon subscription.
Premier Crosswordby Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Sporcle: Chain Reaction by anonymous987. Online.

The Atlantic: by Kelsey Dixon and Matthew Stock. .pdf, online.
Barrons: Hot Commodities by Jeff Chen. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Todd McClary. 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: Happy Birthday, Chef, Sun, Jan 22, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Patti Varol. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: Play It Again by Alan Massengill & Doug Peterson. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: January 22, 2023 – Business Made Simple by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: Themeless 6 by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) APB by Joy M. Andrews. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) With Ease by Garrett Chalfin. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: WATER LOG: For Which You’ll Stay Dry by Gary M. Larson. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online.
Universal: Themeless Sunday 24 by Trent H. Evans. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Change the Game by Seth Bisen-Hersh. .puz.
USA Today: Year of the Rabbit by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Captain Obvious Goes to the Art Museum by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

1Across: No Brainer by Ambrosia. .pdf, online.
The Browser: ($) Cryptic by Larry Kline. Subscribe at link.
Tales from the Cryptic: Cryptic Mini #000000001 by Bob Weisz. Online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 3,979 .pdf, online.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Hoskins. .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) Puns and Anagrams by Mark Diehl. .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) A Little Variety by Frank Longo and Patrick Berry and Prasanna Seshadri. .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

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Fordham Observer: Sunday, December 18 (Mini) by Irene Hao. .pdf, online.
Good Clues For People Who Love Bad Clues: BIRTHDAY SPIRAL by Frisco17. .puz, .pdf, online.
knxwords: themeless #9 by Kunal Nabar. .puz, .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: More Than Peanuts by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: Did I Stutter? by Jessie & Ross Trudeau. .puz, .pdf, online.
Xylo’s Puzzles: Sept-urday #8 by Xylo. .puz, .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: December 18, 2022 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Candy Corn by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Premier Crosswordby Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Sporcle: Peoples of Middle-Earth by jelroy. Online.

The Atlantic: by Jess Goldstein. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by David Steinberg. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Back in Session, Sun, Dec 18, 2022 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Robin Stears. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: It’s a Mouse! by Brad Wiegmann. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: December 18, 2022 – Something in the Air by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: Themeless 1 by Zhouquin Burnikel. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) College of Musical Knowledge by Raymond Hamel. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) Some Theme’s Missing by Ryan McCarty. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Tracy Bennett. Online, app.
Newsday: The PROTECTORS: People and Things by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: Themeless Sunday 20 by Jared Goudsmit. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Paper Chain by Chris Moss. .puz.
USA Today: Crosscut by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Themeless No. 21 by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

Mental Judo: A Cryptic Blog (11): Cryptic of the Year #2 by joeadultman Online.
Mental Playground: December 18 by MP. .pdf, online.
Some Variety: Advent 2022: #13 by Elgel online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 3,975 .pdf, online.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Shabbo. .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) A Little Variety by Frank Longo and Patrick Berry and Prasanna Seshadri. .pdf, online.
The New Yorker Cryptic: Cryptic by Lily Geller and 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

Thursday, 17 November 2022

Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Dilemmas: nov 16 2022 by Emma Lawson. .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Thursday, November 17 (Mini) by Aurelien Clavaud. .pdf, online.
Haymarket’s Squares: You’re Watching The Family Learning Channel by ariel haymarket. .puz, .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Mostly Musical Mini 30 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
Jonesin’: “If I Only Had a Grain”–enough for a meal. by Matt Jones. .puz, .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: Smart Aleck Footwear by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: FIFA Match Fixing 2022, Part 1 by Ross Trudeau. .puz, .pdf, online.
Taylor Made Crosswords: Lemonade Disco 003: rising signs (Puzzle Suite) by Matt Forest, Quiara Vasquez, Jimmy Peniston, Glenn Cook, and Chandi Deitmer. .pdf, online.
Xylo’s Puzzles: Wee-nsday #8 by Xylo. .pdf, .puz, online.

ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) Half-baked Baking by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: November 17, 2022 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
luckystreak+: ($) bollocks! (themeless) by Ada Nicolle. Patreon Subscription.
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Midpoint by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Planet Crossword: Legal Themeless by Patrick Blindauer. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Zhouqin Burnikel. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Nominees, Please, Thur, Nov 17, 2022 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Michael Schlossberg. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Sun: ($) Note-able by Jerry E. Rosman. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Hoang-Kim Vu and Jessica Zetzman. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Christina Iverson. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Thursday, November 17, 2022 by Caitlin Reid. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Hesitations by Mark McClain. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: What About It?! by Amie Walker. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: On & on & On by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Hole in One by Rich Proulx. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

AVCX Cryptic: ($) City Blocks by Neville Fogarty. Subscribe at link.
A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 507: Codewords 20 by Grant Fikes .pdf
Browser Sevens: Mini Cryptic by Rachel Fabi. Online.
Mental Judo: A Cryptic Blog (11): Where in the World #4 by joeadultman Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,254 by Buccaneer. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,917 by Picaroon. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Methuselah. .pdf, online.
The Spectator: ($) 2582: Chief Whip by La Jerezana. Subscribe at link.

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!

Sunday, November 6, 2022

Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Dilemmas: nov 5 2022 by Emma Lawson. .pdf, online.
Crossworthy: The Best of Both Worlds by May Huang & Kevin Trickey. .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: Booty Commander by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: Global Network by Ross Trudeau. .puz, .pdf, online.
Xylo’s Puzzles: Sept-urday #2 by Xylo. Online.
World of Crosswords: themeless 125 by Marya and Carla. Online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: November 6, 2022 by Erica Hsiung Wojcik. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Themeless Challenger by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Morning Brew: Level Up by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Morning Brew: Sunday Mini: Football by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Premier Crosswordby Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Sporcle: Band Together by Purple Parrot. Online.
Spyscape: Working Undercover by Bryant White. .pdf, online.

The Atlantic: by Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Caitlin Reid. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: He’s So Unusual, Sun, Nov 6, 2022 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Christina Iverson. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: Scale It Back by Scott Hogan & Katie Hale. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: Andy Rooney Answers the Musical Question by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Butterfingers by Randall J. Hartman. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) Length-Ening by Michael Lieberman. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Wyna Liu. Online, app.
Newsday: STAR SPELL-OUT: Use Each Letter as Often as Needed by Stan Newman. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: Themeless Sunday 15 by Scott Earl. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: Eight-Pack Abs by Doug Burnikel and Zhouqin Burnikel. .puz.
USA Today: Food Capitals by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Peak Experience by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

1Across: Time A Dozen by Mythical. .pdf, online.
The Browser: ($) Cryptic by Katie Hamill. Subscribe at link.
Puzzlesnacks: Cascades by Eric Berlin. .pdf.

Everyman Cryptic: No 3,969 .pdf, online.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Hoskins. .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) A Little Variety by Frank Longo, Patrick Berry, and Prasanna Seshadri. .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

Crossworld News and Notes, October 2022

This is the first News & Notes since we left Substack entirely. We’ve made every effort to preserve the lists of folks who opted out of the daily emails while still receiving News & Notes, and vice versa, and appreciate your patience if you receive this in error – an unsubscribe link is at the bottom and will not affect the daily links distribution.


The Boswords Fall Themeless League is on! The puzzles and Twitch streams from September 26 and October 3 are available now. Late registrations are accepted; sign up here.

Cruciverbology is a new blog by constructor Elise Corbin. Elise has published with The Inkubator and Fireball Crosswords and made the only puzzle for FiveThirtyEight to date following a memorable indie debut just over two years ago — seriously, solve “Election Tampering” ASAP if it’s new to you. She calls her blog “Crosswords with a nerdy twist,” and the three puzzles available so far fit that description perfectly. We look forward to what more she will bring to the indie space.

Emma Oxford and Will Pfadenhauer of Pandora’s Blocks weekly meta crossword have started a podcast, “Outside the Blocks: A Puzzle Podcast.” In the first episode, released September 18, they review and explain a handful of meta puzzles from a variety of sources. They promise interviews with meta constructors in the future.

We’ve been listing weekly puzzles from Morning Brew for a bit now, but only recently caught up to their expanded offerings. Mary Tobler now oversees four puzzles a week: a Tuesday mini, a “more experimental” Thursday midi, the (typically) 15x you’ve seen us link for a bit, and a current events-minded Sunday 10x. Having passed 4 million subscribers earlier this year, Morning Brew creates puzzles for a wide range of solvers, and this new lineup is their latest initiative to encourage readers and puzzle fans, from daily devotees to first-timers, to engage with crosswords through innovative, fun formats. Mary talks more about her work in puzzles in the Morning Brew piece, “How puzzle master Mary Tobler makes a living playing games.”

A new puzzle is available at Planet Crossword, edited by Stella Zawistowski and Brooke Husic. A robust “About Us” section can be found here, but a particular highlight of this new outlet is that it uses software designed specifically for collaborative solving–on Zoom calls, on streams, or otherwise–filling the grid from correct answers typed into a chat. New puzzles are published each weekday at noon.

Writing for the Washington Post, Evan Birnholz published an interview with Jim Quinlan, crossword constructor and commenter, who recently retired from reviewing Evan’s puzzles at Diary of a Crossword Fiend after five years.

For cryptic fans, we learned recently of the Global Indian Crossword league 2022, an online worldwide cryptic crossword tournament, thanks to a news blurb about Erik Agard and Neville Fogarty’s places on the leaderboard. An in-person finale is scheduled for December 25 in Bangalore. Anyone is welcome to join and late registrations are accepted. Sign up here.

The New York Times Gameplay team has a new series called “Mini to Maestro,” in which they promise “Everyone can solve the New York Times Crossword.” Using progressively more difficult puzzles as examples and explaining solving strategies to use for each day of the week, they help teach solvers how to improve their skills. Each piece lists un-paywalled NYT crosswords chosen by members of the Gameplay team to practice the techniques explained.


Congratulations to Kate Chin Park, who has joined The New Yorker puzzles and games team as Assistant Editor. We’re big fans of her work at her own site, Crossword Club, and elsewhere, and excited to see what she brings to the TNY team.

Lil AVC X is seeking constructors and expert solvers who are interested in being first-time editors to join the team for 2023. Applications due October 21. Details here.

Since the last News & Notes, Helen Chen (9/22), David Karp (9/30), Sarah Sinclair (10/2), Jason Reich (10/5), and Ailee Yoshida made their NYT debuts; and Li Ding (9/19), Kavin Pawittranon (9/26), and Nijah Morris (9/26) made their USAT debuts! Congrats to everyone! Sarah has designed knitting patterns based on Wordle, the Spelling Bee, and the NYT Crossword. Helen’s puzzle is the second and Ailee’s the third to be published from the NYT Diverse Crossword Constructor Fellowship inaugural class, and Ailee is the youngest woman to have a crossword published in the New York Times.

Creating Crossword Puzzles” is a course taught by Brooke Husic and Natan Last in cooperation with Atlas Obscura. The second offering of the course begins October 11 (tonight!) 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.

In “How I Crossed Crosswords,” David Ding details his journey in writing a crossword puzzle, culminating with the publication of the September 27 Universal puzzle with Ross Trudeau. Aspiring constructors might appreciate the behind-the-scenes perspective of developing a puzzle with editors and working through the process with an experienced mentor.

Amuse Labs hosts a free monthly webinar for constructors. This month, they will discuss PuzzleMe features for creating and solving puzzles with a live Q&A session with developers. The webinar is scheduled for October 20 at 11am ET. Sign up here.


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