Saturday, April 29, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Club 72: Anagram Crossword 12 by Tim Croce. .puz, .pdf.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 4/29/23 by Jolie L’Heureux. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Daily Princetonian: Bring the Beat In (Mini) by Gabriel Robare. Online.
Fordham Observer: Saturday, April 29 (Mini) by Kreena Vora. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: A+ Crossword Is Thinking About Banging by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: April 29, 2023 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Morning Brew: Confusion  by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Spyscape: Small Medium by Bart Gold. .pdf, online.

Crosswords with Friends: Smartypants Saturday by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Donna S. Levin. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Robyn Weintraub. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Katie Hale. App Store | Google Play, online.
Los Angeles Times: by John Guzzetta. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Moving Right Along … by Brooke Husic. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Tonight’s the Night by Allan E. Parrish. Reissues from 2004.
New York Times: ($) by David Steinberg. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: Saturday Stumper by Stan Newman. Online, .pdf, backup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic. Online.
Universal: Universal Freestyle 70 by Adrian Johnson. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Pass the Bread by Kaitlin Hsu & Brooke Husic. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: April Showers by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Darling Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: What’s the Scoop? by Olivia Mitra Framke. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

The Crossword Centre: Crossword Centre Prize Puzzle May 2023 by Derek Harrison.pdf
Crossword Nexus Blog: Puzzle #91: Conga Line (spiral) by Alex Boisvert. ipuz, .pdf, online.

Tortoiseshell Studio: ($) Hex Pathfinder by Nathan Curtis. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,401 by Slormgorm. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Polymath number 1228 by Bradman. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 637 by Aldhelm. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13852 by Avatar. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Phi. .pdf, online.
WSJ Variety: Rows Garden 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

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

BEQ: Themeless Monday #707 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Brian Gubin: Call It Off by Brian Gubin. .puz, .pdf.
⟪Clever Name Here⟫: You Cannot Have… by David B Ritterskamp. .jpz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
The Griddle: The Megacorporation Puzzle by Spencer Leach. .pdf, online.
LuterCross: Puzzle ’85 by Matthew Luter. .pdf, .puz, online.
Metas On A Tuesday: January 26th (Meta) by benchen71. .puz, .pdf, online.
Muggle Meta Mondays: Aye Aye, Captain! (Meta) by Capn Rick. .puz, .pdf.
Olio Grids: What am I (Eating)? by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: January 24, 2023 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Crossword Nation: ($) Opening Movements by Elizabeth C. Gorski. Subscribe at link.
Lil AVC X: ($) Making a Splash by Olivia Mitra Framke. Subscribe at link.
Morning Brew: Brew Mini: Console by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Planet Crossword: Success Themeless by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: TV Tuesday by Andy Kravis. 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: Shining Like a National Guitar, Tue, Jan 24, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Beth Rubin. 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: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 by Amanda Rafkin. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Addendum by Mel Taub. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Aaron M. Rosenberg and Jeff Chen. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 by Erik Agard. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Eggy by Billie Truitt. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by James Brydon. Online.
Universal: The Parent Trap by Samantha Podos Nowak. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Three MC’s and One DJ by Kelsey Dixon. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Juliana Tringali Golden. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Rocky Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Brief Resumes by Bill Thompson. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Aries Puzzles: ($) Rows Garden #10.4 by Andrew J. Ries. Subscribe at link.
Garden Party: ($) Rows Garden #6.4 by Michael Blake. Subscribe at link.
Keynesian Cryptics: Battered Fish by Jack H Keynes. .pdf, online.
Monday Fills Acrostics: Acrostic 190 by Dave Murchie. .pdf, online.
Outside The Box: ($) Cascades by Joe DiPietro. Subscribe at link.
Outside The Box: ($) Rows Garden #8.19 by joon pahk. Subscribe at link.
Pixlate’s Puzzles: Show’s Over by Pixlate. .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,313 by GURNEY. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,975 by Brummie. .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

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!

Friday, 16 September 2022

“Waaay better than a repository.” – Fill Me In

BEQ: C-List Celelbrities by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Half-Baked Puzzles: Sounds Like Music by Will Eisenberg. .puz, .pdf, online.
Haymarket’s Squares: Haymarket Mini #44 by ariel haymarket. .puz, .pdf, online.

A-to-Z Crosswords: ($) Puzzle #89 by Peter Gordon & Frank Longo. Subscribe at link.
AVCX+: ($) Fun with Flags (themeless) by Brian Thomas. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: September 16, 2022 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Crucinova: ($) Side Attractions by Julian Lim. Subscribe at link.
Inkubator: ($) Themeless #35 by Quiara Vasquez. Subscribe at link.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Robin Stears. 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: ($) Green Stuff by Ogden Porter. Reissues from 2002.
New York Times: ($) by Juliana Tringali Golden. Online, .pdf, .puz, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Friday, September 16, 2022 by Erik Agard. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Alphabetical Abodes by Mark McClain. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: Hollow Center by Olivia Mitra Framke. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: That’s a First by Hoang-Kim Vu. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Transatlanticism Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Chit Chat by Mike Shenk. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Examiner: ($?) Switching Parties by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Puzzles For Progress: #92: Tapa, Arrow Sudoku, Spiral by Jacob Cohen. 

Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 607 by Aldhelm. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,201 by Zamorca. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,864 by Philistine. .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

Thursday, 25 August 2022

“Waaay better than a repository.” – Fill Me In

Other American-style crosswords:

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords: