Friday, March 10, 2023

BEQ: But Is It Art? by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 3/10/23 by Ruby Zeidman. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crosstina Aquafina: themeless no. 22 by crosstina aquafina. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Sliced Bread by Joah Macosko. Online.
The Daily Princetonian: Green Machine (Mini) by Anna Solzhenitsyn. Online.
Haymarket’s Squares: Haymarket “Mini” #52 by ariel haymarket. .puz, .pdf, online.
lemonade disco: Keep Quiet! by Matt Forest. .pdf, online.
matcha-drop: Some Kind Of Future by Drewrey Lupton. .puz, .pdf, online.
Nautilus Puzzles: Themeless by Ben Tolkin. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Electric and Eclectic by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — March 10, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
AVCX+: ($) Applause! (themeless) by Shannon Rapp and Will Eisenberg. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: March 10, 2023 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
Inkubator: ($) Turtles All the Way Down by Sally Hoelscher. Subscribe at link.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sports Fan Friday by Andy Kravis. 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 POP Crosswords: by Robin Stears. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Enrique Henestroza Anguiano. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Friday, March 10, 2023 by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Snore! by Ogden Porter. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Claire Rimkus. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Friday, March 10, 2023 by Matthew Stock and Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Newsday: What’s New? by Stanley Newman. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Rob Jacques. Online.
Universal: Musical Parts by Jill Singer and Jeff Chen. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Storybook Endings by Ada Nicolle. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Tiger Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: There’s That Voice Again by Matt Gaffney. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Examiner: ($?) Republicans Pounce by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

Crossword Nexus Blog: Puzzle #84: Patchwork Quilt by Alex Boisvert .ipuz, .pdf, online.
No-Feet McGee: ($) Letterboxed (Spiral #13) by No-Feet McGee. Subscribe at link.
Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #154 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.
TLMB: Hop by The Void .pdf, online.

Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 630 by Aldhelm. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,354 by NEO. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,014 by Tramp. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: #13809 by Incognito. .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

Friday, February 24, 2023

BEQ: Three the Hard Way by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
The Columbia Spectator: Daily Mini: 2/24/23 by Ethan Xu. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Columbia Spectator: The Eye by Ethan Xu. .puz, .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Nexus Blog: Puzzle #82: The Big Store by Alex Boisvert .ipuz, .pdf, online.
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Mini by Sangitha Aiyer and Emily Chang. .pdf, online.
The Daily Princetonian: Circle of Life by Juliet Corless. Online.
Olio Grids: Aw, Here It Goes! by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — February 24, 2023 by Rachel Fabi. .pdf, online.
AVCX+: ($) Pets and Poker (themeless) by Carly Schuna. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: February 24, 2023 by Kelsey Dixon. .pdf, online.
No-Feet McGee: ($) Cereal Offenders by No-Feet McGee. Subscribe at link.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sports Fan Friday by Mike Nothnagel. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Sally Hoelscher & Wendy L. Brandes. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Friday, February 24, 2023 by Anna Gundlach. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Themeless by Nancy Kavanaugh. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Margaret Seikel and Sophia Maymudes. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Friday, February 24, 2023 by Emily Carroll. .pdf, online.
Newsday: Rap Party by David Karp. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Jason Crampton. Online.
Universal: Early Shift by Sam Koperwas and Jeff Chen. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: En Route by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Andrew J. Ries. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Brady Puzzle by Malaika Handa. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Protect Ur Brand by Matt Gaffney. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Examiner: ($?) Da Doo Ron Ron by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.
The Week: A.I. Crossword by Matt Gaffney. .pdf.

Liari’s Cryptic Crosswords: Flying Colours by Liari. .pdf, online.
Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #152 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Weekend Magazine Crossword Number 628 by Aldhelm. .pdf.
Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,341 by Zamorca. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 29,002 by Paul. .pdf, online.
The Hindu Cryptic: 13797 by Dr. X. .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

Monday, February 13, 2023

Bewilderingly: Themeless by Will Nediger. .puz, .pdf, online.
Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Themeless 47 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
Monday Fills: Light Fare by Dave Murchie. .puz, .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Grammar Lesson by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
YourPuzzleSource: Daily Puzzle (Midi) by Phil Fraas. .pdf, online.

Atlas Obscura: Be My AO Valentine by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .pdf, .puz, online.
Autostraddle: Autostraddle Mini — February 13, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: February 13, 2023 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) All I Want For Christmas Is You by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Lil AVC X: ($) Pass the Gas Station by Sally Hoelscher. Subscribe at link.
Planet Crossword: Success Themeless by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Movie Monday by Andrea Carla Michaels and Doug Peterson. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Todd McClary. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Caitlin Reid. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: For the Tenth Time… Mon. Feb 13, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Erik Agard. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Modern Crossword: Monday, February 13, 2023 by David Steinberg. Online, .pdf.
New York Magazine: I’m With the Band by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
New York Sun: ($) by Holden Baker. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Eric Rollfing. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Monday, February 13, 2023 by Brooke Husic. .pdf, online.
Newsday: See the Points by Doug Peterson. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by James Brydon. Online.
Universal: Double Texts by Drew Schmenner. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again by Brooke Husic. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: I’m Fine by Garrett Herzfeld. 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 7: Fill Me In by Grant Fikes .pdf
Redhead64: PUZZLE #426: Section Six 9 .pdf.
Steve’s Cryptic Crosswords: Puzzle 307 by Steve Townsend. Online.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,331 by Slormgorm. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,992 by Vulcan. .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

Crossworld News & Notes: February

Available this weekend, Grids for Kids is a pack of 25 puzzles to raise money for kids’ charities. Written and edited by an all-star team of constructors who are parents, it includes 17 standard crosswords with family-friendly themes, 2 cryptic puzzles, and 6 puzzles for younger solvers. Try out the free sample puzzle, “Growth Chart” by Matt Forest and Sally Hoelscher. Make a donation of at least $10 USD to receive the puzzles. More details at gridsforkids.com.


It’s getting to be tournament time again: not too late to register for the online Boswords Winter Wondersolve tomorrow, 5 February, from 1:30-4:00 Eastern. Registration and hotel availability remain open for the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford, CT, March 31-April 2.


As mentioned in our editorial last night addressing the New York Times’ decision to pull acrostics, cryptics, other variety puzzles, and their 20-plus year archives from online access, Alex Boisvert has started an acrostic subscription service on Patreon, promising two puzzles a month. A welcome post and a sample puzzle is available. Alex’s site, Crossword Nexus also offers a tool to help build acrostics and an online solver applet that can present most common puzzles directly in-browser.


Readers may or may not be familiar with T Campbell’s Ubercross projects: think massive grids with grid art. Whatever you’re thinking, you’re probably undershooting it. Over the course of this year, T is unveiling his latest project: Ubercross Abecedaria, a series of 26 Ubercross puzzles, one for each letter of the alphabet, that knit together into a single connected puzzle.

Due to their size, the Abecedaria tiles are .pdf only, but T is also releasing bite-sized puzzles for each letter. Alternating between the two, a new puzzle comes each Wednesday. We’re hoping to have more from T in his own words in a future edition of News & Notes.


Cryptic streamers Will Nediger, Al Saunders, and Hayley Gold’s next edition comes in two weeks, a “Post-Valentine’s Valentine episode full of LOVEly cryptics” on Friday, 17 February at 9:00 PM Eastern with setters Nathan Curtis, Saroota, and Joeadultman at twitch.tv/bewilderingly.


The New York Times announced the second cohort of the Diverse Crossword Constructor Fellowship. Congrats to Mary, Esha, Isabella, Alice, Manaal, and Gina!

Since the last News & Notes, Lindsay McBride (1/18), Robert S. Greenfield (1/20), Nancy Serrano-Wu (1/25), Quiara Vasquez (1/26), Rich Katz (1/29), and Elise Corbin (2/2) made their NYT debuts. Congratulations to everyone!


Quick hitting links: Another month, another post of puzzle recommendations from Will Nediger | 18 year old Garrett Chalfin has two New York Times puzzle bylines and this fun interview with Intelligencer | Juliana Pache’s new Black Crossword venture got some love in this interview | “The Arcane Pleasure of Cryptic Crosswords” | My Crossword Maker’s annual scholarship for undergraduate students is open now for submissions


We’ve built out our own site a bit recently: adding links to defunct and non-updating puzzles, a page pointing readers to blogs and places for general crossword discussion, and a calendar for events, podcasts, and Twitch streams (that is admittedly pretty thin). As always if there’s something you want to see on the the site or be included in our regular posts, we have a “Send Us Something” form here.

Saturday, 4 February 2023

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

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

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

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

Other American-style crosswords:

Reviews and Discussion at Diary of a Crossword Fiend | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Crosshare | CrosswordsBackwards | Cruciverbalista (en español) | Dictionaries6 | Easy Crossword | FreeDailyCrosswords | GameLab | Hard Crossword | r/crossword | Squares.io | YourPuzzleSource | XWord-Muggles Meta Calendar

Other Cryptic/Variety crosswords:

A Frame Games | cf.kmbweb.de Links Library | Harper’s ($) | Lovatts | Magpie ($) | Mokelfish Links Library | MyCrossword | NPL | Panda Magazine ($) | Private Eye | PuzzleCrypt archives | Puzzling StackExchange | r/crosswords | Split Decisions | Sydney Morning Herald ($) | The Telegraph | The Times (UK) ($), includes The Listener

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Black Crossword: Mini by Juliana Pache. .pdf, online.
Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Crossword Radio: That was a stupid idea by Probably Apocryphal. Online.
Cruciverbology: Looking forward to the next Dune movie? by Elise Corbin. .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Crossword: How You Like Them Apples? by Irene Hao. .pdf, online.
Fordham Observer: Sunday, January 29 (Mini) by Irene Hao. .pdf, online.
Grid Therapy: Free Association 77 by Trent H. Evans. .puz, .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: Skeleton Station by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.
Olio Grids: Stylish Simian by Brian Callahan. .pdf, online.
Pandora’s Blocks: Happy Birthday! (Meta) by Emma Oxford and Will Pfadenhauer. .puz, .pdf, online.
Real Puzzling Stuff: An Opinionated Puzzle by Ryan Patrick Smith. .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: Wax Dummy by 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 29, 2023 by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Grids for Kids: Growth Chart by Matt Forest and Sally Hoelscher. Online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Wean Selections by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Patreon subscription.
Premier Crosswordby Frank Longo. .pdf, online.
Sporcle: There’s a Band in There! by bhenderson79. Online.

The Atlantic: by Scott Hogan and Christina Iverson. .pdf, online.
Barrons: Money Talks by Jeff Chen. .pdf, online.
Crosswords with Friends: Sunday Funday by Trip Payne. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Midi Puzzle by Jeff Chen. App Store | Google Play
Crosswords with Friends: Mini Puzzle by Stan Newman. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: Cater to Your Audience, Sun, Jan 29, 2023 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Janice Luttrell. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: Opposite Day by Brian Thomas and Brooke Husic. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
Los Angeles Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: January 29, 2023 – In a Perfect World by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
The Modern Crossword: Themeless 7 by Nate Cardin. Online, .pdf.
New York Sun: ($) Formal Females by Diane Epperson. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) The Final Frontier by Rich Katz. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Newsday: KEEP IT SHORT: Vowel-Wise by Mark McClain. Online, .pdfbackup online.
The Telegraph: Cross Atlantic by Steve Bartlett. Online.
Universal: Themeless Sunday 25 by Rafael Musa. Online, pdf. .puz.
Universal Sunday: The Little Things by Stella Zawistowski. .puz.
USA Today: Break Even by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, .pdf, app.
Washington Post: Freezer Packs by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz.

Beneath The Surface: Beneath The Surface Cryptic #15 by Kyle Dolan. Online, .pdf, .puz.
The Browser: ($) Cryptic #108 by Steve Mossberg. Subscribe at link.
Tales From The Cryptic: Naked Swimmer – 7×7 🌓 by Bob Weisz. .pdf, online.

Everyman Cryptic: Everyman crossword No 3,98 .pdf, online.
Financial Times: FT News Puzzle: January by Julius. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Skinny. .pdf, online.
New York Times Variety: ($) A Little Variety by Frank Longo, Patrick Berry, Prasanna Seshadri. .pdf, online.
The New Yorker Cryptic: Cryptic by Patrick Berry. .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!

Thursday, 13 October 2022

Crosshare Community: Daily Mini and Featured Puzzles.
Fordham Observer: Thursday, October 13 (Mini) by Kreena Vora. .pdf, online.
Jeff’s Puzzles: Mostly Musical Mini 26 by Jeff Linder. .puz, .pdf
Jonesin’: “Round and Round”–this counts double. by Matt Jones. .puz, .pdf, online.
M & M Crosswords: 100 Dinara by Martina Waluk. .pdf, online.

ClassiCanadian Crosswords: ($) Bank Deposits by Barb Olson. Subscribe at link.
Crossword Club: Daily Crossword: October 13, 2022 by Kate Chin Park. .pdf, online.
Morning Brew: Ancient (Mini) by Mary Tobler .pdf, online.
Planet Crossword: Travel Themeless by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Online.

The Atlantic Mini: by Caleb Madison and Paolo Pasco. .pdf, online.
The Crosswords Club: ($) Ooh! Ooh! by Stella Zawistowski. Subscribe at link.
Crosswords with Friends: by Tracy Bennett. App Store | Google Play
Daily Beast: A Mysterious Life, Thur, Oct 13, 2022 by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily POP Crosswords: by Pam Amick Klawitter. App Store | Google Playonline.
Los Angeles Times: by Amanda Rafkin. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
New York Sun: ($) On a Bender by Kent Lorentzen. Reissues from 2003.
New York Times: ($) by Lewis Rothlein. Online, .pdf, app.
New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
The New Yorker: The Crossword: Thursday, October 13, 2022 by Robyn Weintraub. .pdf, online.
Newsday: My Point Being by Winston Emmons. Online, .pdfbackup online.
Universal: Malpractice by Sally Hoelscher. Online, pdf. .puz.
USA Today: Move Down a Row by Erik Agard. Online, .pdf, app.
Vox: by Will Nediger. .pdf, online.
Vulture 10×10: The Orchestra Puzzle by Stella Zawistowski. .pdf, online.
The Wall Street Journal: Can I Get In on That? by Peter A. Collins. Online, .pdf. .puz.
Washington Post Daily Mini Meta: by Andrew White & Pete Muller. Online, .pdf.

AVCX Cryptic: ($) AVCX Cryptic 10/13/2022 by Jeff Slutzky. Subscribe at link.
A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog: Wordy Wednesday 501: Touchword 26 by Grant Fikes .pdf
Browser Sevens: Mini Cryptic by Paolo Pasco. Online.
Cryptic Crosswords by Māyā: 17. Light entertainment by Māyā.pdf, online.
No-Feet McGee: What’s Missing? (Spiral) by No-Feet McGee. .pdf, online.
Out Of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #133 by Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.

Financial Times: FT Crossword: Number 17,224 by Chalmie. .pdf.
The Globe and Mail: The Daily Cryptic Crossword. .pdf, online.
The Guardian: Cryptic crossword No 28,887 by Philistine. .pdf, online.
The Independent: Cryptic Crossword by Bluth. .pdf, online.
New Scientist: ($) Cryptic Crossword #94 by Rasa. Subscribe at link.
The Spectator: ($) 2577: Light and Dark 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