Monday, 3 August 2020
There have been a half-dozen-ish articles in the last few months about diversity in crosswords. A new one at Time today leads with Erik Agard and the USA Today puzzle, but is a particularly good global summary, too.
Adam Nicolle’s charity puzzle pack is now available. Five themelesses, one of which is a 21x, all yours for a donation to a Black Lives Matter/COVID-19-related organization of your choice. More info at the link!
Happy Little Puzzles: Little-ish Puzzle by Layla Beckhardt & Matthew Stock. .pdf, .puz, online.
arctan(x)words: Chekhov’s Gin (Freestyle) by Chris Adams. .puz, .pdf, online.
The New Yorker: The Crossword by Kameron Austin Collins. .pdf, online.
Brain Candy: Monday Midi by Amanda Rafkin. .puz, .pdf, online.
BEQ: Themeless Monday by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .pdf, .puz, online.
New York Magazine: The Elementary Of Surprise by Matt Gaffney. .pdf, online.
Daily Beast: Gimme Five by Matt Gaffney. Online, .pdf.
luckystreak xwords: Crossword Blogger Creates OK Crossword Puzzle (Themeless) by Adam Nicolle. .puz, .pdf, online.
Monday Fills: Powerless by Dave Murchie. .pdf, .puz, online.
Xword Muggles Meta: Of Thee I Sing by Al Sisti. .puz, .pdf.
A to Z Crosswords: ($) #86 by Frank Longo and Peter Gordon. Subscribe and receive past puzzles at link.
Crossword Blogs, Podcasts, Video Streams
USA Today: Opening Bars by Matthew Stock. Online, app, pdf.
Universal: Heard it Before? by Stu Ockman. Online, pdf. .puz
Los Angeles Times: by Gail Grabowski and Bruce Venzke. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
New York Times: ($) by Eric Bornstein. Online, .pdf, .puz, app.
The Wall Street Journal: Take the Side Streets by Gabrielle Friedman. Online, .pdf, .puz
Newsday: Beginning Of August by Gail Grabowski. Link direct to .pdf. Online.
BEQ Marching Bands: ($) #8 by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscription info at link
Crosswords with Friends: by Tracy Bennett. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Mark McClain. App Store | Google Play
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The Atlantic Mini: by Caleb Madison. Solve online or print at link.
The New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, app.
Crosshare: Online.
My Puzzle Sources Google Sheet is here. Please tweet me at @gritzmac if I’m missing any puzzles so I can include them and solve them myself.
Links below are static and direct to a home page or otherwise.
Other American-style crosswords:
Hard Crossword | Easy Crossword | Boatload Puzzles/AARP | Dictionaries6 Crosswords | YourPuzzleSource | r/crossword | Vox | Inkwell archives + others at Squares.io Index | Several daily puzzles at GameLab | FreeDailyCrosswords | Case Vide (en français) | Cruciverbalista (en español)
Other Cryptic crosswords:
The Independent | The Guardian | Financial Times | More links at Fifteensquared.net | r/crosswords