Sunday, 2 August 2020
Ada Nicolle (luckystreak xwords) is publishing an all-themeless charity pack tomorrow. There’s at least one 21x, and one puzzle will be available for free, but why settle for one?
New link in the first section today: Will’s Weekly Meta Crossword is a free email-delivered meta aiming to be accessible to newer solvers, with lots of explanation. Subscribe by emailing willsweeklymeta {at} gmail {dot} com.
I threw together a web-only post last night, trying to accumulate crossword blogs, podcasts, and video streams. I’m sure I’m missing a few, but I’ll try to keep it a living reference.
Two non-English sites for you, if you’re interested. TBD how much I try to stay on top of new puzzles from each: Case Vide (en français) | Cruciverbalista (en español)
Grids These Days: Pasco Pinwheel (Themeless 16) by Paolo Pasco. .puz, .pdf, online.
Brain Candy: Cutting Edge by David Harris & Amanda Rafkin. .puz, .pdf, online.
Will’s Weekly Meta: Multiple Choice by Will. Subscribe by emailing willsweeklymeta {at} gmail {dot} com.
luckystreak xwords: Don’t Freak Out!! (Themeless) by Ada Nicolle. .puz, .pdf, online.
Rossword Puzzles: Scale Down by Ross Trudeau. .puz, .pdf, online.
The Atlantic: by Josh Goodman. .pdf, online
Daily Beast: Artists Of The Month by Matt Gaffney. Online, .pdf.
Southern Crosswords: Gone Viral. .pdf, .puz, online.
The Hub Crossword: ($) Twenty-Ones by Brendan Emmett Quigley. Subscribe at link.
Premier Crossword: by Frank Longo. Online, .pdf
A to Z Crosswords: ($) #85 by Frank Longo and Peter Gordon. Subscribe and receive past puzzles at link.
Washington Post: Alphabet Soup by Evan Birnholz. Online, .pdf. .puz
Universal Sunday: Metalheads by Zhouqin Burnikel. .puz
USA Today: Frozen Four by Zhouqin Burnikel. Online, phone app, pdf.
Universal: Kitchen Capers by Paul Coulter. Online, pdf, .puz
Los Angeles Times: Double Features by Dan Schoenholz. Online, pdf. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
New York Times: ($) Puzzlin’ by David Levinson Wilk. Online, .pdf, .puz, phone app.
Newsday: Direction Finder by Alex Rosen. Link direct to .pdf. Online.
Merl Reagle Archives: If Your Diet Starts Today … by Merl Reagle. Online, .pdf.
Et Tu, Etui?: Something Different. .pdf, online.
The New Yorker: Cryptic archive puzzle by Todd Rew. Online, .pdf
New York Times Variety: ($) Acrostic by Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon. Online, pdf
Crosswords with Friends: by Stanley Newman. Phone app. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Robin Stears. Phone app. App Store | Google Play
LA Times Mini: by Elizabeth Gorski. Online.
The New York Times Mini: by Joel Fagliano. Online, phone app.
Crosshare: Online.
Hard Crossword: archival puzzle from Stan Newman
Easy Crossword: archival puzzle from Stan Newman
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
Other Cryptic crosswords:
The Independent | The Guardian | Financial Times | More links at Fifteensquared.net | r/crosswords