Thursday, 2 July 2020
Posting early today to share the big news: Grids For Good, a charity puzzle pack benefiting COVID-19 relief and racial justice organizations, went public last night. Organized by Evan Birnholz, the pack contains 42 original puzzles from all-star constructors and is yours for a donation of $10 or more — you know the drill by now; more information at the link.
While I have no constructing chops, I had small roles here and there in this project and am thrilled to see it out in the world. The organization I work for, The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, is included among the suggested organizations, and I’ll editorialize a moment to link a video that shares a little more about our work.
I’ve updated the Puzzle Sources spreadsheet with new sites (that have already been included in these posts) from the last few months. It could use some polish again, but the links are once again all I know about.
The Yes! Magazine and Ella Dershowitz links are a few weeks and few days old, respectively. Yes! posts quarterly, and Ella is aiming for weekly on Fridays.
Aries Puzzles: Freestyle by Andrew J. Ries. .puz, .pdf
Ella Dershowitz: Good Luck With That… by Ella Dershowitz. .puz, .pdf, online
Yes! Magazine: Social Distancing by Patrick Blindauer. .pdf, online.
Brain Candy: Theatre Thursday by Amanda Rafkin. .puz, .pdf, online
Daily Beast: What’s Our Name? by Matt Gaffney. Online, .pdf.
BEQ: Dog Catchers by Brendan Emmett Quigley. .puz, .pdf, online.
PGWCC: Tree Rings by Peter Washington. .puz, .pdf
Bewilderingly: ($) Free Space by Will Nediger. Subscription information at link.
Out of Left Field: ($) Cryptic #14 by Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto. Patreon subscription.
A to Z Crosswords: ($) #54 by Frank Longo and Peter Gordon. Subscribe and receive past puzzles at link.
USA Today: In A Bit by Evan Kalish. Online; can print
Universal: It All Adds Up by Jeff Eddings. Online; can print. .puz
Los Angeles Times: by Paul Coulter. Online; can print. Free Cruciverb account for .puz.
New York Times: ($) by Yacob Yonas & Chad Horner. Online, .pdf, .puz, phone app.
The Wall Street Journal: Novel Women by Rob & Mary Lou Guizzo. .puz
Newsday: Double-Booked by Pam Klawitter. Link direct to .pdf. Online.
Crosswords with Friends: by Patrick Berry. Phone app. App Store | Google Play
Daily POP Crosswords: by Andrew J. Ries. Phone app. 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, phone app.
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.