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- for more sites, see Daily Crossword Links
- discover even more sites on your own by searching for 'crossword'
-- plus a topic or theme, e.g., beer; Shakespeare: NYT; MyCrosswordMaker - sites may provide puzzles but more likely answers and clues;
quality & format may varty, e.g., lots of amateur, vocabulary-style puzzles. - be more private when you search, e.g.,
DuckDuckGo.com -- protects your privacy (vs. Google or Bing);
Startpage.com -- uses Google, but more privately. - be safer when visiting any site,
i.e., avoid Flash, Java, malware, strange popups (OLLI course: Be Safer on the Internet) - Aaronson, Adam
- AARP: daily crossword
- Abadi, Mark Insider
- Abarr, Quinn Q & A
- about.com (old) Acrostics, Cryptic, Diagramless,Easy, Foreign Language, Kids, NYT (Easy: Mo,Tu,We), Newspaper, Standard
- ABC Pasatiempos: Crucigramas
- Across Lite: Gallery (old) Avalon Room; Frank's Parlor; Beginner's Corner; Cryptics: Caspian Room, Squizz's corner
- Across to Bear Brown students
- Adams, Christopher arctan(x)words
- AFPL Journal Avalon (NJ) Free Public Library
- Agard, Erik: Glutton For Pun, Anoa Place (where we can go)
- Allen, Richard D. Lexicon Devil
- Alvsmith cryptics: .puz, .pdf; aka Hasslethymi; also mycrossword.co.uk
- American Printing House for the Blind Solving the Great American Puzzle: A Review of the Crossword Web-based Game from APH 5/2020
- Amherst Student
- AngloCelt.ie cryptics
- Anguiano, Enrique Henestroza Datalexic
- Anker, Andrew Quid Pro
- How to play daily crosswords with Apple News+
subscription on iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma includes a
daily full-sized and mini crossword (select 'Puzzles'); MW; 9/14/2023;
Ross Trudeau, Puzzles Editor; Puzzles are edited by Erik Agard, Kelsey Dixon, and Anna Gundlach
and constructed by some of our favorite puzzlemakers in the business. - Arcane, Hoyt
- The Atlantic mini puzzle grows in size and complexity each weekday; web-only; new feature for playing with friends; scraper-friendly;
Caleb's Inferno: starts easy at the top, but gets tougher and tougher as you solve downwards - Announcing Atlas Obscura Puzzles! crosswords every other Monday; 5/2/2022;
In 2022, We Wanted to Tease That Brain of Yours
some of our favorite crosswords, logic puzzles, and language challenges
from the first year of AO Puzzles, with more to come; Atlas Obscura; 1/2/2023 - Audibert, Josh Odd Bear Puzzles
- Autostraddle queer crosswords and puzzles
- Avalanche Style Wrestling Crosswords
- Barron's
- beepsalt BeepWords
- Berlin, Eric: main, Common Cause: Puzzles for Democracy, PuzzleSnacks
- Berry, Patrick A-Frame Games
- BestCrosswords.com
- Beyond Wordplay
- Birnholz, Evan Devil Cross; also see Wash. Post
- Blake, Michael Garden Party; 'Rows Gardens'
- Blindauer, Patrick Patrick's Puzzles; Yes! magazine
- Boatload
- Boisvert, Alex: unpublished, previously published; Crossword Nexus
- Brennan, Terry Mad Dog Cryptics
- Broda, Peter Cross Nerd
- Broughton, Lyle Jack of All Squares
- Brown Daily Herald Across to Bear
- Bryant Park Tournament Bryant Park, NYC; samples: .pdf
- Bywaters, David Alfred: Crossword Cavalcade .puz, .pdf; Victorian novel themes
- Calhoun, Cory .puz, .pdf; 'The Comet'
- Callahan, Brian Olio Grids
- Cantor, Sara Anagrammies and others
- Carpenter, Max DonkeyPuzzleTree
- Carter completing the square
- Celise Buzzle Blog; cryptic
- Charlotte Ledger by Chris King
- Chicago Maroon
- Christian / Scatter Puzz and Games
- Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE): .puz (older): Johnston; discontinued in 2020? 2018-
- Cimmet, Brian Fill Me In
- Cliburn, Deanne Deanne Makes Crosswords
- CodeWords: bestforpuzzles, puzzlechoice; DKM
- Cong, Clev Crocswords
- Corbin, Elise Cruciverbology: crosswords with a nerdy twist
- Cowger, Molli Crosswords from Outer Space
- CoxRathvon.com 45 years of cryptics from WSJ and Atlantic
- Croce, Tim Club 72; I think... therefore I cross
- Crosshare construction tool and publishing site
- Crossology multiple contributors
- Crossweird
- crossword.info samples, user-submitted puzzles; hosted by Crossword Compiler
- Crossword Centre barred
- Crossword Club free
- Crossword Tournament From Your Couch 2020 online tournament puzzles
- crosswordmug.com Unemployed Philosophers Guild; clues & solutions; no mug? template (grid only)
- CrosswordsBackwards Solve “Across” clues from Right to Left and “Up” clues from Bottom to Top
- crosswordsite.com syndicator; a few free samples
- Crosswords for Cancer
- cross worms
- Crucinova independent subscription service
- Cruz, Ricky Cruzzles
- Curtis, Nathan: Tortoiseshell Studio, variety
- Daily Beast Crossword (Matt Gaffney) scraper-friendly
- Daily Princetonian
- Dave's No Frill Fills
- Davidoff, Jasper Pocket Squares
- Davidson, Jeff
- de Cuevas, John Puzzlecrypt
- Deanne
- The Deli Counter
- Dershowitz, Ella
- Dictionary.com
- Dolan, Kyle Beneath The Surface; cryptic
- Double Crostics: allstarpuzzles, doublecrostic, lyracrostic
- Down for a Cross play puzzles others have imported
- Drexel Univ. The Triangle
- Eisenberg, Will Half-baked puzzles
- Et Tu Etui
- Evans, Chris MentalPlayground's Cryptics
- Evans, Taylor Lemonade Disco
- Evans, Trent Grid Therapy
- Ezersky, Sam The Grid Kid
- Fabi, Rachel and Rimkus, Claire Just Gridding!
- Feyer, Dan dandoesnotblog; The Browser cryptics
- Fikes, Grant A Cleverly-Titled Logic Puzzle Blog
- Fitzgerald, Ryan also Ducktiles
- Flannagan, Dan Crossword Playground; various constructors
- Fogarty, Neville
- Fordham Observer mini
- Forest, Matt Matt's Word
- Fraas, Phil: Your Puzzle Source (YPS), Burlington Public Library
- Friedman, Lex
- FunTrivia many categories
- Gaffney, Matt: samples; Vulture; Vulture 10x10; xwordcontest (MGWCC); wikipedia; 2015 Java; .puz (older): Johnston
- GameLab: daily crossword Arkadium? requires ad-blocking off
- Games Magazine variety of puzzle, incl. cryptics
- gecxwords Ria Dhull and others
- generalisms
- giltcomplex crosstina aquafina
- Gizmo
- Go Away I'm Sleeping (GAIS) cryptics
- Gold, Bart
- Goldenberg, Lila Crafty Crosswords
- Goldman Sachs just dropped its annual Christmas crossword — see how many clues you can get; 12/25/2018
- Goldstein, Jess Cross Angel: MindFreak; .pdf, online
- Gordon, Peter Fireball; McKinsey
- Gorski, Liz: crosswordnation puzzles via Email; download samples; LAT mini
- Graczyk, Mikey Pun of a Kind
- Grant, Starchy starchwords
- Grids for Good raise money for organizations providing coronavirus relief, as well as for groups fighting against institutional racism
- The Growler Victor Barocas & Andrew Ries
- Gubin, Brian
- Gussalufz 1ACross.com; (Viresh Ratnakar); cryptics
- Halpin, Mark
- handa, malaika girlbosswords
- Harper's Magazine
- Harris, David GridProQuo
- Harris, Jeffrey: Squaresville Puzzles (via Facebook); Jeffrey's Jottings
- Harvard Independent
- Haymarket, Ariel: Haymarket Squares
- Heaney, Francis Logodaedaly
- Herrick, Brian Current Magazine; public media
- HowStuffWorks.com
- Huang, May & Trickey, Kevin Crossworthy; also construction site
- The Hub Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Brendan Emmett Quigley; formerly CRooked Crosswords
- Husic, Brooke Xwords by a Ladee
- I Dreamed a Theme Karl Ni and Amanda Chung
- Indie 500 Crossword Tournament samples: .puz, .pdf
- The Inkubator crosswords by women -- cis women, trans women, & woman-aligned constructors; some cryptics
- Isaacson, Adam Another Crossword
- Iurilli, Rich
- Jackson, Matt
- Joe is Puzzled Cup of Joe Crosswords
- Johnson, Roy
- Johnson, Steve crosswordsbysteve
- Johnston, Will (earlier)
- Jones, Robert Blather Review; formerly Tuning Spork?
- Judge, Ryan
- kaybart
- Keynes, Jack Keynesian Cryptics
- Kim, Luis
- King, Chris Sun; free; ChrisWords
- Kinnel, Laura Taylor Puzzup
- Klahn, Bob [CrossSynergy] 1998-2000
- Koppy, Brandon See 17 Across
- Kravis, Andy Cruciverbalist at Law
- Kuney, Allegra Legs Crossed
- Lansner, Jesse (JKL)
- Lawson, Emma Crossword Dilemmas
- Leach, Spencer Power Grids
- Leach, Stephen Crsswrds
- Legge, Christian puzz and games; scatter
- Leiserson, Kate Kate Schmate; Crosswords Schmosswords
- Levine, Adam KnottyGrids
- Liari's Cryptic Crosswords
- Linder, Jeff Jeff's Puzzles
- Longo, Frank; constructor for most NYT Learning Network: 'student', 'teacher'; wikipedia
- Loplop Cryptics
- Lovatts: cryptics , Spellbound (kids)
- Lupton, Drewrey
- Luter, Matthew Lutercross Crosswords
- Mackey, Bob & Dave The Puzzle Brothers
- Madhatter's Enigma on Wednesdays (MEOW)
- Magpie Machiavellian Authors Give Puzzlers Innocent Enjoyment
- Malaika 7 x 7
- Max Puzzles
- Maymudes, Sophia Provincetown Independent
- McAvoy-Bickford, Benjamin
- McCarty, Ryan McGrids
- McClain, Mark
- McClary, Todd (tmcay): Unthemely: Life as a Puzzle, Autofill Project, old
- McCormick, Maia
- McGuire, Nick Crosstalk; Good Griddance
- McKinsey & Co. business
- McSweeney’s Internet Tendency occasional
- Memorial Hall Library
- Merrell, Patrick
- Merriam-Webster Games e.g., Missing Letter
- Mind Food quick?
- Mirthwright
- Mokelfish cryptics and others; site list
- Morgan, Lloyd Generalisms
- Morin, Mark
- Mossberg, Steve Square Pursuit
- Muggle Meta Mondays
- Muller Monthly Music Meta
- Murchie, Dave Monday Fills
- Musa, Rafael crosswords by rafa
- MyCrossword cryptics contributed by misc. setters
- Nabar, Kunal knxwords
- National Puzzlers' League (NPL) The Enigma magazine, with some cryptics
- Nediger, Will Bewilderingly
- Newman, Stanley, ed.; 'Something Different' Puzzle Pack
26 .puz from Crossworder's OWN Newsletter and Tough Puzzles, 1985-1994 - New York Magazine Sunday Night; New York Magazine's Crossword Puzzle Makes Its Digital Debut 3/3/2019
- Nicolle, Adam luckystreak
- Nofeet McGee $
- NTB Norwegian: kryssord
- O'Leary, John Crosswords Were Always Cool
- Obsniuk, Zach Inexact Puzzles
- Olio Squares (some) aggregated indie puzzles
- Olson, Barb Classic Canadian
- Othy, Tim Shrink-Wrapped Puzzles
- Out of Left Field crptics; Joshua Kosman, Henri Picciotto
- Pache, Juliana blackcrossword.com: emphasis on terms and clues from across the Black diaspora;
A Puzzle Maker Aims to Unite Black Communities in 25 Squares NYT; 2/9/2023;
A Black Woman Built Community Through Black Culture Crossword Puzzles; BET; 1/27/2023 - Pahk, Joon Outside the Box
- Panda Magazine P&A Puzzle Magazine
- Pandora's Blocks Weekly Meta Crossword formerly Will's Weekly Meta
- Pasco, Paolo GridsTheseDays
- Payne, Trip Triple Play Puzzles
- Pazuru.ca French crosswords
- Penniston, Jimmy The LilyPad
- Piscop, Fred: (2004-2018): MacNamara's Band: #1, #2 .puz;
MIstupid; NYT Monthly Bonus ($); Split Decisions - Piuma, Chris Get Cross with Words; Word Garbler
- Pixlate's Puzzles cryptic
- Planet Crossword collaborative crosswords for groups
- Planet Varldin
- Private Eye cryptic
- Probably Apocryphal Crossword Radio
- Puzzle Society: regular, Modern
- The Puzzle Syndicate .pdf, .tiff for publications
- Puzzle Tome cryptic
- PuzzleMe: Puzzles Showcase
- PZZL.com free crosswords and other puzzles; .pdf
- Quanta’s Science and Math Crossword Puzzle
Celebrate a year’s worth of scientific and mathematical insights by solving this brain-teasing cryptic crossword; 12/21/2018 - Queer Qrosswords
- Rafkin, Amanda Brain Candy
- Raphel, Adrienne The Paris Review
- Reagle, Merl; CS, 4 weeks;
Wikipedia; Unfortunately, Merl died in 2015, so 'recent' puzzles are re-runs. - Reason Magazine
- Reddit r/Crossword
- Redhead64's Obscure Puzzle Blog
- Ries, Andrew: Aries Xword .jpz; samples via email; RowGarden themeless
- Ritterskamp, David <<Clever Name Here>>
- Rnld, Kvn
- The Rogue Valley Messenger .pdf; answers
- Rosby, Graham Meyer PhoenixWord
- Rosman, Jerry It's Cubular
- San Francisco Chronicle: [print] daily = LAT; NYT (2 week delay);
[online] SFGate.com Arkadium: Premier, Sheffer, Joseph - Schiff, John Doppler Crucifurball
- Schroll, Rob (RSB) .puz, .pdf
- Schultz, Wren
- Schwartz, Dan xwordswithbabka
- Shortbush, Alexa
- Sharpe, Norah Norah's Puzzles
- Sivakumar, Sid Sid's Grids; The Juggernaut
- Sloan, Rose A Crossword Rose; acommonrose
- Smith, Ryan Patrick Real Puzzling Stuff
- Smithsonian Magazine Weekly Crossword
- Solves, Josh
- Southern Crosswords cryptic and American
- Spanto, Luciano Cruciverbalista; mostly Spanish
- Spyscape
- Steph A Little Puzzling
- Stock, Matthew Happy Little Puzzles
- Stockton, Robert Beekeeper Crosswords; Java,.puz; =140; author of CrossFire construction software
- Sullivan, Brendan: Words Xing; Mini-Math
- Tausig, Ben: 'American Values Club' (Onion AV); samples; 20 Under 30; (older): Johnston: Inkwell, Onion; .pdf; 2014
- Thomas, Brian Puzzles That Need A Home
- Toce, Tom cryptics; Contingencies: American Academy of Actuaries
- Tolkin, Ben Nautilus
- Trudeau, Ross: RossWords; Lamplighter Brewing WordPlay: brown ale with single origin honey
- Undisclosed Enumeration site list; a portal for cryptic crossword connoisseurs
- Variety Cryptics links and lists
- Varol, Patti, Women of Letters
- Vasquez, Quiara QVXwordz
- Vishniac, Ephraim list (old); Crossword Puzzle Pointers
- virdó, hazel puz-zel
- Vong, Paul Dictionaries6
- Vox Crossword free; browser; 9/16/19 -
- Waluk, Martina M & M Crosswords
- Washington, Peter PGW Crossword Challenge
- Webb, Lena Aimlessly Themeless
- The Week scraper-friendly
- Weyer, Steve (this/my site)
- Williams, Dee Across the Universe
- Williams, Leonard cross-pollination
- World of Crosswords
- Xtra Magazine LGBTQ2S+ puzzles
- xword.dl xword-dl is a command-line tool to download .puz files for online crossword puzzles from supported outlets or arbitrary URLs
- XXXWordInfo
crossword puzzles here will embrace the idea that sexuality and profanity
are a much more relatable part of our everyday lives than 1950s baseball coaches - Yawny's Digest
- YOU 3 decades of success: how YOU puzzles have been a hit from day 1; 8/13/2021
- Zach Inexact Puzzles
- Zawistowski, Stella Tough as Nails
- Zinna Mon