Puzzle Pointers 2024

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Daily

Crosswordfiend -- Amy Reynaldo
[links] [home]

New York Times -- Will Shortz, editor -- subscription required
[puzzle page] [wordplay column]

Los Angeles Times -- Patti Varol, editor
[puzzle page]

Andrews McMeel Universal Daily Crossword -- David Steinberg, ed.
[2024] [2023] [2022] [2021] [2020] [2019]

Mondays

BEQ Themeless Puzzles -- Brendan Emmett Quigley
[puzzle page]

Wednesdays

AV Club Crosswords -- Ben Tausig, ed.
[puzzle page] -- subscription required

Thursdays

Jonesin' Puzzles -- Matt Jones
[2024] [2023] [2022] [2021] [2020] [2019]
[2018] [2017] [2016] [2015] [2014] [puzzle page]

BEQ Themed Puzzles -- Brendan Emmett Quigley
[puzzle page]

Crucinova Puzzles -- Lisa Bunker, ed.
[puzzle page] -- subscription required

Fridays

Chronicle of Higher Education Puzzles -- Brad Wilber, ed.
[2020 puz] [2020 pdf] [2019 puz] [2019 pdf]

Weekly Crossword Contest Puzzles -- Matt Gaffney
[blog]

Saturdays

Wall Street Journal Puzzles -- Mike Shenk, ed.
[2024] [2023] [2022] [2021] [2020] [2019]
[2018] [2017] [2016] [2015] [2014] [puzzle page]

Sundays

Hub Crosswords Puzzles -- Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon / Brendan Emmett Quigley
[puzzle page] -- subscription required

Merl Reagle Sunday Puzzles -- Merl Reagle
[puzzle page]

Andrews McMeel Universal Sunday Crossword -- David Steinberg, ed.
[2024] [2023] [2022] [2021] [2020] [2019]

Washington Post Sunday Puzzles -- Evan Birnholz, ed.
[2024] [2023] [2022] [2021]

Other Puzzles

Puzzles by Will Johnston -- over 100 of my own offerings
[themed] [themeless]

Resources

Jim Horne's Xword Info Database
[xwordinfo]

Cruciverb.com Crossword Resource Center -- Kevin McCann
http://www.cruciverb.com

Crossword lecture notes -- Will Johnston
Become a Crossword Super Solver -- 19 January 2010
The Art of Crossword Construction -- 26 January 2010

Acknowledgments

IN MEMORIAM -- Bob Klahn died at age 79 in September 2023. He built these puzzle calendar pages for me for many years. (Photo by Donald Christensen, courtesy of American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.)

Thanks to Martin Herbach for making and hosting .puz files.

Page maintained by Will Johnston.
Revised: January 2024

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