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Today's Arkadium Daily Crossword, puzzle 437 by Boatload Puzzles, in play on a desktop: a 15 by 15 grid with letters typed in 1 Down beside the Across and Down clue lists

Arkadium Daily Crossword

A free standard-size crossword every day, with recent days to catch up on.

Daily Crossword Live for 17 October 2026: a 15x15 hard crossword by Anna Stiga, edited by Stanley Newman, with a timer and the Across and Down clue lists

Arkadium Daily Crossword Live

The crossword Arkadium's hosts solve live, with no Check or Reveal.

A DailyPlay Crossword Mini grid beside a list of clues

Daily Mini Crossword

A five by five crossword with ten clues, new every day and free of ads.

Arkadium Mini Crossword for 19 October 2026 in play: a 5x5 grid with ROBE, PLAZA and ESPY filled down, Across and Down clues beside it, a timer and Check, Reveal and Print buttons

Arkadium Mini Crossword

A five by five crossword on Arkadium, new each day and done in minutes.

Best Daily American Crossword in play: an empty 15 by 15 grid with 1 Across, Crowd noises, highlighted, Across and Down clue lists beside it, a timer and Check, Reveal and Print buttons

Best Daily American Crossword

A daily crossword with clues drawn from American history and culture.

Best Daily Cryptic Crossword in play: an empty British-style grid with 15 Across, So or thus, highlighted, Across and Down clue lists on the right, a timer and Check, Reveal and Print buttons

Best Daily Cryptic Crossword

A free daily cryptic crossword, with a Reveal button for beginners.

Best Daily Quick Crossword in play: an empty British-style grid with 1 Across, Isle of Wight resort, highlighted, Across and Down clue lists beside it, a timer and Check, Reveal and Print buttons

Best Daily Quick Crossword

A short daily crossword with straight clues, free in the browser.

Boston Globe Crossword art: crossing blue and white squares on a light blue background, marked subscriber exclusive

Boston Globe Crossword

The Boston Globe's daily themed crossword, a new grid every night at midnight.

Chaosword

Three crosswords a day, 5x5, 7x7 and 11x11, with each clue stamped by how straight it plays.

The Chicago Mini Crossword for October 6, 2026 by Kelsey Dixon: the info panel with a Start button over the five-by-five grid and its clues

Chicago Mini Crossword (Chicago Sun-Times)

A five-by-five Chicago-flavoured mini crossword, new every day.

The CNN Daily Crossword cover: white crossword squares on a yellow background

CNN Daily Crossword

A full-size daily crossword on CNN's free games page.

CrissWord

Two clues, two answers that share several letters, in a tiny crossword.

The Irish Times app on an iPad, Crosswords section: tiles for Simplex, Crosaire and Sudoku, each with a Play button and a link to past puzzles

Crosaire (The Irish Times)

The Irish Times cryptic crossword, a numbered 15x15 grid six days a week.

An empty Cross Atlantic No 14 grid from the Telegraph website, set over British and American flags in a solving video thumbnail

Cross Atlantic (The Telegraph)

A daily Telegraph crossword whose clues cross the Atlantic.

Cross|word for 19 October 2026 on a desktop: a ten by ten midi grid with ORA typed in, Across and Down clues on the left, Rebus and Hint buttons under the chosen clue

Cross|word

Puzzmo's daily crossword, with an easier hint behind every clue.

A Crosshare mini crossword being solved on a phone: a 5x5 grid with LAUGH and ELISE filled in, the clue 1D about Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and the on-screen keyboard

Crosshare Daily Mini

A free mini crossword each day, made by a community of puzzle constructors.

Crossherd's mini crossword for 18 October 2026 on a desktop: an empty 5x5 grid with four black squares, the clue Cells that protect neurons above it and the clue lists beside it

Crossherd

A 5x5 mini crossword each day, solved against a timer.

Crosstune title over a crossword grid with a music player bar and play button

Crosstune

A daily crossword where you listen to song clips to fill in the answers.

The Chicago Sun-Times Crossword for Mon, Oct 5, 2026: a 15x15 grid and its across and down clues, with the info panel crediting Penny Press and a Start button

Crossword (Chicago Sun-Times)

The Chicago Sun-Times' full-size daily crossword, free to play online.

The Crossword title in red and blue tiles laid across a printed crossword grid on a table, with a pencil, eraser and a cup of coffee

Crossword (Masque Publishing)

A full-size 15x15 crossword each day, free on Yahoo Games.

The NZ Herald crossword for Tuesday 6 October: an empty 15x15 grid between the Across and Down clue lists, with a timer and Hint button

Crossword (NZ Herald)

The NZ Herald's daily 15x15 general knowledge crossword, with the past week a click away.

The Indian Express crossword for October 6, 2026, the Eugene Sheffer Crossword: an empty 13x13 grid with black squares, 1 Across Handful of hair highlighted, and the Across and Down clues beside it in

Crossword (The Indian Express)

The Indian Express runs the syndicated Eugene Sheffer Crossword, a 13x13 American-style grid six days a week.

Today's Crossword Puzzle on The Times of India: the grid with its first Down entry highlighted, a timer and help buttons, and Across and Down clues on current affairs

Crossword (Times of India)

The Times of India's daily news crossword, with clues drawn from the week's headlines.

Crossword Club share art: a crossword grid with ASKEW and FERMI pencilled in, beside the words CROSSWORD CLUB and a sharpened pencil

Crossword Club

A free daily crossword by named constructors, in the browser and in your inbox each morning.

Crosswordle art from Minigame Mania: the words WORD and CROSS crossing at the R on letter tiles, with green and orange tiles marking right and misplaced letters

Crosswordle (Minigame Mania)

A small crossword with vague category clues and Wordle colours.

The Crusader Crossword teaser: a crossword grid with the Express crusader

Crusader Crossword (Daily Express)

The Daily Express cryptic crossword, new every day.

Hindustan Times Cryptic 675 by Enigmaya: the empty 15x15 grid beside its across and down cryptic clues, with 1 Across highlighted

Cryptic Crossword (Hindustan Times)

Hindustan Times' numbered daily cryptic crossword, set by a rotating panel of pseudonymous setters.

Metro's Cryptic Crossword on metro.co.uk: a 13 by 13 grid between across and down cryptic clues, with Rules, Hint and Check buttons and a timer

Cryptic Crossword (Metro)

Metro's daily cryptic: a 13 by 13 grid of wordplay clues, free in the browser.

An NZ Herald Cryptic Crossword in play: an empty 15x15 grid between the Across and Down cryptic clues, with a timer, Hint and Menu bar

Cryptic Crossword (NZ Herald)

The NZ Herald's daily 15x15 cryptic crossword, with the past week still open to solve.

The Herald app's Daily Crosswords and Sudoku screen, with Quick and Cryptic crosswords above easy, intermediate and expert sudokus

Cryptic Crossword (The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Herald's daily cryptic crossword, shared with The Age.

Cubewords title card: a crossword cube with letters filled in on three faces beside the words Cube Words, a crossword around a cube

Cubewords

A daily crossword wrapped around a cube, with answers that turn the corner.

Daily Commuter Crossword in play: an empty British-style grid with 15 Across, So or thus, highlighted, Across and Down clue lists on the right, a timer and Check, Reveal and Print buttons

Daily Commuter Crossword

A brand-new crossword every day, sized for a commute.

The Fox News Daily Crossword board for Sunday 18 October 2026: a 13 by 13 grid with its Across and Down clue lists and Reveal, Check and timer controls

Daily Crossword (Fox News)

A free American-style daily crossword on Fox News's games page.

Illustration of people carrying letter tiles to a crossword grid beside a New York Post mug and a pot of pencils

Daily Crossword (New York Post)

The New York Post's free full-size crossword, new every day with the past week to catch up on.

Newsroom daily crossword for 7 October: an empty 15 by 15 grid beside the Across and Down clues, from 'School subject (abbr) (5)' to 'Pointed weapon (5)', with 'Puzzles by Pagemasters' under the grid

Daily Crossword (Newsroom)

A free 15 by 15 crossword with straight clues each weekday from Newsroom.

Illustration of a coffee mug patterned as a crossword grid, used for the Globe's Saturday crossword

Daily Crossword (The Globe and Mail)

The Globe and Mail's crossword of the day, with a Canadian Weekender on Saturdays.

Daily Crossword Quickie for Fri, 16 Oct 2026: an empty five by five grid with two black squares, a running timer and the across and down clues beside it

Daily Crossword Quickie (Daily Maverick)

South Africa's Daily Maverick quick crossword, new every weekday.

The Daily Cryptic illustration: a twisted cube of white and blue crossword squares

Daily Cryptic (The Globe and Mail)

A cryptic crossword every day from The Globe and Mail, with a Canadian cryptic on Saturdays.

The Daily Medium Crossword for 17 October 2026 in play: a 15 by 15 grid titled For Latin Lovers by Mark McClain, edited by Stanley Newman, beside its Across and Down clues

Daily Medium Crossword

A daily themed crossword pitched between easy and hard.

Illustration with the words Mini Word Cross on crossword tiles, a New York Post mug and people with pencils

Daily Mini Crossword (New York Post)

A free mini crossword from the New York Post, new every day.

The Observer's Daily Mini Crossword for Friday, October 16: a seven by seven grid by Damian Grove with the across and down clue lists, 1 Across Requiring immediate attention

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Daily Mini Crossword (The Observer, Fordham)

A small crossword from Fordham's student newspaper, new every weekday.

The Daily Mirror Crossword teaser: letter tiles over a crossword grid

Daily Mirror Crossword

The Daily Mirror's main crossword, new every day.

The Daily Mirror Cryptic Crossword teaser: letter tiles over a crossword grid

Daily Mirror Cryptic Crossword

The Daily Mirror's cryptic crossword, with an archive of earlier puzzles.

The Daily Mirror Quick Crossword board for 17 October: a 11 by 11 grid with across and down clues beside it

Daily Mirror Quick Crossword

The Daily Mirror's quick crossword with straight clues, new daily.

The Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword teaser: letter tiles over a crossword grid

Daily Mirror Quiz Crossword

A general-knowledge crossword from the Daily Mirror, new daily.

DailyPlay Crossword Maxi: the puzzle for 2 October 2026

DailyPlay Crossword Maxi

DailyPlay's full-size daily crossword: 13 by 13 with more than 30 clues.

DailyPlay Crossword Midi: the puzzle for 2 October 2026

DailyPlay Crossword Midi

A 9 by 9 daily crossword with about 20 clues, sized for a lunch break.

Double Cross No. 93: a seven-by-seven grid beside clue cards that each pair two answers

Double Cross

A daily crossword where every clue has two answers, and you work out which goes where.

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