Daily Crossword (The Globe and Mail)

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

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

The Globe and Mail's Daily Crossword gives every reader the same puzzle for each date, chosen by the time in Toronto. Weekday grids carry a titled theme, Sunday brings a themeless, and Saturday is The Weekender, the paper's exclusive Canadian crossword. Past days can be played from the archive.

About Daily Crossword (The Globe and Mail)

The Daily Crossword heads the puzzles and crosswords page of The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, next to the Daily Cryptic, sudoku, the Globe Mini and a word search. The page sums it up as today's puzzle, ready when you are, and its description invites you to try Saturday's exclusive Canadian crossword.

Behind the page each puzzle is stored under its date, and the site works out that date on Toronto time, so readers from Victoria to St. John's get the same grid on the same day. Each puzzle has a title. In late September 2026 the run included The Weekender: Wait for It on a Saturday, Themeless Sunday 201 the next day, and Spectrum of Emotions on the Monday. Saturday's Weekender is the paper's own Canadian puzzle; on other days the theme is signalled by the title.

The puzzles play in an embedded crossword player in the browser, with the usual tools for checking and revealing squares and words. An archive link sits beside the Play button, so a missed day is easy to catch up on.

It suits Canadian solvers and anyone who wants a free, full-size crossword with a different flavour on Saturday, plus a cryptic and a mini on the same page for other moods.

How to play Daily Crossword (The Globe and Mail)

Open the Daily Crossword on The Globe and Mail's puzzles page and press Play.
Select a square or a clue, then type your answer.
Use the title as a hint to the theme on weekday puzzles.
Use check or reveal tools if you get stuck, or keep going with crossing answers.
Use Archives to play a day you missed.

Tips

Read the puzzle title first: it usually points to the theme.
Sunday's puzzle is themeless, so expect longer answers with no unifying gimmick.
Saturday's Weekender leans Canadian; think of Canadian places, people and spellings.
Start with fill-in-the-blank clues, which are usually the easiest way in.