Washington Post Daily Crossword

About Washington Post Daily Crossword

The Washington Post offers its daily crossword free on its games page, alongside a daily mini, a weekly mini meta and Stan Newman's daily crossword. The weekday puzzle is a standard American 15 by 15 grid with a theme, and recent puzzles credit Patti Varol, who edits the Los Angeles Times crossword, as editor.

As with most newspaper crosswords, Monday is the gentlest and the clues get trickier as the week goes on. Theme answers usually share a twist, and finding it is a big help with the long entries.

The Sunday puzzle is different. Evan Birnholz has written the Sunday crossword for The Washington Post Magazine since December 2015, on a bigger grid, and some of his puzzles are metas, where a hidden answer is waiting in the finished grid for you to find.

You solve in the browser, typing into the grid and moving between clues, with tools to check or reveal answers. It suits anyone who wants a full daily crossword without a subscription, and Sunday solvers who like an extra layer of puzzle after the grid is full.

How to play Washington Post Daily Crossword

1. Open the Washington Post crossword page and pick today's puzzle.
2. Click a square or a clue to select an answer, then type it in.
3. Move with the arrow keys or Tab, filling crossing answers to get more letters.
4. Work out the theme from the long answers and use it to fill related entries.
5. Check or reveal answers if you are stuck, and finish every square to complete the puzzle.

Tips

• Begin with fill in the blank clues; they are usually the quickest gets.
• Monday and Tuesday puzzles are a good place to learn common crossword answers.
• On Sunday, read the title and any note from Evan Birnholz; it may point to a meta answer hidden in the grid.
• If one corner stalls, leave it and come back after the crossing answers are filled.
• Try the Post's daily mini first if you want a short warm up.

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