Dan Schwartz

Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1 is by brooke. It's a 5x5 grid, and the number 6 in the grid is a different color than the other numbers.

For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!

👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

Shanah Tovah, New York City. Here's to a sweet and hopeful New Year.

Crossword - The Atlantic This mini puzzle gets a little more challenging every day: Mondays are the easiest, with the biggest, most difficult puzzle on Sunday.

mad that the new york times mini got paywalled? want to support your good pal (and friendly neighborhood puzzle editor) @giltcomplex.bsky.social ? Solve the atlantic crossword instead— it gets bigger and harder through the week, but I promise it's fun! www.theatlantic.com/games/daily-...

🍉 fundraising stream tomorrow! 🍉

we'll be on from 10am to 10pm central saturday, 8/23 in an effort to fundraise for @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social. we'd love to see you there whether you're in a position to donate or not. we'll be doing puzzles of all kinds! please share!

www.twitch.tv/crossweirdtv

NEW— ICE vehicles chased a landscaping truck through Takoma Park, MD, on Monday about a mile from DC, which ended with the truck crashing on someone’s lawn and narrowly missing another car, multiple residents confirm to me. Video shows ICE going into a backyard to find/arrest the men from the truck.

Thanks to all for an amazing tourney yesterday! 🐶🐭🐷🐸🐰🐯 Congrats to the winners: Jenna LaFleur (express), Patrick Kingchatchaval (Local), and Shannon Rapp/Will Eisenberg (Pairs). See you next year on another Saturday in August! bemoresmarter.com #crossword #puzzle #tournament #tiebreaker #slowpizza

Two smiling trophy holders

Pairs champions at Lollapuzzoola with @norahsharpe.bsky.social

A group picture of the winners of Lollapuzzoola 18

2nd place at @lollapuzzoola.bsky.social !!

Thank you to Brooke, Brian, and the constructors and volunteers for an amazing day

boobs not bombs

trans kids deserve so much more than what this wretched world has to offer

A man and a cat

I made a cryptic crossword for you! Go check it out! www.patreon.com/crypticcross...

We have so much great local reporting in this city that you could happily avoid the NYT without missing a single beat: @cityandstateny.bsky.social @thecity.nyc @hellgatenyc.com @nysfocus.bsky.social @wnyc.org @gothamist.com @errollouis.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social to name but a few.

Puzzmo - Cross|word Play Cross|word on Puzzmo, Take a hint.

I have today's puzzmo! www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...

these puzzles fund abortion

Want to hear a cool story about reproductive justice, mutual aid, and crossword puzzles?

Let me tell you about These Puzzles Fund Abortion (www.abortionpuzzles.com / @tpfa.bsky.social), a crossword puzzle fundraiser that has raised over $350,000 in five years for abortion funds.
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Babka, an orange cat, stands next to the trophy for 1st place in B division at ACPT

#ACPT

Graphic showing the These Puzzles Fund Abortion Logo on a light purple crossword background with the words “TPFA 5 is now live!”

Fundraising update showing screenshot of our donation website, with $7,558 dollars raised toward our 50K goal (15% raised by 133 supporters)

We are happy to announce that our crossword pack is now available! Thank you to those who donated during our presale; you will receive the puzzles today. We are currently at 15% of our fundraising goal! Check us out at fund.nnaf.org/tpfa if you haven’t donated yet!

Screenshot of the These Puzzles Fund Abortion fundraising website, showing TPFA5 logo. Progress bar shows 385 dollars raised so far toward the 50,000 dollar goal. The screenshot has numerous heart emojis superimposed on it.

Happy Valentine’s Day! We are so excited to announce that TPFA5 is available for presale!

fund.nnaf.org/campaign/the...

⬆️Donate here, and be first in line to get your puzzles when the pack drops in March!

🚨🚨🚨 new cryptic outlet alert! 🚨🚨🚨

Proud to announce Cryptic Crossweird, a venue for midsized cryptics at $2.50/mo. For launch, we have a special 4-puzzle pack featuring: @fabioethics.bsky.social, @bewilderingly.bsky.social, @joeadultman.bsky.social and us!

patreon.com/crypticcross...

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Getting off this app for a while

I don’t really feel like blaming anybody except people who were willing to vote for trump

New York Times Tech Guild goes on strike The walkout, which began just after midnight Monday, could disrupt the New York Times’s election coverage.

NYT tech workers are on strike for a fair contract. We are asking you to #BreakYourStreak on NYT games in solidarity. You can also support our strike fund to keep us going. www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/...

The expanded AVCX is ramping up our subscription drive, hoping to add 1,000 new subscribers by January 1.

If you can spread the word now about our independent, creator-focused games, we’ll appreciate it!

We pay well, at this point have zero corporate ties, we mentor …

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That’s why as we approach this high holiday season, which in 2024 contains the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Israel and falls one month before the U.S. presidential election, I have never felt more alone, more upside down or more fearful for the next year.

I wrote on the shockingly bad CBS interview of Ta-Nehisi Coates, the watering down of “antisemitism,” and the fear, dread and confusion of this year’s Jewish high holidays and upcoming U.S. presidential election. It’s a lot. But maybe it resonates with you, too. L’Shanah Tovah.

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Well this was unexpected! #westwords