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• An Englishman Solves American Puzzles

  A cryptic crossword expert is uprooted from suburban England to rural Pennsylvania. How will he fare in the land of Aleros, ERAs and Oreos? The crossword blog of Crosswordman, Ross Beresford.

• Crossword Nation

  Crossword blog of Elizabeth C.Gorski.

• Diary of a Crossword Fiend

  Daily commentary by Amy Reynaldo on the good crosswords (including New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Onion, Washington Post/CrosSynergy, Wall Street Journal, and more).

• L.A.Times Crossword Corner

  L.A. Times daily crossword blog.

• The Nation Cryptic Crossword Forum

  Annotated solutions and comments on the weekly cryptic set by Henri Picciotto (Hot) and Joshua Kosman (Trazom) in The Nation, plus a weekend roundup of links to the latest North American cryptic and variety crosswords.

• Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle

  Witty commentary on each day's NYT crossword.

• That Puzzle Guy's Blog

  The blog site of crossword solver and constructor Tyler Hinman.

• The New York Times Crossword in Gothic

  Daily commentary on NYT crossword puzzle.

• The Puzzle Brothers

  Dave and Robert Mackey, crossword puzzle constructors and tournament competitors, and their puzzle schedules.

• Wordplay

  Deb Amlen's official New York Times crossword blog. Here you'll find a new blog post for each day's crossword plus a bonus post for the Second Sunday puzzle. Along with discussion about the day's challenge, you'll get background insights with constructor interviews, some surprising statistical results from XWord Info, and occasional notes from The Times's puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.

• Word Salad

  The official The Nation cryptic crossword blog by Henri Picciotto (Hot) and Joshua Kosman (Trazom).