Newspaper mini crosswords
Six minis have enough sourced detail for their own page. Everyone else is a row here, and blank cells stay blank.
| Publisher | Size | Access | Archive | Page | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Times | 5×5 | Free with ads | About two weeks | Details | See detailed field statuses |
| Boston Globe | 5×5; Sunday 7×7 | Current free | Subscribers | Details | See detailed field statuses |
| Washington Post | 5×5, two products | Free | Details | See detailed field statuses | |
| The Guardian | 5×5 | Free, no account | Full series | Details | 1 publisher · Guardian pages |
| Puzzmo | Today free | Plus | Details | See detailed field statuses | |
| Globe and Mail | Login | Yes, depth unstated | Details | See detailed field statuses | |
| The Atlantic | Latest 3 free | Subscription | Row only | 1 source · publisher archive | |
| Seattle Times | Daily, free (1 source) | Row only | 1 source · Mashable; publisher WAF | ||
| USA Today | 10 answers, 120 seconds | Free | Row only | 1 source · publisher page | |
| Chicago Sun-Times | 5×5 | Free | Row only | 2 sources · publisher and Daily Games to Play | |
| Fox News | 5×5 | Free, no account | Date picker since 18 Oct 2026 | Row only | 1 source for date picker · Daily Games to Play |
| AARP | Free daily | Row only | 1 source · AARP page | ||
| New York Times | 5×5 | Subscription | Subscribers | Paywall note | NYT Help plus independent paywall reports |
Why some names do not get a page
A detail page has to carry several facts that are not shared by half the list, plus a few hundred words that could only be about that paper. The Atlantic’s interesting limit is “three free puzzles, then a subscription,” but that was not enough distinct fields under the rule I used. Seattle’s game page was blocked by a wall when it was fetched, so size and archive stayed empty. I would rather show a short row than a page of guesses.
USA Today’s two-minute mini is free, ten answers, two minutes on the clock. Fox’s page says under three minutes, free, no account, and a date picker noted from 18 October 2026. Chicago’s mini is a free 5×5 associated with Kelsey Dixon. AARP’s Arkadium mini is described as friendly to beginners. Those sentences are the whole sourced story, so they live in this table and on the alternatives page, not as thin copies of each other.
Questions
Which minis are free today?
LA Times, the current Boston Globe, both Post minis, the Guardian, today’s Puzzmo, USA Today, Fox, Chicago, and AARP are described as free to open. The Times mini is not. Globe and Mail asks for a login.
Which archives are free?
The Guardian’s series is. Ours is, for the dates we have published. LA Times is about two weeks. Several others lock the back catalog.
Where is the Times?
In the last row, linked to the paywall note. It is not filed as just another newspaper mini.
Sources
Public-source check: 2026-11-04. Pages from the same publisher count as one source.
- LA Times mini
- Boston Globe mini
- Guardian mini series
- The Atlantic archive
- USA Today two-minute mini
- Chicago Sun-Times mini
- Chicago mini secondary guide
- Fox mini secondary guide and date picker
- AARP mini
- Mashable alternatives, including Seattle
- Fox News mini