The following links are Word Puzzle links that the author knows and even possibly uses. The only link not included is the NY Times puzzle link as that requires a subscription so unless one has a subscription the link is irrelevant.
- HEX at Patreon
HEX makes the best word puzzles and a subscription to the HUB crossword is highly recommended
https://www.patreon.com/hubcrosswords/posts
- Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal puzzles are also excellent!
The HEX Cryptics and various Patrick Berry and Mike Schenk puzzles are very entertaining weekend bonus puzzles
https://www.wsj.com/news/puzzle
- Diary of a Crossword Fiend
Diary of a Crossword Fiend can be very helpful is someone doesn’t get the puzzle theme or if one is curious about how others viewed a particular crossword.
https://crosswordfiend.com/
- Word Solver
Every so often one may have a lot f letters but not the final answer.
The link below will allow for possibilities for 10 word answers.
There are links that have longer words but this works well enough.
http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/crossword.html
- Andy’s Anagram
The author has used Andy’s Anagram solver not only for word puzzles but also for creating anagrams for fiction works.
https://www.ssynth.co.uk/~gay/anagram.html
- WSJ (and other) Crossword answers
Here is a site with more Crossword answers for those who get held up!
https://wsjcrosswordanswers.com/