The TPO Saturday Crossword is a free weekly crossword from The Pour Over, the Christian news newsletter. A new five-by-five mini publishes every Saturday, clued straight from the week's news and Scripture.^1
The clues stay hidden until you press Start. The clock starts with the clues and runs until the grid is right, and finishing the mini without using Check or Reveal earns a place on the public leaderboard.^1 Every past mini stays playable in the archive on the same page, which lists puzzles back to August 2026.^1
The crossword is by Sarah Landon, an editorial advisor at The Pour Over.^1 The Pour Over was founded by Jason Woodruff, who serves as its editor in chief.^2 Woodruff started it in May 2018 as a personal exercise while he was getting his MBA, saying, "I'm going to summarize the news. I'm going to try to truly put Christ first."^3 The Pour Over exists to be a trustworthy news resource guiding people toward eternal hope.^2 It has no denominational affiliation and seeks to be a resource for the whole church.^4 The crossword carries that same approach into a game: the week's headlines become the clues, so solving the grid means recalling both the news you read and the Scripture woven through it.
The game is free to play in a web browser.^1 It sits alongside The Pour Over's other work, including the newsletter itself, Decaf, a weekly edition that rewrites one major story for families,^5 and TPO Explains, its Saturday feature answering readers' most-asked questions.^6
