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Out of Left Field

@leftfieldcrypticsTracked since May 2026

Observed Aug 2, 2026 · staleModeled revenue

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Creating Cryptic Crosswords.

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Paid members

930

0.4% · 30 days

Total audience

1,329

incl. free followers

Estimated monthly gross

$5.6K

$3.7K–$7.4K modeled range

Starting price

$4/mo

4 membership tiers

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Pricing and benefits captured publicly

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$0/moFreePublic prices and benefits only

$4/mo$4 SubscriberWeekly cryptic crossword, delivered by e-mail every Thursday

$5/moSupporterWeekly cryptic crossword, delivered by e-mail every Thursday. One reason to subscribe at this level is to show your appreciation of the availability of all previous puzzles to current subscribers – a remarkable bargain.

$8/moBenefactorWeekly cryptic crossword, delivered by e-mail every ThursdayA monthly bonus puzzle from our archives

Growth signals — Out of Left Field

+0.4%

930 paid members · past 30 days

Membership

930926921

May 202614 weeks trackedNow

Out of Left Field930 members · $5.6K/mo

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Out of Left Field's paid members rank in Recommended cohort
Rank	Creator and why included	Paid members	Gap vs Out of Left Field	Freshness
#1	Cracking The CrypticWritingContent relevance + business context	7,410	6.5K more	Aug 4, 2026
#2	Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword ContestWritingContent relevance + business context	953	23 more	Jul 19, 2026Stale
#3	Out of Left FieldProfileWritingPaid members position in Recommended cohort	930	Reference	Aug 2, 2026Stale
#4	leave2getherWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence	670	260 fewer	Aug 2, 2026
#5	Possibility StormUncategorizedContent relevance + business context	173	757 fewer	Jul 25, 2026Stale

The rank uses the full fixed cohort. This table shows up to five creators around Out of Left Field; the coverage summary above still counts everyone.

What they publish

Recent posts

783Profile posts7 postsLast month100%Members-only

Previews available for 34 of 783 posts

Article Latest post$4 tier & upLeft Field 331.pdf

Puzzle #331 2 days ago Left Field 331.pdf Left Field 331.puz Left Field 331 Solution.pdf

2 days ago at Aug 2 crawl 2 likes 9 comments

Postmortem: Puzzle #330 (SPOILERS)5 days agoArticle5 days ago at Aug 2 crawl$4 tier & up 1 3 3306.pdfNation Puzzle #3306 July 24 3306.pdfArticleJuly 24$4 tier & up 0 0 Left Field 330.pdfPuzzle #330 July 23 Left Field 330.pdf Left Field 330.puz Left Field 330 Solution.pdfArticleJuly 23$4 tier & up 2 25 Postmortem: Puzzle #329 (SPOILERS)July 20ArticleJuly 20$4 tier & up 1 2 Left Field 329.pdfPuzzle #329 July 16 Left Field 329.pdf Left Field 329.puz Left Field 329 Solution.pdfArticleJuly 16$4 tier & up 2 9 Postmortem: Puzzle #328 (SPOILERS)July 13ArticleJuly 13$4 tier & up 1 1 Left Field 328.pdfPuzzle #328 July 9 Left Field 328.pdf Left Field 328.puz Left Field 328 Solution.pdfArticleJuly 9$4 tier & up 2 16 Postmortem: Puzzle #327 (SPOILERS)July 6ArticleJuly 6$4 tier & up 1 6 3305.pdfNation Puzzle #3305 July 3 3305.pdfArticleJuly 3$4 tier & up 0 0 Left Field 327.pdfPuzzle #327 July 2 Left Field 327.pdf Left Field 327.puz Left Field 327 Solution.pdfArticleJuly 2$4 tier & up 1 12 View 0 commentsPostmortem: Puzzle #326 (SPOILERS) June 29ArticleJune 29$4 tier & up 0 0

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