Fireball Contest February 26, 2025

Grid: untimed; Meta:1o minutes 

 


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Sunday, March 2, 2025

LAT tk (Gareth)  

 


NYT 24:15 (Dave) 

 


USA Today tk (Darby)  

 


Universal (Sunday) 9:51 (Jim) 

 


Universal tk (norah) 

 


WaPo 7:07 (Matt G) 

 

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Saturday, March 1, 2025

LAT 2:59 (Stella) 

 


Newsday 12:29 (pannonica) 

 


NYT 5:30 (Amy) 

 


Universal tk (Matthew) 

 


USA Today tk (Matthew) 

 


WSJ untimed (pannonica) 

 

Curiously Quirky Word Searches, by Trip Payne

Book rec from Amy: Trip Payne’s Curiously Quirky Word Searches, a collection of variety word searches whose extra angles ramp up the challenge level. A list of written works, and the answers to find are the authors’ names—that’s one puzzle. Find the US presidents’ surnames, given only the letter counts (two have 10 letters, eight have 5 letters, and so on). If you’re like me, you’ll find these puzzles absorbing. Order it from your favorite indie bookstore!

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Friday, February 28, 2025

LAT untimed (pannonica) 

 


NYT 5:30 (Amy) 

 


Universal 4-something (Jim) 

 


USA Today tk (Emily) 

 

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

LAT 4:12 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 9:07 (ZDL) 

 


Universal tk (Sophia) 

 


USA Today 6:46 (Emily) 

 


BEQ untimed (Eric) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

Note: Fireball is a contest this week. We’ll post a review after the submission period closes.
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MGWCC #873

crossword 4:22 
meta 5 min? 

 


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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

AV Club 7:51 (Amy) 

 


LAT 4:18 (Gareth) 

 


The New Yorker tk (Kyle) 

 


NYT 4:40 (Amy) 

 


Universal untimed (pannonica) 

 


USA Today 9:30 (Emily) 

 


WSJ 6:07 (Jim) 

 

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Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Jonesin' 4:53 (Erin) 

 


LAT untimed (Jenni) 

 


NYT 4:02 (Amy) 

 


The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 

 


Universal 5:22 (Matt F) 

 


USA Today tk (Sophia) 

 


Xword Nation untimed (Ade) 

 


WSJ 5:18 (Jim) 

 

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WSJ Contest — Friday, February 21, 2025

Grid: 12 minutes; Meta: 4 more 

 


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Monday, February 24, 2025

BEQ untimed (Eric) 

 


LAT 2:00 (Stella) 

 


NYT 3:20 (Sophia) 

 


The New Yorker 6:22 (Amy) 

 


Universal untimed (pannonica) 

 


USA Today tk (?) 

 


WSJ 3:46 (Jim) 

 

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