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Thursday, June 4, 2026

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Jenni Levy

BEQ 6:54 (Eric) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:47 (ZDL) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 [2.79 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:25 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:14 (Emily) rate it
WSJ DNF (Jim Q) 4*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bharati Hemmady, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Bryan Cheong, Howard Neuthaler, Joe Deeney, Namita Shashidhar, Thom Covert, Zachary Edward-Brown, Zhou Zhang | 5 Comments

MGWCC #939

Posted on June 3, 2026 by Matt Gaffney

MGWCC crossword 2:50 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 [4.30 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
meta 0:00 since he told me the answer when submitting
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged contests, mgwcc, Mike Graczyk | 12 Comments

Wednesday, June 2, 2026

Posted on June 2, 2026 by Eric Hougland

AV Club untimed (Amy) 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 3:41 (Gareth) 2.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
NYT 4:08 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.77 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 4:31 (Jim Q) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 [4.33 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today 5:22 (Emily) 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 7:42 (Eric) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amy Ensz, Enrique Henestroza, Gary Larson, Jeffrey K. Martinovic, Jeffrey Martinovic, Jiahe Men, Patrick Berry, Shmuel Schmell, William Yuan | 6 Comments

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Posted on June 1, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ untimed (Jenni) rate it
LAT 5:27 (Erin) 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:09 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 5:45 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 [3.75 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:50 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 [2.50 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ 5:10 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Joe Rodini, Ken Buxton, Matt Jones, Mike Shenk, Rich Katz, Wyna Liu, Zhouqin Burnikel | 5 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, May 29, 2026

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: 15 minutes 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 [4.32 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Mike Shenk | 9 Comments

Fireball Contest May 27, 2026

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Jeff Mizrahi

Fireball Grid: not long; Meta: :( 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 [4.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | 2 Comments

Monday, June 1, 2026

Posted on May 31, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 10:28+ (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:05 (Stella) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:16 (Sophia) 5*: 6 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [4.17 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 5:42 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.67 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 4:23 (Jim Q) 3*: 1 [3.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Andrea Carla Michaels, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Katie Hale, Kenneth Cortes, Natan Last | 26 Comments

Sunday, May 31, 2026

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Nate Cardin

LAT 7:02 (Kyle) 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 9:49 (Nate) 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 3 [2.88 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) 5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal (Sunday) 6:59 (Jim P) 2*: 2 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:41 (Adam S) 4.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WaPo 3:47 (Matt G) 4*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amie Walker, Evan Birnholz, Evan Park, Jeffrey Martinovic, Matthew Stock, Ryan Mathiason, Samuel A. Donaldson | 11 Comments

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Posted on May 29, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:32 (Stella) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Newsday 16:35 (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 2*: 1 [3.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT untimed (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 6 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 3 | 1*: 1 [3.43 avg; 14 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:45 (Adam S) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 [4.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it
WSJ untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Levin, Amie Walker, Amy Ensz, Brian Callahan, David P. Williams, Erik Agard, Gary Larson, Geoffrey Schorkopf, Kareem Ayas, Malaika Handa | 22 Comments

Friday, May 29, 2026

Posted on May 28, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:12 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 5 | 2.5*: 1 [3.88 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:13 (Jim P) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (tk) 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Hemant Mehta, Pam Klawitter, Zachary David Levy | 15 Comments

Thursday, June 4, 2026

MGWCC #939

Wednesday, June 2, 2026

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

WSJ Contest — Friday, May 29, 2026

Fireball Contest May 27, 2026

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