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Monday, June 22, 2026

Posted on June 21, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ tk(Eric) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
LAT 2:36 (Stella) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:40 (Sophia) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.31 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 5:46 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it
WSJ tk (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brooke Husic, Eric G. Berman, Robbie Cottom, Victoria Fernandez Grande | 9 Comments

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Posted on June 20, 2026 by Nate Cardin

LAT 6:57 (Kyle) 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 12:02 (Nate) 5*: 2 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 4 | 1*: 1 [3.03 avg; 19 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it
Universal (Sunday) 8:10 (Jim P) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 [3.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:12 (Adam S) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WaPo untimed (Matt G) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 1*: 1 [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amie Walker, Evan Birnholz, Hannah Slovut-Einertson, Jeffrey Diton, Katie Hale, Zhouqin Burnikel | 37 Comments

Saturday, June 20, 2026

Posted on June 19, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:40 (Stella) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Newsday tk someday (Eric) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 9:40 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 [4.08 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:40 (Adam S) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it
WSJ 14:10 (Adam S) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bhupunn Ingpalangsrikul, Craig Stowe, Katie Hoody, Matthew Sewell, Mike Shenk, Rafael Musa | 21 Comments

Friday, June 19, 2026

Posted on June 19, 2026 by pannonica

LAT untimed (pannonica) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT untimed (Jenni) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 | 1*: 2 [3.08 avg; 20 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:15 (Jim P) 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it

No WSJ contest puzzle today, as it’s Juneteenth. ·p·
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adrian Johnson, Elizabeth Duker-Gold, Jack Hatchett | 17 Comments

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Jenni Levy

BEQ untimed (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 6:25 (Gareth) rate it
NYT 8:41 (ZDL) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 [2.70 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:19 (Eric) rate it
USA Today 7:34 (Emily) rate it
WSJ DNF (Jim Q) 5*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 1.5*: 2 [2.60 avg; 5 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Ella Dershowitz, Freddie Cheng, Li Ding, Peter Gordon, Scott Hogan, Zachary David Levy | 13 Comments

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Posted on June 16, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

AV Club 8:30 (Amy) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 3:51 (Gareth) rate it
NYT 5:46 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 3 | 1*: 4 [2.19 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 5:08 (Jim Q) 5*: 1 | 4*: 4 [4.20 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 7:17 (Emily) rate it
WSJ 5:24 (Eric) 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 5 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Enrique Henestroza Anguiano, Hoang-Kim Vu, Hunter Murphy, Jeanne D. Breen, Jonathan Raksin, Sala Wanetick | 22 Comments

MGWCC #941

Posted on June 16, 2026 by joon

MGWCC crossword 3:39
meta 0:05 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 [4.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 9 Comments

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Posted on June 15, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ untimed (Jenni) rate it
LAT 3:42 (Erin) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:16 (Eric) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 5 | 1.5*: 1 [3.11 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.42 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:15 (Eric) 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ 5:23 (Jim Q) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brad Lively, Erik Agard, Fred Raker, Jeremy Lieberman, Joe Rodini, Matt Jones | 9 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, June 12, 2026

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: 5 minutes 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [4.14 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Mike Shenk | 9 Comments

Monday, June 15, 2026

Posted on June 14, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 18:59 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 1:46 (Stella) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 4ish (Sophia) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 5 | 2*: 1 [3.17 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 4:19 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it
WSJ tk (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Eric Rollfing, Janice Luttrell, Matthew Luter | 14 Comments