WSJ Contest — Friday, June 5, 2026

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: 15 minutes [3.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
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Muller Monthly Music Meta — June 2026

Title: “The World Is Not My Oyster” by Pete Muller, Mack Meller, and Andrew White
Prompt: The meta for this puzzle is a famous rock group.

Answer: Dawes
Grid: 7ish
Meta: almost had it…

 

 

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Monday, June 8, 2026

BEQ tk (Eric) [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:01 (Stella) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:09 (Sophia) [3.25 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 6:04 (Amy) [4.00 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it
WSJ 6:13 (Jim Q) rate it

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Sunday, June 7, 2026

LAT 6:53 (Kyle) [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 21:22 (Nate) [2.91 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it
Universal (Sunday) 10:18 (Jim P) [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Universal 3:52 (Adam S) [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WaPo 5:14 (Matt G) [3.50 avg; 6 ratings] rate it

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Ariadne’s Crossword Library, June 2026

ACL Grid: 9 mins; Meta: 10 mins [4.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
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Saturday, June 6, 2026

LAT 2:33 (Stella) [3.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Newsday 15:07 (Kyle) [3.70 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:05 (Amy) [3.09 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:56 (Adam S) [3.92 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 8:47 (Kyle) rate it

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Friday, June 5, 2026

LAT tk (pannonica) [3.14 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:14 (Amy) [3.50 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal 4.35 (Jim P) [3.21 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (tk) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Thursday, June 4, 2026

BEQ 6:54 (Eric) [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) [3.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:04 (Gareth) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:47 (ZDL) [3.00 avg; 18 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:25 (Eric) [2.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:14 (Emily) [3.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ DNF (Jim Q) [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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MGWCC #939

MGWCC crossword 2:50 [4.30 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
meta 0:00 since he told me the answer when submitting
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Wednesday, June 2, 2026

AV Club untimed (Amy) [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 3:41 (Gareth) [2.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
NYT 4:08 (Amy) [3.77 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 4:31 (Jim Q) [4.43 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) [3.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today 5:22 (Emily) [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 7:42 (Eric) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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