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WSJ Contest — Friday, July 17, 2026

Posted on July 19, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: an hour or so 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 1 [4.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Mike Shenk | 8 Comments

Monday, July 20, 2026

Posted on July 19, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ tk (Eric) rate it
LAT 1:54 (Stella) 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:16 (Sophia) 5*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 [3.57 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 4:46 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) rate it
USA Today tk (Dena) 5*: 1 [5.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ 3:48 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Eric Rollfing, Natan Last, Rena Cohen | 12 Comments

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Posted on July 18, 2026 by Nate Cardin

LAT 8:50 (Kyle) 4*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 10:36 (Nate) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 [3.67 avg; 18 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it
Universal (Sunday) 9:13 (Jim P) 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal Untimed (Adam S) 2*: 2 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WaPo 3:23 (Matt G) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adrian Johnson, Alexandra Doumani, Evan Birnholz, Joe Rodini, Michael Lieberman, Rebecca Goldstein | 21 Comments

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:32 (Stella) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.25 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Newsday 11:20 (Kyle) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:11 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1*: 2 [3.58 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:57 (Adam S) 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [1.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim Q) [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Aaron Ullman, Amie Walker, Rafael Musa, Ricky J. Sirois, Ryan Judge, Zachary Edward-Brown | 15 Comments

Friday, July 17, 2026

Posted on July 16, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.25 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:40 (Amy) 5*: 5 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [4.19 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:39 (Jim P) 4*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 9:45 (Ben P) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alex Rossell Hayes, Brian Callahan, Coz Berlin, Joseph Avdek, Rebecca Goldstein | 17 Comments

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Posted on July 15, 2026 by Eric Hougland

BEQ 15:06 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Fireball 13:08 (Jim P) 4*: 4 | 2*: 1 [3.60 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
LAT 5:01 (Gareth) 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 8:21 (ZDL) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 [3.23 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:30 (Eric) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Ben) rate it
WSJ 9:03 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 2*: 2 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adryel W. Robles Ojeda, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Devon Moffat, Drew Schmenner, Elizabeth Duker-Gold, Mallory Montgomery, Peter Gordon, Zachary David Levy, Zhou Zhang | 13 Comments

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Posted on July 14, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

AV Club 5:58 (Amy) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.30 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:26 (Gareth) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:41 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 6 | 1*: 1 [2.89 avg; 14 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (Jim Q) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 2 [4.07 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) 2*: 2 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Dena) rate it
WSJ 9:03 (Eric) [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Emet Ozar, Jeff Chen, Jonathan Raksin, Norman M. Aaronson, Robyn Weintraub | 21 Comments

MGWCC #945

Posted on July 14, 2026 by joon

MGWCC crossword 2:02
meta 1ish 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | 9 Comments

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Posted on July 13, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 9:29 (Erin) 4.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:26 (Erin) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:35 (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 3 [3.64 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 4:50 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 1 [4.17 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:30 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Jeffrey) rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ 5:32 (Jim Q) 3.5*: 2 [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bharati Hemmady, C.C. Burnikel, Constance Burnikel, Gus Bloxham, Henry Lin-David, Joshua Dobrow, Matt Jones, Pam Amick Klawitter, Wyna Liu, Zhouqin Burnikel | 12 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, July 10, 2026

Posted on July 12, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: 30 minutes 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 1*: 1 [3.65 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 26 Comments