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Thursday, June 25, 2026

Posted on June 25, 2026 by Jim Peredo

BEQ tk (Eric) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Fireball tk (Jenni) rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) rate it
NYT tk (ZDL) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [3.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:54 (Eric) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) rate it
WSJ tk (Jim Q) [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Matthew Sherman | 5 Comments

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Posted on June 23, 2026 by Eric Hougland

AV Club 4:09 (Amy) 4*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:24 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:51 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.27 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 4:17 (Jim Q) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 3 [3.50 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:45 (Emily) rate it
WSJ 5:52 (Eric) 3.5*: 2 [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bharati Hemmady, Dena R. Verkuil, George Simpson, Jeff Chen, Kevin Curry, Max Schlenker, Rebecca Goldstein, Sala Wanetick, Zhou Zhang, Zhouqin Burnikel | 6 Comments

MGWCC #942

Posted on June 23, 2026 by joon

MGWCC crossword untimed (5ish?)
meta 5ish 5*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [4.25 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 10 Comments

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Posted on June 22, 2026 by Jenni Levy

Jonesin’ untimed (Jenni) rate it
LAT 5:05 (Erin) 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:00 (Eric) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [4.05 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.67 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:23 (Eric) 4*: 3 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) 5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ untimed (much longer than average Tuesday) (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam Shapiro, Aimee Lucido, Kathy Bloomer, Ricky Sirois, Shmuel Schmell | 9 Comments

Monday, June 22, 2026

Posted on June 21, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 11:28 (Eric) 4*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:36 (Stella) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:40 (Sophia) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 [3.35 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 5:46 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.21 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) [2.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it
WSJ 3:46 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Brooke Husic, Eric G. Berman, Mike Shenk, Robbie Cottom, Victoria Fernandez Grande | 15 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*: 6 | 3.5*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 4 | 1*: 1 [3.08 avg; 20 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 | 41 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*: 4 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 [4.03 avg; 15 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

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