ORCA Awards: Vote by Monday, 2/17

Voting for this year’s ORCAS closes on Monday, 2/17. Cast your ballot here.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Jonesin' 4:22 (Erin) 

 


LAT tk (Jenni) 

 


NYT untimed (Amy) 

 


The New Yorker tk (pannonica) 

 


Universal tk (Matt F) 

 


USA Today tk (Sophia) 

 


Xword Nation tk (Ade) 

 


WSJ 5:28 (Jim) 

 

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Monday, February 10, 2025

BEQ untimed (Eric) 

 


LAT 1:58 (Stella) 

 


NYT 3:13 (Sophia) 

 


The New Yorker 8:19 (Amy) 

 


Universal untimed (pannonica) 

 


USA Today tk (?) 

 


WSJ 3:58 (Jim) 

 

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WSJ Contest — Friday, February 7, 2025

Grid: 15 minutes; Meta: 5 more 

 


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Muller Monthly Music Meta, February 2025

Title: “Heads and Tails”
Prompt: The meta for this puzzle is a famous song and its singer.
Answer: “At Last” / Etta James, found by 466 solvers

 

 

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Ariadne’s Crossword Library, February 2025

Grid: 11 minutes
Meta: 15 minutes 

 


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Sunday, February 9, 2025

LAT tk (Gareth)  

 


NYT 21:51 (Dave) 

 


USA Today tk (Darby)  

 


Universal (Sunday) 8:01 (Jim) 

 


Universal tk (norah) 

 


WaPo 7:13 (Matt G) 

 

Oscar season is upon us and so are our version of the awards for crossword puzzles, the ORCAS. Check out the nominated puzzles and vote for your favorites here on this page. Voting closes on Monday, February 17th with winners announced in a livestream a week later.

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Saturday, February 8, 2025

LAT 3:14 (Stella) 

 


Newsday 18:43(pannonica) 

 


NYT 6:06 (Amy)  

 


Universal tk (Matthew)  

 


USA Today tk (Matthew) 

 


WSJ untimed (pannonica) 

 

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Friday, February 7, 2025

LAT untimed (pannonica) 

 


NYT 5:44 (Amy) 

 


Universal tk (Jim) 

 


USA Today tk (Emily) 

 

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Thursday, February 6, 2025

LAT tk (Gareth) 

 


NYT 8:37 (ZDL) 

 


Universal tk (Sophia) 

 


USA Today 8:28 (Emily) 

 


BEQ untimed (Eric) 

 


WSJ 10:51 (Jim) 

 


Fireball untimed (Jenni) 

 

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MGWCC #870

crossword 3:10 
meta 0:45 

 


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