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Sunday, July 5, 2026

Posted on July 4, 2026 by Nate Cardin

LAT 6:31 (Kyle) 2*: 2 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 9:43 (Nate) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 [3.50 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (ZEB) rate it
Universal (Sunday) 9:52 (Jim P) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Universal Untimed (Adam S) 3.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WaPo tk (Matt G) 5*: 1 [5.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Hoang-Kim Vu, Jessica Zetzman, Matthew Luter, Rich Katz, Sheldon Polonsky | 12 Comments

Saturday, July 4, 2026

Posted on July 3, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:36 (Stella) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 [2.70 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Newsday 19:09 (Kyle) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:35 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.35 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:21 (Adam S) [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged David Steinberg, Doug Peterson, Kareem Ayas, Rafael Musa, Rebecca Goldstein, S.N., Samuel A. Donaldson | 21 Comments

Friday, July 3, 2026

Posted on July 2, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT tk (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:33 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [3.71 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:39 (Jim P) 4*: 1 | 2*: 2 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Aidan Deshong, Barbara Lin | 13 Comments

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Posted on July 1, 2026 by Jenni Levy

BEQ 7:52 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 5:56 (Gareth) [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 20:47 (ZDL) 5*: 8 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 5 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [4.00 avg; 21 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:02 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) rate it
WSJ 7:00 (Jim Q) 5*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, David J. Kahn, David Karp, David Steinberg, Ella Dershowitz, Susan Gelfand | 44 Comments

MGWCC #943

Posted on July 1, 2026 by joon

MGWCC crossword 2:42
meta DNF 5*: 7 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 1 [4.77 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Mike Graczyk | 16 Comments

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Posted on June 30, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

AV Club 6:41 (Amy) 3*: 1 [3.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
LAT 5:19 (Gareth) 3*: 2 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:46 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.55 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 3:48 (Jim Q) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [4.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) rate it
WSJ 7:24+ (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 [3.30 avg; 5 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Emily Biegas, Jeffrey K. Martinovic, Jeffrey Martinovic, Lynn Lempel, Mark Axel, Matthew Stock, Patrick Berry | 15 Comments

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Posted on June 29, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ untimed (Jenni) rate it
LAT 4:18 (Erin) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:25 (Eric) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 2 [2.91 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (Eric) 4*: 5 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 [3.19 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:43 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 [2.70 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim Q) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Emily Biegas, John Liber, Katherine Baicker, Paul Hudes, Scott Earl | 12 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, June 26, 2026

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: an hour or so 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 [3.64 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 24 Comments

Monday, June 29, 2026

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 16:30+ (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:02 (Stella) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:37 (Sophia) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [2.85 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.06 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it
WSJ 4:19 (Jim Q) 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Brian Callahan, Ginny Too, Rajeswari Rajamani, Will Nediger, Zachary Edward-Brown | 23 Comments

Fireball Contest June 28, 2026

Posted on June 28, 2026 by Jeff Mizrahi

Grid: definitely had to look up a few answers; Meta: not today people! rate it Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Puzzles | 3 Comments

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MGWCC #943

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