Saturday, May 17, 2025

LAT 3:19 (Stella) [3.50 avg; 1 rating]
Newsday 16:19 (pannonica) [4.00 avg; 3 ratings]
NYT 5:29 (Amy) [3.79 avg; 7 ratings]
Universal tk (Matthew) [4.00 avg; 1 rating]
USA Today tk (Matthew)
WSJ untimed (pannonica)

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Friday, March 16, 2025

LAT untimed (pannonica) [4.00 avg; 4 ratings]
NYT 5:31 (Amy) [3.79 avg; 7 ratings]
Universal 2:50 (Jim) [3.70 avg; 5 ratings]
USA Today tk (Emily)

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Thursday, May 15, 2025

BEQ 12:07 (Eric) [3.75 avg; 2 ratings]
Fireball untimed (Jenni) [2.50 avg; 1 rating]
LAT tk (Gareth) [3.00 avg; 1 rating]
NYT 9:08 (ZDL) [4.16 avg; 16 ratings]
Universal 5:43 (Eric) [4.00 avg; 2 ratings]
USA Today 11:27 (Emily)
WSJ 9:39 (Jim) [4.00 avg; 5 ratings]

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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

AV Club untimed (Amy) [4.00 avg; 2 ratings]
LAT 7:00 (Gareth) [4.75 avg; 2 ratings]
NYT 6:22 (Amy) [3.73 avg; 13 ratings]
The New Yorker tk (Kyle) [4.33 avg; 3 ratings]
Universal untimed (pannonica) [4.00 avg; 1 rating]
USA Today 7:01 (Emily) [1.25 avg; 2 ratings]
WSJ 4:49 (Jim) [3.83 avg; 3 ratings]

A plug for the upcoming Westwords crossword tournament. It’s on Sunday, June 22 in Berkeley, and there’s an online version being handled by John Lieb of Boswords fame. The whole shebang is  run by Rebecca Goldstein, Kate Chin Park, and Stan Park. I love love love that the in-person event requires masking! So considerate for folks like me. I can’t take part this year, but maybe next time. If you’re in Northern California or you’re up for an online puzzle event, check out Westwords!

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MGWCC #884

MGWCC crossword 2:48 
meta 1:00 [4.25 avg; 2 ratings]
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Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Jonesin’ 5:10 (Erin)
LAT untimed (Jenni)
NYT 6:31 (Eric) [3.70 avg; 5 ratings]
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) [3.75 avg; 2 ratings]
Universal untimed (Eric) [4.00 avg; 1 rating]
USA Today tk (Sophia)
Xword Nation untimed (Ade) [2.00 avg; 1 rating]
WSJ 5:13 (Jim) [3.00 avg; 1 rating]

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Monday, May 12, 2025

BEQ 15:08 (Eric) [4.00 avg; 1 rating]
LAT 2:26 (Stella) [3.00 avg; 1 rating]
NYT untimed (Jenni) [3.25 avg; 8 ratings]
The New Yorker 5:47 (Amy) [3.80 avg; 5 ratings]
Universal untimed (pannonica) [3.00 avg; 1 rating]
USA Today tk (?)
WSJ 4:33 (Jim) [3.50 avg; 3 ratings]

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WSJ Contest — Friday, May 11, 2025

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 20 minutes; Meta: 5 more [4.00 avg; 7 ratings]
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Muller Monthly Music Meta, May MMXXV

Muller Solving time: puz: 8ish meta: 90 mins [4.08 avg; 6 ratings]

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Sunday, May 11, 2025

LAT tk (Gareth) [3.50 avg; 1 rating]
NYT 24:37 (Eric) [2.61 avg; 14 ratings]
USA Today tk (Darby) [1.50 avg; 1 rating]
Universal (Sunday) 12:13 (Jim) [3.50 avg; 2 ratings]
Universal tk (Norah) [4.00 avg; 1 rating]
WaPo 6:35 (Matt G) [3.88 avg; 8 ratings]

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