WSJ Contest — Friday, July 24, 2026

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: a day [4.50 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
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Monday, July 27, 2026

BEQ untimed (Eric) [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
LAT 2:11 (Stella) [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:07 (Sophia) [3.43 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 7:16 (Amy) [3.92 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) [3.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Dena) rate it
WSJ 4:59 (Jim Q) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Fireball Contest July 26, 2026

Grid: played fair for me; Meta: nope. all around but not in. rate it Continue reading

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Sunday, July 26, 2026

LAT 11:47 (Kyle) [3.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 10:50 (Nate) [2.68 avg; 33 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it
Universal (Sunday) untimed (Jim P) [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:11 (Adam S) [4.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WaPo 14:53 (Eric) [3.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it

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Saturday, July 25, 2026

LAT 2:26 (Stella) [4.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Newsday 19:03 (pannonica) [4.14 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:27 (Amy) [4.50 avg; 22 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:41 (Adam S) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today untimed (ZEB) rate it
WSJ untimed (pannonica) [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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Friday, July 24, 2026

LAT untimed (pannonica) [2.90 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:05 (Amy) [3.91 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (Jim P) [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today 6:22 (Ben P) [1.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Thursday, July 23, 2026

BEQ 9:34 (Eric) [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 5:38 (Gareth) rate it
NYT 8:21 (ZDL) [3.96 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:58 (Eric) [2.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 7:22 (Ben) rate it
WSJ 17:25 (Jim Q) [4.43 avg; 7 ratings] rate it

Today’s Fireball puzzle is a contest. We will publish a recap after the entry deadline.

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Wednesday, July 22, 2026

AV Club untimed (Amy) [3.30 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
LAT 6:11 (Gareth) rate it
NYT 8:45 (Amy) [3.42 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 3:43 (Jim Q) [3.92 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) [3.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (tk) rate it
WSJ 7:23 (Adam S) [1.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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MGWCC #946

MGWCC crossword 2:39
meta DNF 3 days [3.29 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Jonesin’ 4:03 (Erin) rate it
LAT 3:53 (Erin) rate it
NYT 4:30ish (Sophia) [3.31 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) [2.13 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:20 (Eric) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today 6:03 (Jeffrey) rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ 10:18 (Jim Q) [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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