Monthly Archives: January 2026

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

If you navigated directly to this post without going to Fiend’s homepage, go check out Rich Proulx’s post about the 2/23 ORCA Awards livestream. There’s a trailer!

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14th ORCA Awards Puzzle Pack

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Rich Proulx

There’s something special about the 14th ORCAS. Sure, we added five new awards (did someone say cryptics?) Yeah, the ballot contains 15 categories comprised of 124 nominations from 59 different outlets. But, this year, you can solve these spectacular ORCA-nominated … Continue reading →

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Friday, January 23, 2026

Posted on January 22, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo
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MGWCC #920

Posted on January 22, 2026 by joon
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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Eric Hougland
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Posted on January 20, 2026 by Eric Hougland
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Posted on January 19, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn
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WSJ Contest — Friday, January 16, 2026

Posted on January 18, 2026 by Conrad
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Monday, January 19, 2026

Posted on January 18, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes
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Muller Monthly Music Meta, January 2026

Posted on January 18, 2026 by Ben Chenoweth

Title: “Songbirds” by Pete Muller, Mack Meller, and Andrew White Prompt: The meta for this puzzle is a well-known rock band Grid: approx. 15 mins Meta: before completing the grid

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