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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Sunday, February 16, 2025

LAT tk (Gareth)  

 


NYT 17:05 (Dave) 

 


USA Today tk (Darby)  

 


Universal (Sunday) tk (Jim) 

 


Universal tk (norah) 

 


WaPo 5:07 (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 tomorrow!, Monday, February 17th with winners announced in a livestream a week later.

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

LAT 3:30 (Stella) 

 


Newsday 18:50 (pannonica) 

 


NYT untimed (Amy) 

 


Universal tk (Matthew) 

 


USA Today tk (Matthew) 

 


WSJ untimed (pannonica) 

 

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Friday, February 14, 2025

LAT untimed (pannonica) 

 


NYT 4:32 (Amy) 

 


Universal 4:01 (Jim) 

 


USA Today tk (Emily) 

 

Happy Valentine’s Day to you all, crossword fiends!

(It’s a book cover from Brazilian Amazon! So cute)

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Thursday, February 13, 2025

LAT 4:14 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 12:02 (ZDL) 

 


Universal tk (Sophia) 

 


USA Today 6:53 (Emily) 

 


BEQ 8:49 (Eric) 

 


WSJ 6:49 (Jim) 

 


Fireball untimed (Jenni) 

 

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

AV Club untimed (Amy) 

 


LAT 5:26 (Gareth) 

 


The New Yorker tk (Kyle) 

 


NYT 5:10 (Amy) 

 


Universal untimed (pannonica) 

 


USA Today 6:56 (Emily) 

 


WSJ 7:20 (Jim) 

 

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MGWCC #871

crossword 3:44 
meta 2ish 

 


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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Jonesin' 4:22 (Erin) 

 


LAT untimed (Jenni) 

 


NYT untimed (Amy) 

 


The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 

 


Universal 4:42 (Matt F) 

 


USA Today tk (Sophia) 

 


Xword Nation untimed (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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