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Monday, April 20, 2026

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 12:05 (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 1:41 (Stella) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 2:46 (Sophia) 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 [3.61 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 11:49 (Eric) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.85 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) [3.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 5:16 (Jim Q) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Doug Peterson, Freddie Cheng, Kameron Austin Collins, Ryan Gallagher, Will Nediger | 9 Comments

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Jim Peredo

LAT 7:20 (Kyle) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 14:01 (Nate) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 1 [3.61 avg; 22 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Universal (Sunday) 9:05 (Jim P) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:32 (Adam S) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WaPo 631 (Matt G) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.14 avg; 7 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam Landau, Adrian Johnson, Alexandra Doumani, Dylan Schiff, Evan Birnholz, Michael Lieberman | 32 Comments

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:35 (Stella) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.43 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Newsday 14:25 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [4.17 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:17 (Amy) 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 7 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.80 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:04 (Adam S) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 [2.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 12:27 (Eric) [2.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amy Ensz, Ben Zimmer, Gary Larson, Jesse Cohn, Willa Angel Chen Miller | 29 Comments

Friday, April 17, 2026

Posted on April 16, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:29 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 8 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.90 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:18 (Jim P) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (tk) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Carina da Rosa, Kareem Ayas, Patti Varol, Rachel Fabi | 15 Comments

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Posted on April 15, 2026 by Jenni Levy

BEQ untimed; DNF (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 [3.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.33 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 14:28 (ZDL) 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 [3.93 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:40 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today 5:51 (Emily) 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 9:46 (Jim Q) 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amie Walker, Brendan Emmett Quigley, David Karp, Jack Scherban, Lekha Karthik, Rafael Musa, Sala Wanetick | 12 Comments

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

AV Club 8:06 (Amy) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.33 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:48 (Gareth) 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:13 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.32 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 3:57 (Jim Q) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 [4.25 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 4*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:02 (Emily) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 5:46 (Eric) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam Wagner, Andrea Carla Michaels, August Miller, Hoang-Kim Vu, Kevin Christian, Mark Axel, Robyn Weintraub, Steve Jopek | 16 Comments

MGWCC #932

Posted on April 14, 2026 by joon

MGWCC crossword 2:09
meta 0ish/5ish 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.33 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 9 Comments

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Posted on April 13, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 4:10 (Erin) rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:07 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 1.5*: 2 [2.83 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.88 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:16 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) 1*: 1 [1.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ 6:51 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Caroline Hand, Joe Rodini, Mark Diehl, Matt Jones | 16 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, April 10, 2026

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 15 minutes; Meta: 10 minutes 5*: 3 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 [4.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 14 Comments

Muller Monthly Music Meta, April 2026 — Matt’s Review

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Matt Gaffney

Title: “Capture the Flag” by Pete Muller, Mack Meller, and Andrew White
Prompt: The meta for this puzzle is a band whose name is depicted six times in the grid.
Answer: Florida-Georgia Line, found by 273 solvers
Grid: untimed
Meta: DNF

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | 18 Comments

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