Saturday, June 1, 2024

LAT 3:29 (Stella) 

 


Newsday 11:32 (pannonica) 

 


NYT 6:16 (Amy) 

 


Universal tk (Matthew)  

 


USA Today tk (Matthew) 

 


WSJ untimed (pannonica) 

 

Acrostics fans, there’s a new blog set up by the NYT’s acrostic constructors, Jane Stewart and David Balton at nytacrostics.com. I believe the puzzles come out every two weeks, with an online solving interface available for XWord Info subscribers. (It remains unfortunate that the NYT gave up making a printable version available for online puzzle subscribers.)

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Friday, May 31, 2024

LAT untimed (pannonica) 

 


NYT 5:55 (Amy) 

 


Universal 4:47 (Jim) 

 


USA Today tk (Darby) 

 

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Thursday, May 30, 2024

BEQ tk (Darby) 

 


LAT 4:13 (Gareth) 

 


NYT 8:39 (ZDL) 

 


Universal tk (Sophia) 

 


USA Today 9:22 (Emily) 

 


WSJ 6:52 (Jim) 

 


Fireball  untimed (Jenni) 

 

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024

AV Club 7:14 (Amy) 

 


LAT untimed (Gareth) 

 


The New Yorker tk (Kyle) 

 


NYT 4:02 (Amy) 

 


Universal untimed (pannonica) 

 


USA Today 10:58 (Emily) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

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MGWCC #834

crossword 4:03
meta DNF 2 days 

 


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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Jonesin' 6:50 (Erin) 

 


LAT untimed (Jenni) 

 


NYT 3:58 (Amy) 

 


The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 

 


Universal 5:56 (Matt F) 

 


USA Today tk (Sophia) 

 


Xword Nation untimed (Ade) 

 


WSJ 4:52 (Jim) 

 

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Fireball Contest May 22, 2024

Grid: untimed; Meta: 20 minutes 

 


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WSJ Contest — Friday, May 24, 2024

Grid: untimed; Meta two hours 

 


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Monday, May 27, 2024

BEQ tk (Matthew) 

 


LAT tk (Stella) 

 


NYT 2:38 (Sophia) 

 


The New Yorker 4:57 (Amy) 

 


Universal untimed (pannonica) 

 


USA Today tk (tk) 

 

Note: No WSJ puzzle due to the Memorial Day holiday.
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Sunday, May 26, 2024

LAT tk (Gareth)  

 


NYT 13:20 (Nate) 

 


USA Today tk (Darby)  

 


Universal (Sunday) 11:51 (Jim) 

 


Universal tk (norah) 

 


WaPo 5:26 (Matthew) 

 

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