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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Posted on March 28, 2026 by Eric Hougland

LAT 6:21 (Kyle) 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 25:02 (Eric) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 2 [3.60 avg; 21 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) 2.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Universal (Sunday) 8:40 (Jim P) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) 4*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 [3.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WaPo tk (Matt G) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.92 avg; 6 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Doug Peterson, Evan Birnholz, Michael Schlossberg, Oliver Schlossberg, Ricky Sirois | 25 Comments

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Eric Hougland

LAT 2:36 (Stella) 5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.64 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Newsday 9:55 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 [4.28 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:52 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 [3.77 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) 4.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 14:04 (Eric) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Grant Conley, Katie Hoody, Mike Shenk, Trip Payne | 27 Comments

Friday, March 27, 2026

Posted on March 26, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [4.00 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
NYT 8:49 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 3 [3.41 avg; 22 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:20 (Jim P) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.25 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) 3*: 1 [3.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Siegel, Yijing Chen, Zachary David Levy | 23 Comments

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Posted on March 25, 2026 by Eric Hougland

BEQ 12:41 (Eric) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.25 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Fireball tk (Jenni) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) 3*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:48 (ZDL) 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.25 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:31 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:27 (Emily) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim Q) 3.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 [2.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alex Murphy, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Charlie Dean, Ella Dershowitz, Marshal Herrmann | 25 Comments

Wednesday, March 25, 2025

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Eric Hougland

AV Club 5:47 (Amy) 4*: 2 | 3*: 2 [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:55 (Gareth) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:58 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 5 | 1*: 1 [2.74 avg; 19 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 3:30 (Jim Q) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:31 (Emily) rate it
WSJ 7:04 (Eric) 4*: 3 | 2*: 1 [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Aidan Deshong, Erik Agard, Jeff Stillman, Jeffrey Stillman, Katja Brinck, Loren Kristan Mell, Mat Holmes | 11 Comments

MGWCC #929 – “A Return to Carnivorism” by Ben Chenoweth

Posted on March 24, 2026 by Matt Gaffney

MGWCC crossword (untimed)
meta DNF rate it not that long
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Posted in Contests, Daily Puzzles | 14 Comments

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Posted on March 23, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 4:11 (Erin) 2*: 1 [2.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
LAT tk (Jenni) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:59 (Eric) 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.07 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 [3.69 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (Eric) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 [2.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today 10:19 (Emily) 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ tk (Jim Q) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Joe Rodini, Killian Olson, Kiran Pandey, Matt Jones, Paolo Pasco, Tarun Krishnamurthy | 10 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, March 20, 2026

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: 10 minutes 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 [4.39 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Mike Shenk | 15 Comments

Monday, March 23, 2026

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Eric Hougland

BEQ 12:43 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:00 (Stella) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:27 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 5 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.38 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 6:49 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.29 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 4:19 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Caroline Hand, Henry Lin-David, Joe Rodini, Matthew Luter, Natan Last | 13 Comments

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Posted on March 21, 2026 by Eric Hougland

LAT 7:37 (Kyle) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 15:00 (Eric) 4*: 5 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 1 [2.79 avg; 14 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) 3*: 1 [3.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Universal (Sunday) 8:02 (Jim P) 3*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WaPo 505, meta 20 minutes (Matt G) 5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.44 avg; 9 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alex Eaton-Salners, Evan Birnholz, Jeffrey Wechsler, Sean Ziebarth | 21 Comments

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