Saturday, December 28, 2024

LAT 3:18 (Stella) 
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Newsday 23:00 (pannonica) 

 


NYT 13:33 (Eric)  
(3.32 avg; 46 ratings) rate it

 


Universal tk (Matthew)  
(3.07 avg; 7 ratings) rate it

 


USA Today tk (Matthew) 
(1.00 avg; 3 ratings) rate it

 


WSJ untimed (pannonica) 

 

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Friday, December 27, 2024

LAT untimed (pannonica) 

 


NYT 5:42 (Amy) 

 


Universal 4:24 (Jim) 

 


USA Today tk (Emily) 
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Thursday, December 26, 2024

LAT tk (Gareth) 
(2.39 avg; 14 ratings) rate it

 


NYT 9:56 (ZDL) 
(2.70 avg; 45 ratings) rate it

 


Universal tk (Sophia) 
(2.56 avg; 9 ratings) rate it

 


USA Today 10:59(Emily) 
(3.25 avg; 6 ratings) rate it

 


BEQ untimed (Eric) 
(2.92 avg; 6 ratings) rate it

 


Fireball tk (Jenni) 
(1.00 avg; 1 rating) rate it

 


WSJ 9:24 (Jim) 
(2.85 avg; 17 ratings) rate it

 


The New Yorker 8:20 (Eric) 
(3.33 avg; 6 ratings) rate it

 

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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

LAT 6:30 (Gareth) 
(2.35 avg; 10 ratings) rate it

 


The New Yorker 3:51 (Kyle) 
(2.96 avg; 12 ratings) rate it

 


NYT 6:49 (Amy) 

 


Universal untimed (pannonica) 
(2.28 avg; 9 ratings) rate it

 


USA Today 9:15 (Emily) 

 

Note: No WSJ puzzle due to the holiday. Also, the AV Club puzzle is a contest; we’ll post a write-up after the submission period closes.
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MGWCC #864

crossword 3:25 
meta DNF 

 


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Tuesday, December 24, 2024

Jonesin' 6:32 (Erin) 

 


LAT untimed (Jenni) 

 


NYT 4:26 (Amy) 

 


The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 

 


Universal tk (Matt F) 

 


USA Today tk (Sophia) 

 


Xword Nation untimed (Ade) 

 


WSJ 5:06 (Jim) 
(2.03 avg; 18 ratings) rate it

 

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WSJ Contest — Friday, December 20, 2024

Grid:8 minutes; Meta: 12 more 

 


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Monday, December 23, 2024

BEQ untimed (Eric) 
(3.39 avg; 9 ratings) rate it

 


LAT 2:26 (Stella) 
(1.95 avg; 10 ratings) rate it

 


NYT 3:04 (Sophia) 

 


The New Yorker untimed (Amy) 
(3.37 avg; 15 ratings) rate it

 


Universal tk (pannonica) 

 


USA Today tk (Eric) 

 


WSJ 3:43 (Jim) 

 

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Sunday, December 22, 2024

LAT tk (Gareth)  

 


NYT 10:30 (Nate) 

 


USA Today tk (Darby)  

 


Universal (Sunday) untimed (Jim) 

 


Universal tk (norah) 

 


WaPo 4:34, meta 12 minutes (Matt G) 

 

 

AVCX Logo

As we head into Christmas and the start of Hanukkah, a quick reminder to consider gifting a subscription to AVCX to all the word nerds and smarty pants folks in your life!  What a neat gift to get fun, fresh, and engaging crosswords (themed, themeless, midi, and cryptic!) and trivia in your inbox on a weekly basis.  Choose amongst tiered prices to pay what you can afford, and enjoy some sample puzzles in the new web-based solving interface!

Note of transparency: I (Nate) am an editor at AVCX Cryptics and have also joyfully published crosswords with other branches of AVCX.  Even if those things weren’t true, I’d attest to my AVCX subscription and its high quality puzzles being worth every penny!

Now, onto our Sunday puzzles:

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Saturday, December 21, 2024

LAT untimed (Stella) 

 


Newsday tk (pannonica) 

 


NYT 8:29 (Amy)  

 


Universal tk (Matthew)  

 


USA Today tk (Matthew) 

 


WSJ untimed (Jim) 

 

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