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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 3:21 (Stella) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 3 [4.25 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Newsday tk (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 [3.67 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:31 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 [4.08 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WSJ tk (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [2.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Boaz Moser, Kyle Dolan | 24 Comments

Friday, March 20, 2026

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT tk (pannonica) 4*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.30 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:18 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 6 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 [3.94 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:05 (Jim P) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Rafael Musa, Rebecca Goldstein, Zhouqin Burnikel | 11 Comments

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Posted on March 18, 2026 by Eric Hougland

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alex Eaton-Salners, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Geoff Brown, John Kugelman, Jonathan Raksin, Zhouqin Burnikel | 16 Comments

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Posted on March 17, 2026 by Eric Hougland

AV Club 8:18 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:46 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 [3.58 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (Jim Q) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 1 [4.07 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.08 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
USA Today 7:29 (Emily) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WSJ 8:54 (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam Vincent, Karen Steinberg, Luke Schreiber, Will Nediger | 14 Comments

MGWCC #928

Posted on March 17, 2026 by joon

MGWCC crossword 6:07
meta DNF 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 2 [3.33 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 25 Comments

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 5:54 (Erin) rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:35 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 2*: 2 [3.17 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (pannonica) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.72 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:44 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ tk (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amie Walker, Kiran Pandey, Matt Jones, Owen Bergstein, Sala Wanetick | 7 Comments

Monday, March 16, 2026

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ untimed (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 1:54 (Stella) 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:41 (Sophia) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [3.33 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 5:20 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 [4.45 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 [2.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim Q) 3.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Erica Hsiung Wojcik, Jamey Smith, Mallory Montgomery, Patrick Berry, Zhou Zhang | 11 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, March 13, 2026

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: untimed; Meta: a day 5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [4.08 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Patrick Berry | 6 Comments

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Posted on March 14, 2026 by Eric Hougland

LAT 7:00 (Kyle) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 18:50 and counting (Eric) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 3 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 [3.72 avg; 23 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) 3*: 1 [3.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Universal (Sunday) 9:49 (Jim P) 4*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WaPo 433 (Matt G) 4*: 5 | 1*: 1 [3.50 avg; 6 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Evan Birnholz, Katie Hale, Matthew Stock, Miranda Kany, Rich Katz, Sam Koperwas | 37 Comments

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Posted on March 13, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 3:42 (Stella) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.58 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Newsday untimed (Jenni) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 [3.67 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:46 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.88 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [3.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) 1*: 1 [1.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ 10:21 (Amy) 2*: 2 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged David Alfred Bywaters, David P. Williams, Erik Agard, Kameron Austin Collins | 27 Comments

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MGWCC #928

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