Saturday, January 31, 2026

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:54 (Stella) [3.42 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Newsday 5:35 (Matthew) [3.92 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:06 (Amy) [3.92 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) [1.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ 16:12 (Jim Q) rate it

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Friday, January 30, 2026

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:42 (Amy) [4.17 avg; 24 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:02 (Jim P) [2.90 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) [2.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Thursday, January 29, 2026

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Jenni Levy

BEQ 9:37 (Eric) [3.58 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:38 (Gareth) [1.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:49 (ZDL) [3.05 avg; 19 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:10 (Eric) [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim Q) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Posted on January 27, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

AV Club untimed (Amy) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 6:42 (Gareth) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:06 (Amy) [3.45 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 3:26 (Jim Q) [4.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) [3.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today 6:52 (Emily) [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WSJ 8:03 (Eric) [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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MGWCC #921

Posted on January 27, 2026 by joon

MGWCC crossword 3:15ish
meta 2ish [4.00 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Posted on January 26, 2026 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 4:49 (Erin) [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:01 (Eric) [2.82 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (pannonica) [2.75 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (Eric) [3.93 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ 5:12 (Jim Q) [1.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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WSJ Contest — Friday, January 23, 2026

Posted on January 25, 2026 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 20 minutes; Meta: 5 more [4.06 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
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Monday, January 26, 2026

Posted on January 25, 2026 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 14:37 (Eric) [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 1:46 (Stella) [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:44 (Sophia) [3.61 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 7:23 (Amy) [3.50 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) [3.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) [3.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ 3:12 (Jim Q) [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Posted on January 24, 2026 by Eric Hougland

LAT 7:37 (Kyle) [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 16:08 (Eric) [3.38 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) rate it
Universal (Sunday) 9:52 (Jim P) [4.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WaPo 5:22 (Matt G) [2.79 avg; 7 ratings] rate it

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Saturday, January 24, 2026

Posted on January 23, 2026 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:48 (Stella) [3.29 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Newsday 28:31 (pannonica) [3.44 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:something (Amy) [3.71 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 13:53 (Eric) [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

If you navigated directly to this post without going to Fiend’s homepage, go check out Rich Proulx’s post about the 2/23 ORCA Awards livestream. There’s a trailer!

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