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WSJ Contest — Friday, May 1, 2020

Posted on May 3, 2020 by LauraB

Grid: 8ish; Meta: maybe a half hour or so

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Posted in Contests | Tagged Mike Shenk | 15 Comments

Monday, May 4, 2020

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Matt Gaffney

BEQ tk (Jim Q)

LAT 4:46 (Nate)

NYT 4:24 (Matt)

The New Yorker 9:14 (Rachel)

Universal untimed (pannonica)

WSJ 4:24 (Jim P)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Craig Stowe, Emily Carroll, Evan Kalish, Mike Shenk, Patrick Berry | 9 Comments

Sunday, May 3, 2020

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 7:39 (Jenni)

NYT 12:34 (Nate)

WaPo 11:13 puzzle, meta shortly after (Jim Q)

Universal 3:57 (Jim Q)

Universal (Sunday) 8:54 (Jim P)

Constructor newsflash! Caleb Madison’s been making minis for The Atlantic, and now they’re expanding to include a weekend 15×15 crossword online. If you’re interested in submitting your work, send Caleb your theme query (not a completed puzzle, just the theme pitch) at [email protected]. He promises to respond within a month with either a “yes” or constructive notes. They’re looking for medium-difficulty themes and clean fill, and The Atlantic will pay $350 per puzzle.

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Ben Zimmer, Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Evan Birnholz, Pam Amick Klawitter, Pam Klawitter, Pamela Amick Klawitter, Pamela Klawitter, Zhouqin Burnikel | 13 Comments

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 4:47 (Derek)

Newsday 17:24 (Derek)

NYT 4:41 (Amy)

Universal tk (Jim Q)

WSJ untimed (pannonica)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Gary Larson, Lars G. Doubleday, Paolo Pasco, Trent H. Evans | 17 Comments

Friday, May 1, 2020

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica)

NYT 5:14 (Amy)

The New Yorker 6:46 (Rachel)

Universal 5:55 (Jim P)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Erik Agard, Jeffrey Wechsler, Steve Mossberg, Trenton Charlson | 19 Comments

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Jim Peredo

BEQ 12:53 (Ade)

LAT 5:40 (GRAB)

NYT 8:05 (Ben)

WSJ 6:26 (Jim P)

Universal 4:37 (Jim Q)

Fireball untimed (Jenni)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Caitlin Reid, David Bardolph, Gabrielle Friedman, Jeff Chen, Jordan Hildebrandt, Sujata Fretz | 14 Comments

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Jim Peredo

LAT 5:15 (Gareth)

NYT 4:01 (Amy)

WSJ 7:43 (Jim P)

Universal untimed (pannonica)

AVCX 5:58 (Ben)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bruce Haight, David Alfred Bywaters, Enrique Henestroza, Enrique Henestroza Anguiano, Joe DiPietro, Martha Kimes, Nate Cardin | 22 Comments

MGWCC #621

Posted on April 28, 2020 by joon

crossword 5:01
meta 5 min

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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 26 Comments

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Adesina O. Koiki

Jonesin' 4:48 (Derek)

LAT 2:53 (Derek)

NYT 4:19 (Amy)

Universal untimed (Jim Q)

WSJ 6:21 (Nate)

Xword Nation untimed (Ade)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Elizabeth C. Gorski, Emily Carroll, Joel Fagliano, Kevin Salat, Matt Jones, Zhouqin Burnikel | 10 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, April 24, 2020

Posted on April 26, 2020 by LauraB

Grid: 7ish; Meta: 5ish

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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 5 Comments