WSJ Contest — Friday, November 7, 2025

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 20 minutes; Meta: 15 more [3.67 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
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Muller Monthly Music Meta, November 2025

Muller Solving time: puz: 10ish
meta: DNF [3.05 avg; 10 ratings] rate it

Well, after going 9-for-9 on the first metas of the year, I’m 0-for-2 on the last two. Got absolutely nowhere. There’s a pattern in there somewhere but I’m not seeing it. I never even got a promising lead. It took JanglerNPL almost 30 mins so I can’t feel too much shame…

I am getting the solution grid from MMMMHQ though, so posting that!

Someone tell me what the meta-answer is!!

–Matt

 

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Fireball Contest November 6, 2025

Grid: untimed; Meta: 15 minutes 

 


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Monday, November 10, 2025

BEQ 12:50 (Eric) [3.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:01 (Stella) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:37 (Sophia) [3.15 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 4:47 (Amy) [3.58 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (pannonica) [3.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) [2.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ 4:13 (Jim Q) rate it

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Sunday, November 9, 2025

LAT tk (Gareth) [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 20:53 (Eric) [2.91 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal (Sunday) 8:34 (Jim P) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WaPo 4:48 (Matt G) [2.70 avg; 5 ratings] rate it

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Saturday, November 8, 2025

LAT 2:41 (Stella) [3.67 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Newsday 28:19 (pannonica) [3.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:55 (Amy) [3.37 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) rate it
WSJ untimed (pannonica) [1.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Friday, November 7, 2025

LAT untimed (pannonica) [3.00 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:51 (Amy) [3.30 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:57 (Jim P) [3.72 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) [2.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Ariadne’s Crossword Library, November 2025

ACL Grid: 7 mins, Meta: 15 seconds [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
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Thursday, November 6, 2025

BEQ 9:45 (Eric) [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) [4.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) rate it
NYT 9:10 (ZDL) [3.18 avg; 14 ratings] rate it
Universal 7:41 (Eric) [2.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today 12:32 (Emily) [1.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ tk (Jim Q) [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

AV Club untimed (Amy) [3.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:15 (Gareth) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT untimed (Amy) [2.65 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (Kyle) [3.92 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) [3.25 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today 10:11 (Emily) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 6:17 (Eric) [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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