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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 5:57 (Erin) 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) 4*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:30 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 [3.15 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:51 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ 3:03 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adrianne Baik, Aimee Lucido, Joe Marquez, Joseph Marquez, Matt Jones, Noelle Griskey, Samuel A. Donaldson | 28 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, October 24, 2025

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 15 minutes; Meta: 4 more 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [4.21 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 15 Comments

Monday, October 27, 2025

Posted on October 26, 2025 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 11:03 (Eric) 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:00 (Stella) 1.5*: 1 [1.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
NYT 3:07 (Sophia) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 [3.61 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 6:38 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 [3.60 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) 2*: 1 [2.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim Q) 3*: 2 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Guilherme Gilioli, Natan Last, Ryan Judge, Tarun Krishnamurthy, Zhouqin Burnikel | 7 Comments

Sunday, October 26, 2025

Posted on October 25, 2025 by Eric Hougland

LAT tk (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 [2.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 15:19 (Eric) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 [2.97 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) rate it
Universal (Sunday) 10:00 (Jim P) 4.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WaPo 5:15 (Matt G) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.36 avg; 7 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Doug Peterson, Evan Birnholz, Gary Larson, Rafael Musa | 19 Comments

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 3:13 (Stella) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Newsday 15:17 (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 [4.25 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
NYT 8:19 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [4.03 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) 4*: 2 [4.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) 4.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ untimed (pannonica) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Byron Walden, David Karp, David P. Williams, Walker Griggs | 39 Comments

Friday, October 24, 2025

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 9:08 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.32 avg; 19 ratings] rate it
Universal 8:05 (Jim P) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.90 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) 4.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Colden Longley, Katherine Baicker, Kelvin Zhou, Laura Dershewitz | 41 Comments

Thursday, October 23, 2025

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Eric Hougland

BEQ 8:19 (Eric) 4*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 [4.56 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:33 (ZDL) 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 4 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 [3.34 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:51 (Eric) 4*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:10 (Emily) 4.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim Q) 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Aimee Lucido, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Greyson Miller, Katherine Baicker, Mike Shenk, Paul Coulter | 27 Comments

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Eric Hougland

AV Club 5:57 (Amy) 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:22 (Gareth) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:50 (Amy) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 [2.50 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (Kyle) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 [4.00 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today 6:51 (Emily) rate it
WSJ 6:57 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Dan Schwartz, Emma Oxford, Gary Larson, Jesse Guzman, Rafael Musa, Robert E.L. Morris | 42 Comments

MGWCC #907

Posted on October 21, 2025 by joon

MGWCC crossword 3:18
meta DNF 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.60 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 21 Comments

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 5:37 (Erin) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:37 (Eric) 5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.55 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [4.14 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Universal 7:24 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) 5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ 4:55 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brian Callahan, Jim Heane, Katherine Xiong, Kieran Boyd, Matt Jones, Richard Liu, Spencer Leach, Wyna Liu | 17 Comments

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