WSJ Contest — Friday, October 17, 2025

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 10 minutes; Meta: 15 more [4.17 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
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Monday, October 20, 2025

BEQ 14:40 (Eric) [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:34 (Stella) [2.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:10 (Sophia) [3.33 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 9:04 (Amy) [3.25 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) [3.25 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
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WSJ 6+ min (Jim Q) rate it

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Sunday, October 19, 2025

LAT tk (Gareth) [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 13-something that turned into 26:37 (Eric) [3.59 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) [1.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Universal (Sunday) untimed (Jim P) [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

LAT 3:15 (Stella) [3.31 avg; 8 ratings] rate it
Newsday 15:52 (pannonica) [4.21 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
NYT 10:34 (Amy) [2.97 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
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WSJ untimed (pannonica) [3.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

If you like to challenge yourself with cryptic crosswords, there’s a new quarterly print magazine from the unch. team of (mostly?) British setters. A small magazine, about ten cryptics, smaller than 6×9 inches. Visit their site for more info or to order yours. What I don’t know is how much the shipping is from the UK to the US (or anywhere else), or if magazines are subject to tariffs.

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Friday, October 17, 2025

LAT tk (pannonica) [2.25 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:22 (Amy) [3.13 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal 3:49 (Jim P) [3.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
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Thursday, October 16, 2025

BEQ 6:54 (Eric) [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Fireball 10:24 (Amy) [2.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) [2.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 9:16 (ZDL) [4.05 avg; 21 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:31 (Eric) [2.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today 6:18 (Emily) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 9:05 (Jim Q) [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

AV Club 4:57(Amy) [3.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
LAT 5:49 (Gareth) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:48 (Amy) [2.37 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (Kyle) [3.60 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
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WSJ 6:25 (Eric) [2.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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MGWCC #906

MGWCC crossword 1:09 
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Jonesin’ 5:16 (Erin) [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 5:30 (Eric) [2.50 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:50 (Eric) [3.19 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) [3.33 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
Universal 7:21 (Eric) [2.40 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
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WSJ 5:01 (Jim Q) [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it

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WSJ Contest — Friday, October 10, 2025

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 10 minutes; Meta: 5 more [4.20 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
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