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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:26 (Stella) 5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.71 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Newsday untimed (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT untimed (Amy) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 4 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.44 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 [3.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ 18:01 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam Levav, Daniel Bodily, Malaika Handa, Winston Emmons | 27 Comments

Friday, July 25, 2025

Posted on July 24, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.20 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:57 (Amy) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 5 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 19 ratings] rate it
Universal 3:38 (Jim P) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Dan Schoenholz, David Ding, Fritz Juhnke | 21 Comments

Thursday, July 24, 2025

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

BEQ 14:49 with checks (Eric) 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 7:58 (ZDL) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 5 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 [2.58 avg; 18 ratings] rate it
Universal 4:22 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today 9:01 (Emily) 2*: 1 [2.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ untimed– over 10 minutes tho (Jim Q) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 [2.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, David P. Williams, Ginny Too, Joe Rodini, Justin Werfel, Sam Cordes | 22 Comments

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Eric Hougland

AV Club 4:57 (Amy) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 3:34 (Gareth) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:12 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.70 avg; 15 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 3:00 (Kyle) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 [4.08 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.30 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today 7:50 (Emily) 5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WSJ 7:48 (Eric) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.92 avg; 6 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Caitlin Reid, Jeffrey Martinovic, Jonathan Raksin, Joseph A. Gangi, Joseph Gangi, Rebecca Goldstein, Wendy L. Brandes | 27 Comments

MGWCC #894

Posted on July 22, 2025 by joon

MGWCC crossword 3:07
meta ~~DNF~~ 3 days 4*: 2 [4.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 11 Comments

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 5:29 (Erin) 3.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) rate it
NYT 6:52 (Eric) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 [3.14 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.50 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:59 (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 2 [2.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) 2*: 1 [2.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Xword Nation tk (Ade) rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim) 3.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged C.C. Burnikel, Dan Kammann, Ed Sessa, Erik Agard, Jeremy Newton, Matt Jones, Robbie Cottom, Zhouqin Burnikel | 7 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, July 18, 2025

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 20 minutes; Meta: an hour 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 1 [3.83 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 19 Comments

Monday, July 21, 2025

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Eric Hougland

BEQ 10:23 (Eric) 4.5*: 1 [4.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
LAT 1:48 (Stella) rate it
NYT 4:20 (Eric) rate it
The New Yorker 4:36 (Amy) rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) rate it
USA Today 6:07 (Eric) 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WSJ 4:15 (Jim Q) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Katy Steinmetz, Marc Goldstein, Rich Katz, Tarun Krishnamurthy, Zachary David Levy | 34 Comments

Fireball Contest July 16, 2025

Posted on July 20, 2025 by Conrad

Grid: untimed; Meta: three days

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Posted in Contests | Tagged Alex Eaton-Salners | 2 Comments

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Eric Hougland

LAT tk (Gareth) 3.5*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 16:13 (Eric) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 4 | 2*: 2 [3.32 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal (Sunday) 9:21 (Jim) 2*: 1 [2.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WaPo 5:52 (Matt G) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Evan Birnholz, Michael Schlossberg, Sam Cordes | 31 Comments

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MGWCC #894

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