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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 3:31 (Stella) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.61 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
Newsday 24:35, with 1 error (pannonica ) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:43 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.42 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ untimed (pannonica) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged David Alfred Bywaters, Lester Ruff, Stanley Newman, Tracy Bennett | 26 Comments

Friday, July 4, 2025

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.64 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:25 (Amy) 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 [3.39 avg; 14 ratings] rate it
Universal 3:36 (Jim) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Colin Adams, Noelle Griskey, Zachary David Levy | 29 Comments

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Jim Peredo

BEQ untimed (Eric) 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) 4*: 2 [4.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT tk (Gareth) 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 [1.63 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 8:26 (ZDL) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [4.00 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
Universal 6:08 for the grid + ? for the theme (Eric) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 6:15 (Emily) 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 5:32 (Jim) 2*: 1 [2.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam Wagner, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Brian Callahan, Geoffrey Schorkopf, Jill Singer, K.J. Sarr, Mike Shenk | 25 Comments

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Jim Peredo

AV Club 6:27 (Amy) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:57 (Gareth) 3.5*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:27 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 [3.81 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 2:15 (Kyle) 4*: 7 [4.00 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 3 [2.70 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:01 (Emily) 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 5:31 (Jim) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 1 [3.38 avg; 8 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Aidan Deshong, Beth Rubin, Brad Wiegmann, Dan Caprera, Emily Biegas, John Kugelman, Robyn Weintraub, Sala Wanetick | 19 Comments

MGWCC #891

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Evad

MGWCC crossword untimed; meta ~2 days off and on 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 [4.57 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 8 Comments

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 5:25 (Erin) rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 [2.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:26 (Eric) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.56 avg; 9 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.80 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:48 (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) 2.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ 3:50 (Jim) 3.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam Aaronson, Grace Warrington, Greg Warrington, Matt Jones, Michael Garbus, Robin Stears, Wyna Liu | 17 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, June 27, 2025

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 10 minutes; Meta: 5 more 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [4.27 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 18 Comments

Monday, June 30, 2025

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 10:15 (Eric) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 [3.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 1:58 (Stella) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 2:48 (Sophia) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 6:24 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 [3.15 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 4:29 (Jim) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam Simpson, Amie Walker, Andrea Carla Michaels, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Darby Ratliff, Dena R. Verkuil, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Zachary David Levy | 18 Comments

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Sophia Maymudes

LAT tk (Gareth) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 [3.13 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 11:23 (Sophia) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 2 [2.79 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) rate it
Universal (Sunday) 9:50 (Jim) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) 3.5*: 2 [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WaPo 5:52 (Matt G) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 [3.42 avg; 6 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Evan Birnholz, Les Mots, Mike Hobin | 30 Comments

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 3:36 (Stella) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.21 avg; 7 ratings] rate it
Newsday 26:21 (pannonica ) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 [4.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:14 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 3 [3.29 avg; 17 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 [3.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) rate it
WSJ untimed (pannonica ) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan DerKazarian, Jesse Guzman, Matthew Sewell, Ricky Sirois | 27 Comments

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