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Monday, October 12, 2015

Posted on October 11, 2015 by pannonica

NYT approx. 3:30 (pannonica) 5*: 13 | 4.5*: 12 | 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 7 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (4.02 avg; 48 ratings)
LAT approx. 3:15 (pannonica) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 1*: 1 (3.54 avg; 13 ratings)
BuzzFeed 1:56 (Andy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.24 avg; 17 ratings)
CS 7:26 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.43 avg; 7 ratings)
BEQ 5:32 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (4.33 avg; 15 ratings)
WSJ 4:41 (Jim) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 (2.88 avg; 4 ratings)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Heidi Moretta, Ian Livengood, Neville Fogarty, Patrick Merrell, Ron Toth, Zhouqin Burnikel | 37 Comments

Sunday, October 11, 2015

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 8:49 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 7 | 2.5*: 6 | 2*: 7 | 1.5*: 4 | 1*: 1 (2.84 avg; 34 ratings)
LAT 8:09 (Andy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 (2.85 avg; 17 ratings)
Hex/Hook untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 (5.00 avg; 1 rating)
CS 47:14 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 4 (2.83 avg; 9 ratings)

(Reagle, original write-up from 11 Oct 2009)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bob Klahn, Brendan Emmett Quigley, David J. Kahn, Pam Amick Klawitter | 9 Comments

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:56 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 7 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 6 | 1*: 2 (2.50 avg; 29 ratings)
LAT 10:15 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 (3.80 avg; 15 ratings)
CS 7:46 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 (3.92 avg; 6 ratings)
Newsday 32:58 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 (4.20 avg; 5 ratings)
WSJ untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 (3.57 avg; 7 ratings)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bruce Venzke, Frank Longo, Mike Shenk, Natalia Shore, Randolph Ross, Roland Huget | 28 Comments

Friday, October 9, 2015

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:02 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 9 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.56 avg; 31 ratings)
Blindauer untimed (Matt) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (4.13 avg; 8 ratings)
LAT 4:21 (Gareth) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 2 (3.64 avg; 21 ratings)
CS 8:28 (Ade) 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 2 (3.17 avg; 6 ratings)
CHE untimed (pannonica) 3.5*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.00 avg; 6 ratings)

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Annemarie Brethauer, David Steinberg, Kameron Austin Collins, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Patrick Blindauer | 39 Comments

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Fireball ~10 minutes (Jenni) 5*: 22 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 (4.65 avg; 31 ratings)
NYT 5:48 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 7 | 2.5*: 4 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 3 | 1*: 8 (2.67 avg; 38 ratings)
WSJ 13:30 (Jim) 4*: 4 (4.00 avg; 4 ratings)
LAT 3:51 (Gareth) 4.5*: 2 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 (3.38 avg; 12 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.20 avg; 5 ratings)
BEQ 8:45 (Ben) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 1 (3.39 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alice Long, Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Patrick Berry, Stu Ockman | 18 Comments

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:25 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 7 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 (3.58 avg; 32 ratings)
AV Club 8:11 (Ben) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 (3.69 avg; 16 ratings)
LAT 3:35 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 (3.42 avg; 12 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 (3.40 avg; 5 ratings)
WSJ 6:01 (Jim) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 (3.50 avg; 5 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Ben Tausig, C.C. Burnikel, Howard Barkin, Julian Lim, Tom Uttormark, Zhouqin Burnikel | 15 Comments

MGWCC #383

Posted on October 6, 2015 by joon

crossword 3:45
meta -3 minutes 5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.75 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 8 Comments

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:37 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 5 | 1.5*: 1 (3.86 avg; 28 ratings)
WSJ 5:48 (Jim) 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (2.90 avg; 5 ratings)
Jonesin' 4:04 (Derek) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (2.80 avg; 5 ratings)
LAT 3:38 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (3.75 avg; 12 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 3 (3.75 avg; 6 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 3 (4.75 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, C.C. Burnikel, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Jerome Gunderson, Matt Jones, Zhouqin Burnikel | 19 Comments

AV Club Contest – September 30, 2015

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Ben Smith

AV Club 7:43 + 2 minutes (Ben)

Remember last week’s AV Club contest puzzle?
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Posted in Contests, Daily Puzzles | Tagged Erik Agard | 13 Comments

WSJ Contest – Friday, October 2, 2015

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Evad

untimed (Evad) 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 (3.20 avg; 5 ratings)
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