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Monday, October 5, 2015

Posted on October 4, 2015 by pannonica

NYT untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 11 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.77 avg; 22 ratings)
LAT untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.42 avg; 12 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 (3.17 avg; 3 ratings)
BEQ 7:05 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (3.67 avg; 9 ratings)
WSJ 4:53 (Jim) 4*: 1 | 3*: 2 (3.33 avg; 3 ratings)
Fireball untimed (Jenni) 5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 2 (4.00 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Brock Wilson, Judith Seretto, Mike Buckley, Mike Shenk, Todd McClary | 18 Comments

Sunday, October 4, 2015

Posted on October 3, 2015 by pannonica

NYT untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 8 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 9 | 2.5*: 4 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.39 avg; 44 ratings)
LAT 4:49 (Andy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.23 avg; 11 ratings)
Hex/Hook untimed (pannonica) (no ratings)
CS 17:43 (Ade) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (4.11 avg; 9 ratings)

(Reagle, original write-up from 4 Oct 2009)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amy Johnson, Bruce Venzke, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Jeremy Newton | 11 Comments

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 7:33 (Amy) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 6 | 2*: 7 | 1.5*: 3 | 1*: 1 (2.93 avg; 34 ratings)
LAT 6:17 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 (4.06 avg; 18 ratings)
CS 8:22 (Ade) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (3.25 avg; 2 ratings)
Newsday 18:38 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 (4.19 avg; 8 ratings)
WSJ untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 (3.50 avg; 4 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Anna Stiga, Barry C. Silk, Ethan Erickson | 24 Comments

Friday, October 2, 2015

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:20 (Amy) 5*: 11 | 4.5*: 17 | 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 5 (4.28 avg; 46 ratings)
LAT 5:49 (Gareth) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.31 avg; 16 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 3 (3.03 avg; 17 ratings)
CHE untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 1 (3.65 avg; 10 ratings)

The WSJ puzzle for Friday is a contest puzzle by Matt Gaffney. Dave will review it on Crossword Fiend after the contest closes Sunday evening.
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Jacob Stulberg, Jeffrey Wechsler, Patrick Berry | 20 Comments

Thursday, October 1, 2015

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

WSJ 19:50 (Jim) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 (3.13 avg; 8 ratings)
NYT 4:51 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 5 (3.58 avg; 30 ratings)
LAT 4:14 (Gareth) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 (3.25 avg; 10 ratings)
CS 8:50 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 (4.00 avg; 5 ratings)
BEQ 7:53 (Ben) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 4 (3.75 avg; 6 ratings)

The Fireball puzzle’s a contest puzzle, and we’ll have a new Team Fiend blogger writing about it Sunday evening—Jenni Levy! I’m excited to welcome a dear friend to the blogging team.
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Jerry Edelstein, John Guzzetta, Lynn Lempel | 6 Comments

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:10 (Amy) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 7 | 3*: 9 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 3 | 1*: 1 (3.28 avg; 30 ratings)
AV Club tk (Ben) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (3.94 avg; 9 ratings)
LAT 4:07 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2*: 1 (3.76 avg; 17 ratings)
CS 9:03 (Ade) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 (3.85 avg; 10 ratings)
WSJ 13:15 (Jim) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3*: 2 (3.81 avg; 8 ratings)

The AV Club puzzle this week is a meta contest puzzle by Erik Agard. It will be reviewed on this site after the contest closes Sunday.
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged C.C. Burnikel, Donna S. Levin, Freddie Cheng, Ian Livengood, Jeff Chen | 16 Comments

MGWCC #382

Posted on September 29, 2015 by joon

crossword 5:09
meta about 1 minute 5*: 5 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (4.00 avg; 16 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 29 Comments

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:20 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 8 | 3*: 8 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 3 (3.07 avg; 27 ratings)
Jonesin' 5:20 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 (4.00 avg; 3 ratings)
LAT 4:38 (Derek) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.61 avg; 18 ratings)
CS 8:11 (Ade) 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (3.75 avg; 6 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 (4.25 avg; 4 ratings)
WSJ untimed (Jim) 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (2.86 avg; 7 ratings)

Team Fiend welcomes constructor Jim Peredo to the mix! Jim’s blogging the Wall Street Journal for us today, and his most recent published puzzle was last Wednesday’s cute WSJ crossword, “Dude, Where’s My Car?”
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Elizabeth C. Gorski, Kurt Krauss, Mark Bickham, Matt Jones, Mel Rosen, Tony Orbach | 2 Comments

Monday, September 28, 2015

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Evad

NYT 3:27 (Amy) 5*: 10 | 4.5*: 14 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 (4.30 avg; 33 ratings)
LAT 3:29 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 (3.09 avg; 11 ratings)
CS 13:41 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.86 avg; 11 ratings)
BEQ 4:37 in 2006 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 6 (3.75 avg; 8 ratings)
WSJ untimed (Amy) 4*: 2 | 3*: 2 (3.50 avg; 4 ratings)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Dan Bischoff, Jeff Chen, Lila Cherry, Randolph Ross, Rich Norris, Theresa Schmidt | 14 Comments

WSJ Contest – Friday, September 25, 2015

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Evad

untimed (Evad) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 (2.42 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged contests, Marie Kelly | 1 Comment

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