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Saturday, June 6, 2015

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 11:01 (Amy) 5*: 32 | 4.5*: 10 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 1*: 6 (4.24 avg; 60 ratings)
Newsday 16:27 (Derek) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 (3.83 avg; 6 ratings)
LAT 11:37 (Derek) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 3 (4.17 avg; 12 ratings)
CS 8:15 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (3.38 avg; 4 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Jason Flinn | 28 Comments

Friday, June 5, 2015

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:08 (Amy) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 9 | 2.5*: 5 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.21 avg; 35 ratings)
LAT 9:57 (Gareth) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 4 | 1*: 6 (2.72 avg; 25 ratings)
CS 10:28 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 (3.56 avg; 9 ratings)
WSJ (Friday) untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 7 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.70 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged James Mulhern, Jeff Chen, Jeffrey Wechsler, Theresa Schmidt | 18 Comments

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:54 (Amy) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 6 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 8 | 3*: 7 | 2.5*: 6 | 2*: 5 (3.48 avg; 44 ratings)
Fireball 4:08 (Amy) 4*: 3 | 2*: 1 (3.50 avg; 4 ratings)
LAT 5:21 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 1 (3.54 avg; 12 ratings)
CS 9:06 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 (3.69 avg; 8 ratings)
BEQ 8:01 (Ben) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.14 avg; 7 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Donna S. Levin, Joe Krozel, Michael Dewey, Pancho Harrison | 23 Comments

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:23 (Amy) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 12 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 (3.52 avg; 29 ratings)
AV Club 5:16 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 6 | 2*: 2 (3.48 avg; 20 ratings)
LAT 4:30 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 (3.69 avg; 16 ratings)
CS 7:49 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 (3.89 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Ed Sessa, Herre Schouwerwou, Randall J. Hartman | 14 Comments

MGWCC #365

Posted on June 2, 2015 by joon

crossword 4:49
meta 1.5 days 5*: 31 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 (4.85 avg; 37 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 29 Comments

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:50 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 9 | 3*: 13 | 2.5*: 7 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 4 (2.97 avg; 44 ratings)
Jonesin' 6:50 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 (4.08 avg; 6 ratings)
LAT 3:56 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 7 | 2*: 1 (3.47 avg; 15 ratings)
CS 13:00 (Ade) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (3.92 avg; 6 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 4.5*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 (4.33 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bruce Haight, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Matt Jones, Mike Peluso, Randolph Ross | 18 Comments

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT untimed (Dave) 4.5*: 8 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 (3.56 avg; 31 ratings)
LAT 8:18 (Gareth) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 5 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.00 avg; 11 ratings)
Reagle 10:31 (Sam) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (2.67 avg; 9 ratings)
Hex/Hook 9:22 (Gareth) 4*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.00 avg; 2 ratings)
CS 20:39 (Ade) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 (3.89 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Jason Mueller, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Tom McCoy | 17 Comments

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:16* (Sam) 5*: 8 | 4.5*: 13 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (4.24 avg; 33 ratings)
Newsday 21:09 (Derek) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 7 (4.61 avg; 9 ratings)
LAT 13:24 (Derek) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.72 avg; 16 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 (3.90 avg; 5 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Barry C. Silk, Brad Wilber, Samuel A. Donaldson | 35 Comments

Friday, May 29, 2015

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:30 (Amy) 5*: 9 | 4.5*: 21 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 4 (4.29 avg; 47 ratings)
LAT 5:52 (Gareth) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 (3.44 avg; 16 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.60 avg; 5 ratings)
CHE 8:16 (pannonica) 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (3.20 avg; 5 ratings)
WSJ (Friday) 13:23 (Derek) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.81 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Daniel Landman, John Lampkin, Patrick Berry | 44 Comments

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Fireball 6:12 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 2 (3.63 avg; 12 ratings)
NYT 5:50 (Amy) 5*: 12 | 4.5*: 12 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.94 avg; 50 ratings)
LAT 4:50 (Gareth) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 3 | 1*: 1 (3.00 avg; 14 ratings)
CS 7:44 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.57 avg; 7 ratings)
BEQ 6:21 (Ben) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (3.44 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, David Poole, Jeff Chen, Lynn Lempel, Peter A. Collins | 23 Comments

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