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Thursday, June 12, 2025

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Jim Peredo

BEQ 5:48 (Eric) 3.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
Fireball untimed (Jim) 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
LAT 4:23 (Gareth) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:45 (ZDL) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 [3.71 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
Universal 5-something (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today 9:43 (Emily) rate it
WSJ untimed (Jim) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 [3.75 avg; 8 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amanda Rafkin, Amie Walker, Brad Wiegmann, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Daniel Bodily, Drew Schmenner, Noelle Griskey, Peter Gordon | 25 Comments

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Jim Peredo

AV Club 4:29 (Amy) 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.70 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
LAT 8:11 (Gareth) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 4:42 (Amy) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 5 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 [3.21 avg; 12 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (Kyle) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 [4.33 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today 8:37 (Emily) 4.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
WSJ 5:53 (Jim) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 [2.36 avg; 7 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged David Alfred Bywaters, Dylan Schiff, Jeff Chen, Mark Budovitch, Michael Schlossberg, Sam Koperwas, Zhouqin Burnikel | 28 Comments

MGWCC #888

Posted on June 10, 2025 by joon

MGWCC crossword 3:01
meta 2 days 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 15 Comments

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Erin Milligan-Milburn

Jonesin’ 5:59 (Erin) rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.00 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
NYT 5:00 (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 [3.14 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 [4.10 avg; 5 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:49 (Eric) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) rate it
WSJ 5:05 (Jim) 3*: 1 | 2*: 2 [2.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Annemarie Brethauer, Daniel Hrynick, Emily Biegas, Erik Agard, Sala Wanetick, Zachary David Levy | 29 Comments

Ariadne’s Crossword Library, June 2025

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Ben Chenoweth

ACL Grid: 15 minutes or so
Meta: 20 minutes 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 [4.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Emma Oxford, Hannah Binney | 2 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, June 6, 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 15 minutes; Meta: 5 more 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [4.00 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Mike Shenk | 8 Comments

Muller Monthly Music Meta — June 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Matt Gaffney

Muller Solving time: puz: 11-something
meta: about 15 mins 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3

[4.33 avg; 6 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Andrew White, Mack Meller, Muller Monthly Music Meta, Pete Muller | 9 Comments

Monday, June 9, 2025

Posted on June 8, 2025 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 12:35 with a cheat (Eric) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.50 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 2:02 (Stella) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 [3.88 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT 3:50 (Sophia) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 [2.80 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 7:21 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 5 | 1*: 1 [4.00 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it
WSJ 4:43 (Jim) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Aimee Lucido, August Miller, Beth Rubin, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Kameron Austin Collins, Mike Shenk, Will Nediger | 15 Comments

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Eric Hougland

LAT tk (Gareth) 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 [2.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 29:02 (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 4 | 1.5*: 5 | 1*: 6 [2.10 avg; 20 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) rate it
Universal (Sunday) 7:04 (Jim) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 [4.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Norah) 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 [3.67 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
WaPo 4:42 (Matt G) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 2*: 1 [3.70 avg; 5 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Evan Birnholz, Jeff Chen, John Kugelman, Paul Coulter | 53 Comments

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 4:03 (Stella) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 3 [4.25 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
Newsday 10:23 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 [4.25 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
NYT untimed (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [4.00 avg; 14 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) rate it
WSJ 15:13 (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 [3.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Amy Ensz, Blake Slonecker, Gary Larson, Matthew Sewell, Rafael Musa, Rebecca Goldstein | 19 Comments

Thursday, June 12, 2025

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

MGWCC #888

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Ariadne’s Crossword Library, June 2025

WSJ Contest — Friday, June 6, 2025

Muller Monthly Music Meta — June 2025

Monday, June 9, 2025

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