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MGWCC #363

Posted on May 19, 2015 by joon

crossword 3:24
meta 5 minutes 5*: 9 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 (4.73 avg; 15 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 35 Comments

NYT 4:07 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 7 | 3*: 8 | 2.5*: 5 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (2.90 avg; 29 ratings)
LAT 3:58 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.78 avg; 18 ratings)
Jonesin' 3:30 (Derek) 3*: 6 (3.00 avg; 6 ratings)
CS 8:27 (Ade) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 (3.14 avg; 7 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (3.63 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Allan E. Parrish, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Gail Grabowski, Marti DuGuay-Carpenter, Matt Jones | 13 Comments

Monday, May 18, 2015

Posted on May 17, 2015 by pannonica

NYT 3:23 (pannonica) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 12 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 (3.84 avg; 34 ratings)
LAT 3:26 (pannonica) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 6 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 (4.14 avg; 18 ratings)
CS 8:38 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 (3.50 avg; 5 ratings)
BEQ 8:01 (Amy) 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.85 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Gene Newman, Tom Uttormark, Tony Orbach, Zhouqin Burnikel | 20 Comments

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 10:12 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 11 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 2 (3.53 avg; 47 ratings)
LAT 5:57 (Andy) 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 2 (2.92 avg; 13 ratings)
Reagle 12:10 (Sam) 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 2 | 1*: 3 (3.50 avg; 15 ratings)
Hex/Hook 8:07 (pannonica) 3.5*: 3 (3.50 avg; 3 ratings)
CS 21:16 (Ade) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.64 avg; 11 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brad Wilber, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Joe Krozel, Merl Reagle, Mike Peluso | 19 Comments

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 6:42 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 8 | 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.62 avg; 33 ratings)
Newsday ~20 minutes (Derek) 4.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.10 avg; 5 ratings)
LAT 4:50 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 4 | 1.5*: 1 (3.38 avg; 12 ratings)
CS 9:40 (Ade) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 (3.50 avg; 5 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brad Wilber, Byron Walden, Doug Peterson, Gareth Bain, Lars G. Doubleday, Randall J. Hartman | 30 Comments

Friday, May 15, 2015

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:11 (Amy) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 10 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 14 | 1.5*: 5 (2.55 avg; 37 ratings)
LAT 7:08 (Gareth) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 (3.38 avg; 12 ratings)
CS 8:30 (Ade) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 (2.92 avg; 6 ratings)
CHE 5:42 (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 (4.27 avg; 11 ratings)
WSJ (Friday) untimed (pannonica) 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.00 avg; 5 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged C.C. Burnikel, David Phillips, Melanie MIller, Mike Shenk, Nancy Cole Stuart, Patrick Jordan, Tom Uttormark, Zhouqin Burnikel | 22 Comments

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:41 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 19 | 4*: 15 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 4 (3.94 avg; 49 ratings)
Fireball 6:45 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.50 avg; 10 ratings)
LAT 5:19 (Gareth) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 2 (2.43 avg; 14 ratings)
CS 9:34 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 (3.83 avg; 3 ratings)
BEQ 5:53 (Ben) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 (4.20 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Kameron Austin Collins, Kevin Christian, Lynn Lempel, Peter Gordon | 20 Comments

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 6:04 (Derek) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 (3.23 avg; 30 ratings)
AV Club 5:51 (Amy) 4*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 4 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 5 | 1*: 3 (2.12 avg; 21 ratings)
LAT 4:41 (Gareth) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 (4.06 avg; 16 ratings)
CS 8:44 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 (4.31 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Bruce Venzke, Gail Grabowski, Jeffrey Wechsler, Tyler Hinman | 14 Comments

MGWCC #362

Posted on May 12, 2015 by joon

crossword 3:25
meta 0:10 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 1 (4.20 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 19 Comments

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:10 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 6 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 7 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.63 avg; 31 ratings)
Jonesin' 4:42 (Derek) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 (3.93 avg; 7 ratings)
LAT 4:20 (Derek) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 5 | 1.5*: 1 (3.69 avg; 16 ratings)
CS 7:55 (Ade) 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (2.63 avg; 4 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 1 (4.58 avg; 6 ratings)

Exciting news in Fiendtown! Please join me in welcoming Derek Allen to Team Fiend. Derek wrote an NYT crossword that ran back in 1997 (with a fun homophone theme: DO THE RIGHT THING, DA DOO RON RON, MOUNTAIN DEW, and POSTAGE DUE STAMP—when do you ever get Spike Lee and Shaun Cassidy in the same thought?), he’s a member of the National Puzzlers’ League, and he is an aficionado of fine frozen desserts. He’ll be blogging some puzzles here. Welcome, Derek! Thanks for joining the team.
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bruce Haight, Bruce Venzke, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Matt Jones, Paul Hunsberger | 21 Comments

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