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Muller Monthly Music Meta, May

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Matt Gaffney

puzzle — 6:50; meta — 15-20 minutes (Matt) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 (4.32 avg; 11 ratings)

Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged contests, Muller Monthly Music Meta, Pete Muller | 6 Comments

Monday, May 11, 2015

Posted on May 10, 2015 by pannonica

NYT 3:08 (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 12 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 6 | 1*: 1 (3.68 avg; 28 ratings)
LAT 3:30 (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 (3.81 avg; 16 ratings)
CS 14:15 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 4 (3.61 avg; 9 ratings)
BEQ 10:30 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 (3.91 avg; 17 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Jeff Chen, Joe DiPietro, Zhouqin Burnikel | 36 Comments

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 11:43 (Amy) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 4 | 2*: 14 | 1.5*: 13 | 1*: 17 (1.91 avg; 58 ratings)
LAT 6:05 (Andy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.75 avg; 10 ratings)
Reagle 13:59 (Sam) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.50 avg; 11 ratings)
Hex/Hook untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 (3.75 avg; 2 ratings)
CS 18:46 (Ade) 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (3.57 avg; 7 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Doug Peterson, Henry Hook, Jacob Stulberg, Melanie MIller, Merl Reagle | 22 Comments

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Newsday 16:16* (Amy) 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 (3.25 avg; 4 ratings)
NYT 5:11 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 10 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 3 (3.63 avg; 31 ratings)
LAT 4:21 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.73 avg; 15 ratings)
CS 8:32 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 (3.56 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Barry C. Silk, Donna S. Levin, Frank Longo, Kristian House | 14 Comments

Friday, May 8, 2015

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:21 (Amy) 5*: 20 | 4.5*: 21 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (4.52 avg; 49 ratings)
LAT untimed (pannonica) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.94 avg; 18 ratings)
CS 11:03 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.29 avg; 7 ratings)
CHE untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.89 avg; 9 ratings)
WSJ (Friday) 9:47 (pannonica) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 1 (3.25 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Ian Livengood, Janet Bender, Jeffrey Wechsler, Mike Shenk, Randolph Ross, Robert H. Wolfe | 12 Comments

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Fireball 9:44* (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (2.63 avg; 16 ratings)
NYT 5:16 (Amy) 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 7 | 2.5*: 6 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.20 avg; 28 ratings)
LAT 13:14 (Gareth) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 6 | 3*: 7 (3.54 avg; 14 ratings)
CS 10:00 (Ade) 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (3.57 avg; 7 ratings)
BEQ 7:13 (Ben) 4*: 4 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.28 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Gareth Bain, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Paul Hunsberger, Tracy Gray | 31 Comments

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

AV Club 5:52 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 6 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 (3.88 avg; 20 ratings)
NYT 4:35 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 7 | 2.5*: 6 | 2*: 10 | 1.5*: 10 | 1*: 2 (2.67 avg; 50 ratings)
LAT 4:12 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.15 avg; 13 ratings)
CS 8:28 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 4 (3.81 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Francis Heaney, Joe Krozel, Michael Dewey, Randall J. Hartman | 14 Comments

MGWCC #361

Posted on May 5, 2015 by joon

crossword 3:31
meta about -2 minutes 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 2*: 2 (3.25 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 4 Comments

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Jonesin' 4:18 (Amy) 3*: 2 (3.00 avg; 2 ratings)
NYT 3:43 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 8 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 7 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 (3.64 avg; 32 ratings)
LAT 3:00 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.25 avg; 14 ratings)
CS 11:36 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.25 avg; 6 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.42 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Andrea Carla Michaels, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Marti DuGuay-Carpenter, Matt Jones, Michael Blake, Todd McClary | 12 Comments

Monday, May 4, 2015

Posted on May 3, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:49 (PuzzleGirl) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 11 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 2 (3.66 avg; 29 ratings)
LAT 2:56 (PuzzleGirl) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.23 avg; 15 ratings)
CS 7:29 (Ade) 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 (3.33 avg; 3 ratings)
BEQ 5:33 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 (3.63 avg; 12 ratings)
Blindauer 6:05 (Matt) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 (3.90 avg; 5 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Andrea Carla Michaels, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Kevin Christian, Patrick Blindauer, Patrick Jordan, Zhouqin Burnikel | 12 Comments

Muller Monthly Music Meta, May

Monday, May 11, 2015

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