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Thursday, April 16, 2015

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Fireball 6:33 (Amy) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 (3.63 avg; 12 ratings)
NYT 5:07 (Amy) 5*: 5 | 4.5*: 15 | 4*: 11 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 (4.00 avg; 42 ratings)
LAT 8:40 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (3.72 avg; 9 ratings)
CS 8:54 (Ade) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (4.06 avg; 9 ratings)
BEQ 5:45 (Ben) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.75 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Jeff Chen, Jeffrey Wechsler, Joe Krozel, Peter A. Collins, Peter Gordon | 19 Comments

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

AV Club 5:49 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 6 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (2.50 avg; 18 ratings)
NYT 4:07 (Amy) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 7 | 3*: 14 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 3 (3.21 avg; 42 ratings)
LAT 3:47 (Gareth) 5*: 3 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 (4.04 avg; 12 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 (3.50 avg; 5 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Ed Sessa, Joel Fagliano, Tyler Hinman | 23 Comments

MGWCC #358

Posted on April 14, 2015 by joon

crossword 4:09
meta 0:30 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 2 (3.77 avg; 11 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 12 Comments

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:30 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 5 | 2*: 18 | 1.5*: 12 | 1*: 12 (2.41 avg; 68 ratings)
Jonesin' 3:19 (joon—paper) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 (3.88 avg; 4 ratings)
LAT 4:19 (Matt) 5*: 6 | 4.5*: 11 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 3 | 2*: 1 (4.30 avg; 27 ratings)
CS 11:28 (Ade) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (4.00 avg; 9 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 5*: 5 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 1 (4.68 avg; 11 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bruce Haight, Donna S. Levin, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Gary Cee, Matt Jones | 30 Comments

Muller Monthly Music Meta, April

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Matt Gaffney

puzzle — untimed; meta — 2 minutes (Matt) 5*: 5 | 4.5*: 7 (4.71 avg; 12 ratings)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | 7 Comments

Monday, April 13, 2015

Posted on April 12, 2015 by pannonica

NYT 3:12 (pannonica) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 7 | 3*: 11 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 3 | 1*: 1 (3.33 avg; 45 ratings)
LAT 3:01 (pannonica) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.57 avg; 14 ratings)
CS 9:53 (Ade) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (3.70 avg; 5 ratings)
BEQ 5:43 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.92 avg; 13 ratings)
AV Club 4:06 (Amy) 5*: 7 | 4.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 (4.55 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alex Silverman, Brendan Emmett Quigley, C.C. Burnikel, Doug Peterson, Ray Hedrick, Zhouqin Burnikel | 25 Comments

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 10:33 (Amy) 5*: 15 | 4.5*: 15 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 1 (4.35 avg; 46 ratings)
LAT 6:08 (Andy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 1*: 1 (3.62 avg; 13 ratings)
Reagle 14:53 (Sam) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.00 avg; 10 ratings)
Hex/Hook 9:38 (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 (3.63 avg; 4 ratings)
CS 20:43 (Ade) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 (3.44 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alex Vratsanos, Henry Hook, Jeff Chen, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle | 18 Comments

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Newsday 11:36, 1 Google (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.44 avg; 8 ratings)
Fireball 9:32 (Amy) 4*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 (2.83 avg; 6 ratings)
NYT 7:06 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 8 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 1 (3.55 avg; 30 ratings)
LAT 6:15 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 3 (3.50 avg; 16 ratings)
CS untimed (Ade) 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (3.17 avg; 3 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bruce Venzke, David C. Duncan Dekker, Frank Longo, Jacob Stulberg, Martin Ashwood-Smith | 27 Comments

Friday, April 10, 2015

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:09 (Amy) 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 (3.86 avg; 29 ratings)
LAT 8:13 (Gareth) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 1*: 2 (3.23 avg; 11 ratings)
CS 10:07 (Ade) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 (3.40 avg; 5 ratings)
CHE untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 (3.20 avg; 5 ratings)
WSJ (Friday) untimed (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 1 | 1*: 1 (4.06 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Candace Black, David Phillips, Matthew Sewell, Pancho Harrison, Patrick Jordan, Peg Slay | 17 Comments

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 7:46 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 4 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 3 (3.47 avg; 38 ratings)
LAT 3:43 (Gareth) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.57 avg; 15 ratings)
CS 9:24 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (3.80 avg; 5 ratings)
BEQ 8:36 (Ben) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 (4.25 avg; 10 ratings)

This week’s Fireball comes out on Friday.
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Jacob Stulberg, Marti DuGuay-Carpenter | 23 Comments

Thursday, April 16, 2015

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MGWCC #358

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Muller Monthly Music Meta, April

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