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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Reagle 13:22 (Amy) 5*: 6 | 4.5*: 10 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 (3.85 avg; 23 ratings)
NYT 9:43 (Amy) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 11 | 2.5*: 4 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.27 avg; 30 ratings)
LAT 6:45 (Andy) 4*: 7 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 (3.38 avg; 12 ratings)
Hex/Hook 13:08, not rushing (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 (3.50 avg; 2 ratings)
WaPo 8:39 (Sam) 4.5*: 6 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 2 (4.09 avg; 11 ratings)
CS 24:21 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 (4.00 avg; 7 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Dan Feyer, Debbie Ellerin, Henry Hook, Jeff Chen, Karen M. Tracey, Merl Reagle, Tony Orbach | 32 Comments

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Newsday 18:31* (Amy) 4*: 2 | 3*: 4 (3.33 avg; 6 ratings)
LAT 5:38 (Amy) 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.41 avg; 17 ratings)
NYT 5:19 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 11 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 1 (3.97 avg; 30 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.40 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Frank Longo, Gail Grabowski, James Mulhern | 23 Comments

Friday, March 13, 2015

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:41 (Amy) 4.5*: 8 | 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 8 | 2.5*: 6 | 2*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 (3.45 avg; 41 ratings)
LAT 9:33 (Gareth, paper) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.87 avg; 15 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 (3.33 avg; 6 ratings)
CHE 5:11 (pannonica) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 7 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 2 (4.06 avg; 16 ratings)
WSJ (Friday) untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.17 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Marie Kelly, Mike Shenk, Victor Fleming, Wren Schultz | 36 Comments

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Fireball 9:28 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 4 (3.14 avg; 11 ratings)
NYT 4:40 (Amy) 5*: 5 | 4.5*: 14 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (4.06 avg; 40 ratings)
LAT 6:38 (Gareth, paper) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 5 (3.57 avg; 15 ratings)
CS tk (Ade) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 5 (3.31 avg; 8 ratings)
BEQ 8:39 (Ben) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 1 (3.22 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alex Miller, Brendan Emmett Quigley, David Steinberg, Ellen Leuschner, Jeff Chen, Leonard Williams | 14 Comments

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:41 (Amy) 4.5*: 11 | 4*: 12 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 3 | 2*: 1 (3.92 avg; 33 ratings)
AV Club 4:14 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 1 (3.45 avg; 21 ratings)
LAT 9:00 (Gareth, paper) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 (2.96 avg; 13 ratings)
CS 10:11 (Ade) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 5 (3.08 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bruce Venzke, David Steinberg, Francis Heaney, Thomas Takaro | 26 Comments

MGWCC #353

Posted on March 10, 2015 by joon

crossword 3:18
meta 1 day, or 5 seconds once i started googling 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 3 (3.12 avg; 17 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 21 Comments

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

Jonesin' 4:43 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (3.80 avg; 5 ratings)
NYT 3:31 (Amy) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 11 | 2.5*: 6 | 2*: 5 | 1.5*: 5 | 1*: 2 (2.58 avg; 36 ratings)
LAT 3:56 (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 4 | 1.5*: 1 (3.68 avg; 11 ratings)
CS 7:43 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 (3.58 avg; 6 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 4.5*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 (3.33 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Allan E. Parrish, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Gail Grabowski, John Lampkin, Matt Jones | 23 Comments

Muller Monthly Music Meta, March

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Matt Gaffney

puzzle — untimed; meta — about 4 minutes (Matt) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 (4.28 avg; 9 ratings)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged contests, Muller Monthly Music Meta, Pete Muller | 18 Comments

Monday, March 9, 2015

Posted on March 8, 2015 by pannonica

NYT 3:23 (pannonica) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 (3.50 avg; 21 ratings)
LAT 3:33 (pannonica) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 3 (3.50 avg; 16 ratings)
CS 6:18 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (3.50 avg; 6 ratings)
BEQ 5:13 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.37 avg; 15 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Carol Hacker, Debbie Ellerin, Randall J. Hartman | 14 Comments

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT ~13 minutes (Amy) 5*: 28 | 4.5*: 20 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 2 (4.57 avg; 57 ratings)
Reagle 8:07 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 4 | 2*: 2 (3.20 avg; 10 ratings)
LAT 5:12 (Andy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 (3.55 avg; 10 ratings)
Hex/Hook 10:39 (pannonica) 4*: 1 (4.00 avg; 1 rating)
WaPo untimed (Sam) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 (4.38 avg; 8 ratings)
CS 11:48 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (4.06 avg; 8 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Doug Peterson, Ed Sessa, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Merl Reagle, Tom McCoy, Trip Payne | 17 Comments

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MGWCC #353

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Muller Monthly Music Meta, March

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