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MGWCC #343

Posted on December 30, 2014 by joon

crossword 3:07 (across lite)
meta DNF 5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 2 (2.96 avg; 23 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 23 Comments

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 3:57 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 5 | 2*: 5 (3.20 avg; 25 ratings)
Jonesin' 3:34 (Amy) 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (3.00 avg; 2 ratings)
LAT 3:18 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.15 avg; 13 ratings)
CS 8:50 (Ade) 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (2.80 avg; 5 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 4.5*: 6 (4.50 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Elizabeth C. Gorski, Greg Johnson, Jeffrey Wechsler, Matt Jones, Randall J. Hartman | 7 Comments

Monday, December 29, 2014

Posted on December 28, 2014 by pannonica

NYT 3:40 (pannonica) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 11 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.92 avg; 33 ratings)
LAT 3:07 (pannonica) 5*: 5 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.50 avg; 19 ratings)
CS 10:00 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 1*: 1 (3.31 avg; 8 ratings)
BEQ 5:34 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 3 (3.68 avg; 11 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Donna S. Levin, Jerry Edelstein, Peter A. Collins | 17 Comments

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 8:15 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 11 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 8 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 3 | 1*: 2 (3.58 avg; 44 ratings)
LAT 7:37 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.13 avg; 8 ratings)
Reagle 6:38 (Amy) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 (3.97 avg; 16 ratings)
Hex/Hook 8:02 (pannonica) 3.5*: 1 (3.50 avg; 1 rating)
WaPo 16:15 (Gareth) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 8 | 4*: 3 (4.53 avg; 15 ratings)
CS 16:13 (Ade) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (4.00 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged C.C. Burnikel, Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Joe Krozel, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Patrick Berry, Zhouqin Burnikel | 19 Comments

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 7:53 (Andy) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 8 | 2.5*: 3 | 1*: 3 (3.07 avg; 22 ratings)
NYT 4:09 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 5 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.36 avg; 29 ratings)
CS 3:20 (Amy) 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 2 | 1*: 2 (2.04 avg; 13 ratings)
Newsday untimed (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 (4.50 avg; 5 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Barry C. Silk, Bruce Venzke, David Phillips, Doug Peterson | 13 Comments

Friday, December 26, 2014

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:00 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 8 | 4*: 13 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 (4.02 avg; 26 ratings)
LAT 5:32 (Gareth) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 (3.08 avg; 12 ratings)
CS 12:36 (Ade) 5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.50 avg; 3 ratings)
CHE tk(?) (pannonica) (no ratings)
WSJ (Friday) 10:37 (pannonica) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 2 (4.00 avg; 9 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Dan Fisher, David Poole, Patrick Berry, Raymond Hamel | 11 Comments

Thursday, December 25, 2014

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 4:42 (Amy) 5*: 11 | 4.5*: 18 | 4*: 8 (4.54 avg; 37 ratings)
LAT 6:02 (Gareth) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 5 | 2*: 1 (4.03 avg; 16 ratings)
CS 26:44 (Ade) 5*: 7 | 4.5*: 4 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 2 (3.75 avg; 18 ratings)
BEQ 6:06 (Matt) 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 (3.67 avg; 6 ratings)

Merry Christmas from Team Fiend! Merry Jewish/Buddhist/etc. Christmas to those of you who may be partaking of Chinese food and movies on Thursday! If you are feeling lonely on Christmas Day, know that we’re thinking of you too (and the holiday madness is almost behind us).
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bob Klahn, Brendan Emmett Quigley, John Lieb, Xan Vongsathorn | 8 Comments

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

AV Club 8:16/Gorski (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 3 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.73 avg; 15 ratings)
NYT 4:15 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 5 (3.59 avg; 29 ratings)
LAT 6:47 (Gareth) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 3 | 1*: 1 (3.28 avg; 18 ratings)
CS 9:20 (Ade) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 (3.71 avg; 7 ratings)

Last-minute holiday shopping needs for the other puzzlers in your life? Consider a gift subscription to a crossword! Here are a few options:

Fireball crossword, edited by Peter Gordon, constructed by Peter and contributors
American Values Club crossword, edited by Ben Tausig, constructed by Ben and an all-star team
Matt Gaffney’s Weekly Crossword Contest meta-puzzle crosswords
The Nation cryptic crosswords by Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Andrew Ries’s crosswords and Rows Garden puzzles
CrosSynergy crosswords from a team of regulars
Liz Gorski’s Crossword Nation crosswords
CRooked Crosswords Sunday puzzles from Henry Hook and Emily Cox & Henry Rathvon
The New York Times crossword, edited by Will Shortz

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adam G. Perl, Ben Tausig, Don Gagliardo, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Lynn Lempel | 11 Comments

MGWCC #342

Posted on December 23, 2014 by joon

crossword 4:51
meta ~~DNF~~3 days, 11 hours, 59 minutes 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.61 avg; 18 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 30 Comments

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

Jonesin' 4:31 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 (2.71 avg; 7 ratings)
NYT 3:28 (Amy) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 5 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 4 | 1*: 1 (2.92 avg; 30 ratings)
LAT 2:51 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 (3.54 avg; 12 ratings)
CS 11:22 (Ade) 4*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 (2.83 avg; 6 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 (4.75 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bruce Haight, Bruce Venzke, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Gail Grabowski, Jeff Chen, Matt Jones | 20 Comments

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