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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

Newsday 10:03 (Amy) 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 (4.25 avg; 8 ratings)
NYT 5:30 (Amy) 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 16 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 (3.80 avg; 28 ratings)
LAT 3:23 (Andy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 4 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 2 (3.50 avg; 15 ratings)
CS 12:05 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 (3.50 avg; 4 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Evans Clinchy, Frank Longo, Randall J. Hartman, Tom Heilman | 22 Comments

Friday, October 10, 2014

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:04 (Amy) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 20 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (4.11 avg; 41 ratings)
LAT 5:16 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 3 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 4 (2.62 avg; 21 ratings)
CS 11:11 (Ade) 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 (3.17 avg; 9 ratings)
CHE 3:31 (pannonica) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 (3.79 avg; 14 ratings)
WSJ (Friday) untimed (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 1 (2.81 avg; 8 ratings)

Greetings from Amy! Mille grazie to all the Team Fiend folks for covering for me this week. Aren’t they terrific?
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged C.C. Burnikel, Dan Fisher, David Steinberg, Gail Grabowski, Jeb Bennett, Zhouqin Burnikel | 22 Comments

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Posted on October 8, 2014 by Matt Gaffney

Fireball (contest puzzle, so no review) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 (4.00 avg; 4 ratings)
NYT 7:31 (Matt) 5*: 11 | 4.5*: 14 | 4*: 8 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 2 (4.17 avg; 41 ratings)
LAT 3:45 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 1.5*: 1 (3.67 avg; 15 ratings)
CS 16:44 (Ade) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 (3.88 avg; 8 ratings)
BEQ 8:52 (Matt) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 (3.40 avg; 10 ratings)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Joel Fagliano, Lynn Lempel, Robert E. Lee Morris | 13 Comments

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Posted on October 7, 2014 by Matt Gaffney

NYT 4:29 (Matt) 5*: 10 | 4.5*: 24 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 1 (4.37 avg; 47 ratings)
AV Club 10:36 (Sam) 5*: 3 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 | 1*: 2 (3.50 avg; 12 ratings)
LAT 3:33 (Gareth) 4*: 6 | 3.5*: 5 | 3*: 2 | 1.5*: 1 (3.50 avg; 14 ratings)
CS 21:17 (Ade) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 (3.50 avg; 10 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Bob Klahn, Jeff Chen, Jeff Stillman, Mary Lou Guizzo, Tyler Hinman | 41 Comments

MGWCC #331

Posted on October 7, 2014 by joon

crossword 2:59
meta 0 minutes 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 5 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2*: 3 | 1.5*: 4 | 1*: 2 (3.05 avg; 22 ratings)
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 34 Comments

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Matt Gaffney

Jonesin' 6:45 (Dave) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 (3.75 avg; 2 ratings)
NYT 4:35 (Matt) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 3 | 3.5*: 9 | 3*: 5 | 2.5*: 4 | 2*: 4 | 1.5*: 2 (3.05 avg; 29 ratings)
LAT 3:12 (Gareth) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 4 | 2*: 2 | 1*: 1 (3.13 avg; 12 ratings)
CS 8:30 (Ade) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 1 (3.50 avg; 4 ratings)
Xword Nation untimed (Janie) 4.5*: 1 (4.50 avg; 1 rating)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged C.C. Burnikel, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Matt Jones, Matt Skoczen, Patrick Jordan, Ron Toth, Victor Fleming | 14 Comments

Monday, October 6, 2014

Posted on October 5, 2014 by pannonica

NYT 3:11 (pannonica) 4.5*: 11 | 4*: 11 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 6 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.68 avg; 36 ratings)
LAT 3:54 (pannonica) 5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 (3.54 avg; 13 ratings)
CS 7:52 (Ade) 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 2 (3.21 avg; 7 ratings)
BEQ 6:17 (Matt) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 6 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (4.08 avg; 12 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Doug Peterson, Jerome Gunderson, Robyn Weintraub | 4 Comments

Sunday, October 5, 2014

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 8:48 (Amy) 5*: 7 | 4.5*: 9 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 2 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (4.21 avg; 34 ratings)
Reagle 8:05 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 6 | 2*: 1 (3.81 avg; 8 ratings)
LAT 6:43 (Amy) 4*: 3 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 3 | 1*: 1 (2.94 avg; 9 ratings)
Hex/Hook 9:56 (pannonica) 4*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (3.50 avg; 3 ratings)
WaPo 7:46 (Sam) 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 9 | 3.5*: 3 (4.06 avg; 17 ratings)
CS 17:07 (Ade) 5*: 2 | 4.5*: 6 | 4*: 7 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 (4.21 avg; 17 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Emily Cox, Henry Rathvon, Jake Braun, Jeffrey Harris, Martin Ashwood-Smith, Merl Reagle, Samuel A. Donaldson | 15 Comments

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

Newsday 8:01 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 2*: 1 (3.80 avg; 5 ratings)
NYT 4:56 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 13 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 7 | 2.5*: 1 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 (3.60 avg; 30 ratings)
LAT 2:58 (Andy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 4 | 2.5*: 2 | 2*: 1 | 1.5*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.12 avg; 13 ratings)
CS 13:07 (Ade) 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 (3.08 avg; 6 ratings)
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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Anna Stiga, Barry C. Silk, Bruce Venzke, Julian Lim, Stanley Newman | 28 Comments

Friday, October 3, 2014

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Amy Reynaldo

NYT 5:19 (Amy) 4.5*: 5 | 4*: 15 | 3.5*: 6 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 8 | 2*: 1 | 1*: 1 (3.49 avg; 38 ratings)
LAT 3:44 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 8 | 3.5*: 4 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (3.84 avg; 19 ratings)
CS 8:48 (Ade) 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 2 (3.30 avg; 5 ratings)
CHE 5:33 (pannonica) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 3 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 (3.25 avg; 8 ratings)
WSJ (Friday) 10:23 (pannonica) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 (3.58 avg; 6 ratings)
Blindauer about 9 minutes (Matt) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 2 | 3*: 3 (3.71 avg; 7 ratings)

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Alan Arbesfeld, Mark McClain, Pancho Harrison, Patrick Blindauer, Todd McClary, Tracy Bennett | 24 Comments

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