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Thursday, May 8, 2025

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Jenni Levy

BEQ 8:48 + too long contemplating the theme (Eric) rate it
Fireball untimed (Jenni) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 [4.25 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 5:09 (Gareth) rate it
NYT 15:56 (ZDL) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 2 | 1*: 2 [3.35 avg; 13 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (Eric) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
USA Today 8:26 (Emily) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
WSJ 5:04 (Jim) 5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brendan Emmett Quigley, Dan Caprera, Daniel Grinberg, Enrique Henestroza Anguiano, Jane Silverman, Jeff Chen, Ryan Mathiason, Zhouqin Burnikel | 54 Comments

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Jim Peredo

AV Club 4:38 (Amy) 4*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 [3.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
LAT 5:38 (Gareth) rate it
NYT 4:23 (Amy) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 4 | 3*: 3 | 2.5*: 1 [3.65 avg; 10 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker tk (Kyle) 4.5*: 2 | 4*: 1 [4.33 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) rate it
USA Today 9:34 (Emily) rate it
WSJ 5:11 (Jim) 3.5*: 1 [3.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Adrian Johnson, Joe Marquez, Kathy Lowden, Parikshit S. Bhat, Parikshit Sreedhara Bhat, Stella Zawistowski, Tom McCoy | 33 Comments

MGWCC #883

Posted on May 6, 2025 by joon

MGWCC crossword 1:19
meta 0:01 rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 1 Comment

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

Jonesin’ 5:25 (Erin) rate it
LAT untimed (Jenni) rate it
NYT untimed (Sophia) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 3.5*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.58 avg; 6 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 | 2.5*: 1 [3.75 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
Universal 5:05 (Eric) rate it
USA Today tk (Sophia) rate it
Xword Nation untimed (Ade) rate it
WSJ 5:29 (Jim) [4.17 avg; 3 ratings] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Dan Zarin, Elizabeth C. Gorski, Enrique Henestroza Anguiano, Erik Agard, Janice Luttrell, Matt Jones, Tarun Krishnamurthy | 43 Comments

WSJ Contest — Friday, May 2, 2025

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Conrad

WSJ (Contest) Grid: 15 minutes; Meta: 3 more 5*: 4 | 4.5*: 3 | 4*: 3 | 3*: 1 [4.41 avg; 11 ratings] rate it
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Posted in Contests | Tagged Matt Gaffney | 19 Comments

Monday, May 5, 2025

Posted on May 4, 2025 by Sophia Maymudes

BEQ 8-something (Eric) 4*: 1 [4.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
LAT 2:12 (Stella) rate it
NYT 3:00 (Sophia) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 10 | 3.5*: 4 | 2.5*: 1 [3.81 avg; 16 ratings] rate it
The New Yorker 6:43 (Amy) 5*: 1 | 2.5*: 1 [3.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal untimed (pannonica) 4.5*: 1 | 3.5*: 1 [4.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (?) rate it
WSJ 5:39 (Jim) 3*: 1 [3.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Andrea Carla Michaels, Brendan Emmett Quigley, Dan Caprera, Eric Rollfing, Guilherme Gilioli, Kate Chin Park, Kevin Christian | 30 Comments

Sunday, May 4, 2025

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Eric Hougland

LAT tk (Gareth) 2*: 1 [2.00 avg; 1 rating] rate it
NYT Slightly over 12 parsecs (Eric) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 | 2*: 1 [3.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
USA Today tk (Darby) 3*: 2 [3.00 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
Universal (Sunday) 7:54 (Jim) rate it
Universal tk (Norah) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 2 [4.38 avg; 4 ratings] rate it
WaPo 4:49 (Matt G) 4.5*: 1 [4.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Brandon Koppy, Evan Birnholz, Jessica Bloom-Foster, Larry Snyder | 45 Comments

Saturday, May 3, 2025

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT 2:44 (Stella) rate it
Newsday 13:58 (pannonica) 5*: 1 | 4.5*: 1 [4.75 avg; 2 ratings] rate it
NYT 6:53 (Amy) 4.5*: 1 | 4*: 1 | 3*: 1 [3.83 avg; 3 ratings] rate it
Universal tk (Matthew) rate it
USA Today tk (Matthew) rate it
WSJ untimed (pannonica) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Anna Stiga, Jeff Chen, Michael Lieberman, Ricky J. Sirois, Sam Koperwas, Stanley Newman | 81 Comments

Friday, May 2, 2025

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Amy Reynaldo

LAT untimed (pannonica) 2.5*: 1 [2.50 avg; 1 rating] rate it
NYT 5:07 (Amy) rate it
Universal 3:08 (Jim) rate it
USA Today tk (Emily) rate it

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Posted in Daily Puzzles | Tagged Jake Halperin, Kathy Lowden, Robyn Weintraub | 39 Comments

MGWCC #882

Posted on May 1, 2025 by joon

crossword untimed
meta DNF

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Posted in Contests | Tagged Ben Chenoweth | 17 Comments