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MGWCC #856 — Saturday, October 26th, 2024 —“It Takes Two”
Dear Solver, 207 of you found the answer to last week’s challenge. More to come later, but see solution below. Today’s puzzle is Week 4 of 4 in October. NOTE: Due to the late post, the deadline for...
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MGWCC #858 — Friday, November 8th, 2024 —“Way to Go”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Presidents’ Day” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a U.S. president who would have made a good sixth theme entry. Answer: GROVER CLEVELAND, found by 522 solvers, 511...
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MGWCC #859 — Friday, November 15th, 2024 —“Shifty Behavior” by Peter Gwinn
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Way to Go” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a city often seen in crossword grids. Answer: ERIE, Pennsylvania, found by 421 solvers, 394 of which were solo solves...
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MGWCC #860 — Friday, November 22nd, 2024 —“Half-Dozen of the Other”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Shifty Behavior” by Peter Gwinn Prompt: The solution to this puzzle is something you can use to solve it. Answer: BRUTE FORCE found by 185 solvers, 75 of which were solo...
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MGWCC #861 — Sunday, December 1st, 2024 —“I Shall Return”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Half-Dozen of the Other” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a six-letter word beginning with C. Answer: CLEVER found by 192 solvers, 75 of which were solo solves Kind...
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MGWCC #862 — Friday, December 6th, 2024 —“Two People”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “I Shall Return” Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a noted movie sequel (be sure to submit the sequel’s title, not the original’s). Answer: MOANA 2 found by 535 solvers,...
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MGWCC #863 — Friday, December 13th, 2024 —“One or Two?”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Two People” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is a celebrity with a total of eight letters in their first and last names. Answer: AL PACINO found by 408 solvers, 360 of...
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MGWCC #864 — Friday, December 20th, 2024 —“Wintry Mix”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “One or Two?” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is what you’ll get from me if you get it right. Answer: KUDOS found by 201 solvers, 96 of which were solo solves “One or...
View ArticleMGWCC #865 — POSTPONED Until Noon ET on Saturday, December 28th
Dear Solver, Santa’s elves lingered a bit longer than usual at the Gaffney household this year, so MGWCC #865 will be published at Noon ET on Saturday, December 28th. Remember that this will be a Week...
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MGWCC #865 — Saturday, December 28th, 2024 —“Letter Openers”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Wintry Mix” Prompt: This week’s contest answer is something associated with Christmas. Answer: THE NUTCRACKER SUITE found by 201 solvers, 96 of which were solo solves A...
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MGWCC #866 — Friday, January 3rd, 2025 —“First-Quarter Action”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Letter Openers” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is what I hope you’d respond if I asked “Did you like this meta?” Answer: WHY, YES! found by 189 solvers, 83 of which...
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MGWCC #867 — Friday, January 10th, 2025 —“Make Womb”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “First-Quarter Action” Prompt: This puzzle’s contest answer is something people did this week. Answer: RING IN THE NEW found by 541 solvers, 519 of which were solo solves...
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MGWCC #868 — Friday, January 17th, 2025 —“Creature Feature”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Make Womb” Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a five-letter word. Answer: TWINS found by 366 solvers, 296 of which were solo solves A little tricky for a Week 2 of 5! I...
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MGWCC #869 — Friday, January 24th, 2025 —“Picked Off First”
Dear Solver, 272 of you found the answer to last week’s challenge. I’ll be posting about that around 1:30 PM, but for now you can see the solution here: Today’s puzzle is Week 4 of 5 in January....
View ArticleMGWCC #870 — POSTPONED Until Noon ET on Saturday, February 2nd
Dear Solver, MGWCC #870 will be published at noon ET on Saturday, February 1st. Note that this will still be January’s Week 5 even though it’s running in February. –Matt
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MGWCC #870 — WEEK 1 of 5 in February —“Home Improvement”
IMPORTANT NOTE: Change of plans here — instead of today being January’s Week 5, today will be February’s Week 1…and then we will have a rare February Week 5 on Friday, February 28th to make up for the...
View ArticleMGWCC #871 — POSTPONED Until 3 PM ET Today
Dear Solver, Due to the wrath of the Crossword Gods, today’s puzzle will run at 3 PM ET today. I shall spend the next five hours attempting to placate said Crossword Gods. They’re a fickle bunch...
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MGWCC #871 — Friday, February 7th, 2025 —“How Sweet It Is”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “Home Improvement” Prompt: This week’s contest answer is the part of my house being worked on this week (and the main reason I had to postpone the Week 5 to February 28th)....
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MGWCC #872 — Friday, February 14th, 2025 —“Who Loves Ya, Baby?”
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS: Title: “How Sweet It Is! Prompt: This week’s contest answer is a candy bar. Answer: TAKE 5 found by 390 solvers, 342 of which were solo solves Who wants candy? Each of our four...
View ArticleMGWCC #873 — POSTPONED Until Noon ET on Saturday, February 22nd
Dear Solver, Many snow days for the kids this week = delayed meta. Said meta will go up tomorrow at noon ET. My apologies for the delay — in the meantime, please consider solving my live WSJ meta here:...
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