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NOTE: Only in-person results are included in stats, error data, and score list
Clues and Answers
ACROSS
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Dolphins' group
AFCEAST
8
___ bag
GRAB
12
October birthstone
OPAL
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Savory hybrid beverage brand
CLAMATO
17
"O patria mia" singer
AIDA
18
2018 film that earned Netflix its first Best Picture Oscar nomination
ROMA
19
"Hungry Like the Wolf" synth-pop group (South Africa)
DU(RAND)URAN
20
No big surprise (South Korea)
SMALL(WON)DER
22
"Unravish'd bride of quietness," in a Keats poem
URN
23
Like classes for toddlers, briefly
PREK
25
Manspreading, say
SPLAYING
26
Indie ___
CRED
28
Take scissors to, maybe
TRIM
30
"Your" of yore
THY
31
Hubbub
ADO
32
High-energy
TYPEA
34
Cow catchers
LASSOES
37
What may mark the conclusion of a speech
ENDQUOTE
40
Fizzy purple beverage (Mexico)
GRA(PESO)DA
44
Diamond VIP
UMP
46
Blu-ray alternative
DVD
47
Go astray
ERR
49
Gujarati honorific
SAHIB
50
Fasten, in a way
TAPE
52
Modern weapon that uses pulleys and cables to help fire arrows (United Kingdom)
COM(POUND)BOW
55
Pre-law?
BILL
56
Echo voice
ALEXA
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Badger or carp
NAG
59
Country star ___ Nas X
LIL
61
Underhanded
SLY
62
Legalese adverb
HERETO
64
Play Candy Crush on the train platform, say
KILLTIME
67
Enemies of old-timey gangsters
COPPERS
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Rock legend Frank with the album "Sheik Yerbouti"
ZAPPA
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Where to get some "Fresh Air"
NPR
75
Largest labor union in the U.S., for short
NEA
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___ land
LALA
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Pro
PLUS
80
Title libertine of a 1787 Mozart opera (Vietnam)
(DONG)IOVANNI
83
Spill the beans
TELL
85
Small quantity?
AMT
86
Utmost
LEVELBEST
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"Hallelujah!"
GLORYBE
90
Straight tops or bottoms
ACES
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"O patria mia," e.g.
ARIA
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Period between classes?
GAPYEAR
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TV character described by Jon Stewart as "a fastidious, pigeon-worshiping felt tyrant"
BERT
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Abrasive tool
RASP
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"Perfect" singer Ed
SHEERAN
DOWN
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Ventilation tube, briefly
ACDUCT
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Spate
FLURRY
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Bright red spice (Japan)
CA(YEN)NEPEPPER
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Source of extra-large eggs
EMU
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Lobbying org. that produces the web series "Date My Grandma"
AARP
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Button on a controller
START
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Office expense
TONER
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Carbon dioxide, usually
GAS
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Canyon vantage points
RIMS
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Makes a play, perhaps
ADAPTS
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One who's unlikely to assist
BALLHOG
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Everyday (Jordan)
OR(DINAR)Y
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Stands for speakers
PODIA
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Revise, as a previous statement
AMEND
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Key ___
LARGO
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What a complex person has
LAYERS
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It's three before November
KILO
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Bear's lair
DEN
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Madonna hit extolling the virtues of worldly possessions (Iran)
MATE(RIAL)GIRL
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Put two and two together, say
ADD
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Tennis's Novak Djokovic, for one
SERB
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Onetime Volvo competitor
SAAB
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Home shopping network that's not Home Shopping Network, for short
QVC
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Thick Japanese noodle
UDON
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Star athlete that a team is built around (Switzerland)
(FRANC)HISEPLAYER
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Herb used in tzatziki
DILL
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With aplomb
ABLY
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The Beehive State
UTAH
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Like the dancers in "Magic Mike"
MALE
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Deli purchase
ROLL
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Veep, e.g.
EXEC
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"I'm not here to ___ friends!" (reality TV trope)
MAKE
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Dorothy Parker, notably (and quotably)
WIT
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Keyless
ATONAL
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Phair of Lilith Fair
LIZ
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Where to find free spirits
OPENBAR
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Exam with a maximum score of 180: Abbr.
LSAT
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Orienteer's aid
MAP
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Au Bon Pain alternative
PANERA
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Voice role for Seth Rogen in 2019's "The Lion King"
PUMBAA
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To the back of the liner
ASTERN
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Site for research on brain function, for short (Germany)
N(EURO)LAB
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Portion
PIECE
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Opportunity, for one (at least until last year... now it's more of a sitter)
ROVER
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Pantyhose brand that's a homophone of what it covers
LEGGS
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God, in Arabic
ALLAH
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Part of many Girl Scout uniforms
VEST
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Sister and wife of Osiris, in Egyptian myth
ISIS
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Easy run
LOPE
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Light touch
TAP
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Celiac trigger
RYE
Stats
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Puzzle 1 20:00 15x15 |
Puzzle 2 30:00 17x17 |
Puzzle 3 35:00 17x17 |
Puzzle 4 35:00 16x15 |
Puzzle 5 20:00 15x15 |
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| Mean percent correct | 99.84% | 99.56% | 97.13% | 96.1% | 99.72% |
| Mean error count (incorrect or empty squares) | 0.31 | 1.08 | 6.89 | 7.88 | 0.52 |
| Mean incorrect (but filled) squares | 0.22 | 0.31 | 1.78 | 2.61 | 0.3 |
| Mean empty squares | 0.09 | 0.76 | 5.11 | 5.27 | 0.23 |
| Mean allotted time used | 35.6% | 37.8% | 54.4% | 57.3% | 41.1% |
| Mean solve time | 7:06 | 11:21 | 19:03 | 20:02 | 8:12 |
| Mean time per correct square | 2.29s | 2.77s | 4.9s | 6.19s | 2.67s |
| Fastest solve | 2:42 | 3:27 | 5:24 | 4:47 | 3:00 |
| Fastest error-free solve | 2:53 | 3:27 | 5:24 | 4:47 | 3:00 |
| Mean score | 524.3 | 801.8 | 1516.9 | 1565.9 | 570.8 |
| Best score | 173 | 207 | 324 | 287 | 180 |
| Worst possible score | 7310 | 9710 | 9800 | 8660 | 7250 |
| Number of error-free grids | 163 | 163 | 132 | 144 | 169 |
| Number of unfinished grids | 1 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 3 |
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