| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Circle | Scrab | Debut | Fresh |
| 1 | 1.67 | 23 | 82% |
Sat 12/25/2021
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| I | O | N | I | Z | E | | | | T | S | E | T | S | E |
| T | A | L | C | | R | A | I | M | I | | P | E | E | N |
| A | N | Y | | J | A | M | P | A | C | K | | L | S | D |
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| M | E | G | A | C | O | R | P | O | R | A | T | I | O | N |
| E | L | E | N | A | D | E | L | L | E | D | O | N | N | E |
| S | L | E | E | V | E | L | E | S | S | D | R | E | S | S |
POW Sun 4/18/2021 A RARE FIND
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| E | T | S | Y | | | S | T | Y | E | | | | | | N | A | S | T | Y |
Johan Vass is a restaurant worker in Stockholm, Sweden. Though he has never been to the United States, he has been solving American crosswords for many years. He says his personal best times for New York Times puzzles range from 3:21 on a Monday to 10:36 on a Sunday.
Somewhere along the way he started constructing crosswords in English — which is quite a challenge for someone coming from another language and culture. Johan says this one took him two months to make. I'm honestly in awe.
