New York Times Crossword Answers, Stats, Observations

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Michael Hawkins	The Tuesday, July 18, 2017 crossword is by Michael Hawkins 15x15, 70 words, 42 blocks
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Andrew Kingsley John Lieb	The Wednesday, August 16, 2017 crossword is by Andrew Kingsley and John Lieb 15x15, 74 words, 34 blocks
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Peter A. Collins	The Thursday, August 17, 2017 crossword is by Peter A. Collins 15x15, 78 words, 39 blocks
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Brendan Emmett Quigley	The Friday, August 18, 2017 crossword is by Brendan Emmett Quigley 15x15, 70 words, 32 blocks
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Mark Diehl	The Saturday, August 19, 2017 crossword is by Mark Diehl 15x15, 60 words, 22 blocks
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Ruth B. Margolin	The Sunday, August 20, 2017 crossword, FOUND IN YOUR INBOX, is by Ruth Bloomfield Margolin 21x21, 138 words, 73 blocks
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Tom McCoy	The Monday, August 21, 2017 crossword is by Tom McCoy 15x16, 81 words, 40 blocks
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Timothy Polin	The Tuesday, August 22, 2017 crossword is by Timothy Polin 15x15, 77 words, 40 blocks
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Older crosswords from The Pre-Shortzian Puzzle Project

Data from puzzles before Will Shortz became editor are kept separate from modern puzzle stats. XWord Info has all 16,083 pre-Shortz crosswords from 2/15/1942 to 11/20/1993.

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