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Highest flow crosswords
Bloggers and solvers sometimes talk about whether grids have good "flow".
That's an informal, intuitive notion, but it can be quantified using the concept of algebraic connectivity.
Flow values for Modern Era crosswords range from 0.0 (puzzle has disconnected regions) to 219.2,
with a median value of 31.8. (Half of all puzzles have flow below the median, half above.)
Only Modern Era crosswords are considered here.
Top constructors and grids:
Fri 5/24/2013
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Fri 10/30/2009
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Sat 3/28/2009
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Sat 8/17/2002
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Fri 7/29/2011
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Rank | Date | Author | Flow |
1. | Fri May 24, 2013 | Joe Krozel | 219.2 |
| Fri Oct 30, 2009 | David Levinson Wilk | |
3. | Sat Mar 28, 2009 | Joe Krozel | 209.3 |
4. | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Frank Longo | 176.4 |
5. | Fri Jul 29, 2011 | Paula Gamache | 163.6 |
| Fri Jul 2, 2010 | Paula Gamache | |
7. | Fri Nov 28, 2008 | Joe Krozel | 163.6 |
8. | Fri Mar 15, 2013 | Joe Krozel | 162.0 |
| Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Joe Krozel | |
10. | Sat Nov 2, 2024 | Blake Slonecker | 161.3 |
11. | Fri Mar 24, 2006 | Manny Nosowsky | 158.7 |
12. | Fri Jul 27, 2012 | Joe Krozel | 153.7 |
13. | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Joe Krozel | 153.2 |
14. | Sat Nov 16, 2002 | Leonard Williams | 152.5 |
15. | Sat Dec 30, 2023 | Simeon Seigel | 147.5 |
16. | Sat Aug 30, 2008 | Michael Shteyman | 145.4 |
17. | Sat Mar 11, 2000 | Randolph Ross | 143.4 |
18. | Sat Mar 27, 2004 | Sherry O. Blackard | 142.4 |
19. | Fri Dec 2, 2005 | Patrick Merrell | 140.6 |
20. | Sat Jan 7, 2006 | Jim Hyres | 140.4 |
21. | Fri Feb 3, 2012 | Joel Kaplow | 138.6 |
22. | Fri Mar 15, 2024 | Daniel Grinberg | 138.2 |
23. | Fri Mar 7, 2003 | Harvey Estes | 137.9 |
24. | Sat Apr 16, 2011 | Robert H. Wolfe | 137.4 |
25. | Sat Jun 18, 2016 | Todd Gross | 137.2 |
26. | Fri Sep 26, 1997 | Chuck Deodene | 136.7 |
27. | Sat Aug 6, 2011 | Joe Krozel | 136.6 |
28. | Fri Jan 14, 2005 | Manny Nosowsky | 136.3 |
| Fri Feb 18, 2000 | Manny Nosowsky | |
30. | Fri Mar 2, 2012 | Scott Atkinson | 136.2 |
31. | Fri Jan 4, 2008 | Raymond C. Young | 135.9 |
32. | Sat Nov 12, 2016 | David J. Kahn | 135.8 |
33. | Thu Feb 5, 2015 | Mike Buckley | 135.0 |
34. | Sat Dec 19, 2009 | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden | 135.0 |
35. | Fri Apr 4, 2025 | Karen Steinberg | 134.6 |
36. | Fri Dec 8, 2006 | Harvey Estes | 134.4 |
37. | Fri Mar 22, 2002 | Randall J. Hartman | 133.9 |
38. | Wed Jul 16, 2008 | Joe Krozel | 133.8 |
39. | Fri Nov 5, 2004 | Manny Nosowsky | 133.6 |
| Fri Sep 6, 2002 | Manny Nosowsky | |
| Fri Dec 12, 1997 | Manny Nosowsky | |
42. | Fri Jan 8, 2010 | Patrick Berry | 133.3 |
43. | Fri Dec 21, 2001 | William I. Johnston | 133.2 |
44. | Fri Dec 18, 2020 | Damon Gulczynski | 132.7 |
45. | Sat May 12, 2001 | Michael Shteyman | 131.6 |
46. | Fri Aug 6, 2021 | Seth A. Abel | 131.5 |
47. | Sat Mar 6, 2004 | Ed Early | 131.4 |
| Fri Nov 3, 2006 | Manny Nosowsky | |
| Fri Jun 27, 2003 | Manny Nosowsky | |
50. | Fri Nov 8, 2002 | Manny Nosowsky | 130.9 |
51. | Fri Sep 30, 2022 | David Karp | 130.9 |
52. | Fri Apr 24, 2015 | Joe Krozel | 130.6 |
| Sat Jan 7, 2012 | Joe Krozel | |
| Fri Feb 5, 2010 | Joe Krozel | |
| Fri Sep 4, 2009 | Joe Krozel | |
56. | Fri Oct 14, 2005 | Michael Shteyman | 130.0 |
57. | Fri Mar 23, 2007 | Manny Nosowsky | 128.8 |
58. | Sat Sep 14, 2019 | Peter A. Collins | 128.3 |
59. | Fri May 4, 2007 | Manny Nosowsky | 127.2 |
60. | Fri Mar 20, 2009 | David Levinson Wilk | 127.1 |
61. | Sat May 5, 2001 | Randolph Ross | 127.0 |
62. | Fri Jun 9, 2006 | Manny Nosowsky | 126.9 |
63. | Fri Feb 10, 1995 | Raymond Hamel | 126.7 |
64. | Fri Jan 2, 1998 | Alex K. Justin | 126.4 |
65. | Fri May 28, 2010 | Joe Krozel | 126.1 |
66. | Sat Oct 7, 2000 | Chuck Menning | 125.8 |
67. | Sat Nov 19, 2016 | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | 123.7 |
68. | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | Joe Krozel | 122.8 |
69. | Sat Oct 17, 2015 | Timothy Polin | 122.7 |
70. | Fri May 26, 1995 | Randolph Ross | 122.6 |
71. | Fri Mar 14, 2014 | Alan Olschwang | 122.5 |
72. | Fri Jul 23, 2010 | John Farmer | 121.6 |
73. | Sat Jun 7, 2025 | Blake Slonecker | 121.2 |
74. | Sat Jul 16, 1994 | Mark Diehl | 120.5 |
75. | Fri Nov 30, 2012 | Gary Cee | 120.4 |
76. | Fri Oct 16, 2015 | Joe Krozel | 120.3 |
77. | Sat Apr 5, 1997 | Rand H. Burns | 120.1 |
78. | Fri Jun 25, 2004 | Manny Nosowsky | 120.0 |
79. | Sat Aug 21, 2021 | Joseph Greenbaum | 119.0 |
80. | Sat Mar 30, 2024 | Blake Slonecker | 119.0 |
| Fri Jun 5, 2009 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | |
82. | Sat Jan 14, 2023 | David Karp | 118.7 |
83. | Sat Aug 9, 1997 | Raymond Hamel | 117.5 |
84. | Fri Jun 7, 2013 | Ed Sessa | 117.1 |
85. | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Manny Nosowsky | 117.1 |
86. | Fri Feb 16, 2007 | Charles Barasch | 117.0 |
87. | Sat Jan 20, 2001 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 116.6 |
88. | Sat Apr 3, 1999 | Pat M. Hugel | 116.5 |
89. | Fri Jun 4, 2010 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 115.3 |
90. | Fri Jan 22, 2016 | Paula Gamache | 115.3 |
91. | Sat Jun 21, 2025 | Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson | 114.9 |
92. | Sat Jan 24, 1998 | Randolph Ross | 112.9 |
93. | Thu Apr 24, 1997 | David J. Kahn | 112.6 |
94. | Sat Dec 24, 2022 | Trenton Charlson | 112.5 |
95. | Fri Dec 8, 2023 | Robert Logan | 112.3 |
96. | Sat Jul 3, 2010 | Joe Krozel | 111.7 |
97. | Sat Mar 1, 2003 | Randolph Ross | 110.7 |
98. | Tue Dec 6, 1994 | Wayne Robert Williams | 110.1 |
99. | Sat Nov 5, 2011 | Kurt Mueller | 109.6 |
100. | Sat Mar 4, 2017 | Mary Lou Guizzo | 109.0 |