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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:

Joe Krozel David Levinson Wilk Frank Longo Paula Gamache Blake Slonecker Manny Nosowsky Leonard Williams Simeon Seigel Michael Shteyman Randolph Ross Sherry O. Blackard
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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LIRROPEDSEGOS
RankDateAuthorFlow
1.Fri May 24, 2013Joe Krozel219.2
Fri Oct 30, 2009David Levinson Wilk
3.Sat Mar 28, 2009Joe Krozel209.3
4.Sat Aug 17, 2002Frank Longo176.4
5.Fri Jul 29, 2011Paula Gamache163.6
Fri Jul 2, 2010Paula Gamache
7.Fri Nov 28, 2008Joe Krozel163.6
8.Fri Mar 15, 2013Joe Krozel162.0
Sat Aug 7, 2010Joe Krozel
10.Sat Nov 2, 2024Blake Slonecker161.3
11.Fri Mar 24, 2006Manny Nosowsky158.7
12.Fri Jul 27, 2012Joe Krozel153.7
13.Sat Jun 29, 2013Joe Krozel153.2
14.Sat Nov 16, 2002Leonard Williams152.5
15.Sat Dec 30, 2023Simeon Seigel147.5
16.Sat Aug 30, 2008Michael Shteyman145.4
17.Sat Mar 11, 2000Randolph Ross143.4
18.Sat Mar 27, 2004Sherry O. Blackard142.4
19.Fri Dec 2, 2005Patrick Merrell140.6
20.Sat Jan 7, 2006Jim Hyres140.4
21.Fri Feb 3, 2012Joel Kaplow138.6
22.Fri Mar 15, 2024Daniel Grinberg138.2
23.Fri Mar 7, 2003Harvey Estes137.9
24.Sat Apr 16, 2011Robert H. Wolfe137.4
25.Sat Jun 18, 2016Todd Gross137.2
26.Fri Sep 26, 1997Chuck Deodene136.7
27.Sat Aug 6, 2011Joe Krozel136.6
28.Fri Jan 14, 2005Manny Nosowsky136.3
Fri Feb 18, 2000Manny Nosowsky
30.Fri Mar 2, 2012Scott Atkinson136.2
31.Fri Jan 4, 2008Raymond C. Young135.9
32.Sat Nov 12, 2016David J. Kahn135.8
33.Thu Feb 5, 2015Mike Buckley135.0
34.Sat Dec 19, 2009Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden135.0
35.Fri Apr 4, 2025Karen Steinberg134.6
36.Fri Dec 8, 2006Harvey Estes134.4
37.Fri Mar 22, 2002Randall J. Hartman133.9
38.Wed Jul 16, 2008Joe Krozel133.8
39.Fri Nov 5, 2004Manny Nosowsky133.6
Fri Sep 6, 2002Manny Nosowsky
Fri Dec 12, 1997Manny Nosowsky
42.Fri Jan 8, 2010Patrick Berry133.3
43.Fri Dec 21, 2001William I. Johnston133.2
44.Fri Dec 18, 2020Damon Gulczynski132.7
45.Sat May 12, 2001Michael Shteyman131.6
46.Fri Aug 6, 2021Seth A. Abel131.5
47.Sat Mar 6, 2004Ed Early131.4
Fri Nov 3, 2006Manny Nosowsky
Fri Jun 27, 2003Manny Nosowsky
50.Fri Nov 8, 2002Manny Nosowsky130.9
51.Fri Sep 30, 2022David Karp130.9
52.Fri Apr 24, 2015Joe Krozel130.6
Sat Jan 7, 2012Joe Krozel
Fri Feb 5, 2010Joe Krozel
Fri Sep 4, 2009Joe Krozel
56.Fri Oct 14, 2005Michael Shteyman130.0
57.Fri Mar 23, 2007Manny Nosowsky128.8
58.Sat Sep 14, 2019Peter A. Collins128.3
59.Fri May 4, 2007Manny Nosowsky127.2
60.Fri Mar 20, 2009David Levinson Wilk127.1
61.Sat May 5, 2001Randolph Ross127.0
62.Fri Jun 9, 2006Manny Nosowsky126.9
63.Fri Feb 10, 1995Raymond Hamel126.7
64.Fri Jan 2, 1998Alex K. Justin126.4
65.Fri May 28, 2010Joe Krozel126.1
66.Sat Oct 7, 2000Chuck Menning125.8
67.Sat Nov 19, 2016Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen123.7
68.Sat Jan 10, 2015Joe Krozel122.8
69.Sat Oct 17, 2015Timothy Polin122.7
70.Fri May 26, 1995Randolph Ross122.6
71.Fri Mar 14, 2014Alan Olschwang122.5
72.Fri Jul 23, 2010John Farmer121.6
73.Sat Jun 7, 2025Blake Slonecker121.2
74.Sat Jul 16, 1994Mark Diehl120.5
75.Fri Nov 30, 2012Gary Cee120.4
76.Fri Oct 16, 2015Joe Krozel120.3
77.Sat Apr 5, 1997Rand H. Burns120.1
78.Fri Jun 25, 2004Manny Nosowsky120.0
79.Sat Aug 21, 2021Joseph Greenbaum119.0
80.Sat Mar 30, 2024Blake Slonecker119.0
Fri Jun 5, 2009Martin Ashwood-Smith
82.Sat Jan 14, 2023David Karp118.7
83.Sat Aug 9, 1997Raymond Hamel117.5
84.Fri Jun 7, 2013Ed Sessa117.1
85.Sat Nov 5, 1994Manny Nosowsky117.1
86.Fri Feb 16, 2007Charles Barasch117.0
87.Sat Jan 20, 2001Martin Ashwood-Smith116.6
88.Sat Apr 3, 1999Pat M. Hugel116.5
89.Fri Jun 4, 2010Martin Ashwood-Smith115.3
90.Fri Jan 22, 2016Paula Gamache115.3
91.Sat Jun 21, 2025Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson114.9
92.Sat Jan 24, 1998Randolph Ross112.9
93.Thu Apr 24, 1997David J. Kahn112.6
94.Sat Dec 24, 2022Trenton Charlson112.5
95.Fri Dec 8, 2023Robert Logan112.3
96.Sat Jul 3, 2010Joe Krozel111.7
97.Sat Mar 1, 2003Randolph Ross110.7
98.Tue Dec 6, 1994Wayne Robert Williams110.1
99.Sat Nov 5, 2011Kurt Mueller109.6
100.Sat Mar 4, 2017Mary Lou Guizzo109.0
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