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Highest flow Monday 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:

Bruce Haight Ross Trudeau Harvey Estes Peter Gordon William Canine Mike Buckley Timothy Polin Amanda Rafkin Nancy Salomon Brendan Emmett Quigley Andy Hinz
Mon 3/30/2015
JOYWHOBBC
LUREIREDAYLA
BIRDSOFAFEATHER
BEYASPGOOSE
QUOPROPREPOSE
FOEICEKEN
EYREGNUSRODS
FLOCKTOGETHER
OSURAPABBES
XERPITAPLAYAT
PIEPALCSI
CECEHELIBRER
CLEARFORTAKEOFF
AIRMAILONEHOUR
ROSETTASTARKLY
Mon 2/27/2006
RAWERJAILSGMC
ANERAUNCAPICE
INSEVENTHHEAVEN
LETELKRESENT
STEPSETHDEERE
ATRIATREKAMOR
TENORSORESHES
ONCLOUDNINE
TOMHARPOCELOT
AREAWEEDSALVO
TILLSGRAMTHEO
TEEPEESAOARR
ONTOPOFTHEWORLD
OTTINAWEEERIE
SSEASTORDRYER
Mon 6/24/2019
RASPSSCREWWIT
ELTONELUDEHMO
BEATLEMANIAAPU
EXITMIDTVSTAR
LADYDIWEANS
MARCHMADNESS
MINORLAIRTRIO
ISOUTERSSAVOR
FLITJADEILENE
FASHIONCRAZE
MEETSGETSAT
BALDIEMOOTARA
ABASPRINGFEVER
JAWSHINEDRESS
ADSOSAKAASDOI
Mon 12/3/2007
ATOMECONCOLAS
LIMOMOLEORALS
ALANIAGOEGRET
STRONGLANGUAGE
LARSLORNE
DOTIMELINSPUR
EVITARAGESRTE
MIGHTYAPHRODITE
ONEHEISTNINES
BERGANESARTRE
WEARSMITT
POTENTPOTABLES
ROOSTOLLAIONA
OLDENREARKNOW
ZESTAMARSEELS
Mon 2/11/2002
ALPHATALLAJAR
BEAUTOREOMULE
UNITEDKINGDOMOF
TONCYDDUPES
TABOOATARI
UPTURNQUAYNBA
NEHRUPUNTJAN
GREATBRITAINAND
ESTAILSVICAR
REOFACTHECKLE
WHISKJOSEF
ULNASEAULAO
NORTHERNIRELAND
TREEWAILYESNO
ODDSENDSETHER
RankDateAuthorFlow
1.Mon Mar 30, 2015Bruce Haight104.0
2.Mon Feb 27, 2006Ed Early80.7
3.Mon Jun 24, 2019Ross Trudeau71.5
4.Mon Dec 3, 2007Harvey Estes68.5
5.Mon Feb 11, 2002Peter Gordon64.0
6.Mon Nov 20, 2017Peter Gordon62.3
7.Mon May 25, 1998William Canine61.7
8.Mon Oct 5, 2015Mike Buckley61.1
9.Mon Dec 14, 2015Timothy Polin61.1
10.Mon Jun 12, 2006Curtis Yee57.4
11.Mon May 28, 2018Alex Eaton-Salners55.6
12.Mon Sep 16, 2019Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau54.6
13.Mon Jul 19, 2004Nancy Salomon and Kendall Twigg54.1
14.Mon Mar 1, 2010Brendan Emmett Quigley54.0
15.Mon Feb 6, 2017Andy Hinz54.0
16.Mon Oct 15, 2001Holden Baker53.9
17.Mon Oct 31, 2005Jim Hyres52.1
18.Mon Sep 4, 2006Mike Nothnagel51.4
Mon Jan 26, 2009Timothy Powell and Nancy Salomon
20.Mon Apr 1, 2019Joel Fagliano51.2
21.Mon Sep 15, 2025Matthew Stock and Michael Lieberman51.1
22.Mon Mar 16, 2020Gary Cee51.0
23.Mon Dec 17, 2007Richard Chisholm50.1
24.Mon Aug 8, 2005Harvey Estes50.1
25.Mon Oct 8, 2001Monica Krausse50.0
26.Mon Aug 6, 2007Allan E. Parrish49.9
27.Mon Sep 6, 1999Manny Nosowsky49.7
28.Mon Feb 3, 1997M. E. Brindamour49.5
29.Mon Mar 19, 2001Peter Gordon49.4
30.Mon Apr 17, 2023Katherine Baicker and Scott Earl49.3
31.Mon Sep 19, 2011Julian Lim49.2
Mon Nov 20, 2023Sam Ezersky
Mon Jan 27, 2025Alexander Liebeskind
34.Mon Sep 26, 2022Margaret Seikel49.1
35.Mon Aug 22, 2016Emily Carroll49.0
36.Mon Sep 28, 2015Dan Bischof and Jeff Chen49.0
37.Mon Jun 22, 2020Sid Sivakumar49.0
38.Mon Nov 13, 2023Benjamin Fink48.8
39.Mon Jun 6, 1994Robert Zimmerman48.7
40.Mon Aug 31, 2015Michael Dewey48.7
41.Mon Jan 17, 2011Elizabeth C. Gorski48.3
42.Mon Jul 17, 2023Alexander Liebeskind48.2
43.Mon Jan 9, 2006Allan E. Parrish47.5
44.Mon Mar 2, 2020Andrea Carla Michaels47.3
45.Mon Apr 6, 2020Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas47.2
46.Mon Sep 5, 1994Julian Ochrymowych & Amy Goldstein47.1
47.Mon Aug 27, 2007Steven Ginzburg46.8
Mon Aug 18, 2014Ian and Katie Livengood
49.Mon Mar 9, 2009Betty Keller46.7
50.Mon Aug 15, 2011Stan Newman46.7
51.Mon Aug 24, 2015Lynn Lempel46.5
52.Mon Mar 18, 2024Trent H. Evans46.4
53.Mon Jun 27, 2005Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette46.1
54.Mon May 19, 2008Mike Nothnagel45.8
55.Mon Aug 9, 2004M. Francis Vuolo45.7
56.Mon Dec 3, 2001Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes45.7
57.Mon Jul 24, 1995Amy Goldstein & Julian Ochrymowych45.6
58.Mon Aug 20, 2018Peter Gordon45.5
59.Mon Oct 16, 1995Bernice Gordon45.3
Mon Jun 24, 1996M. Schneider
61.Mon Apr 3, 1995Randall J. Hartman45.2
62.Mon Jul 29, 2002Peter Gordon45.2
63.Mon Apr 25, 1994Bernice Gordon45.2
64.Mon Nov 18, 2013Edgar Fontaine44.8
65.Mon Apr 30, 2001Peter Gordon44.7
66.Mon Sep 12, 2005Michael Shteyman44.5
67.Mon Mar 12, 2007Kevin Der44.5
68.Mon Jul 27, 2009Allan E. Parrish44.5
69.Mon Jan 2, 2012Paula Gamache44.1
70.Mon May 9, 2005Jim Hyres44.0
71.Mon Jun 24, 2002Trip Payne43.9
72.Mon Jan 6, 2014Zhouqin Burnikel43.9
73.Mon Oct 18, 2004Steve Kahn43.8
74.Mon Oct 26, 2020Eric Bornstein43.7
75.Mon Jun 29, 2009Paula Gamache43.6
76.Mon Dec 11, 2000Myles Callum43.6
77.Mon Jul 5, 2021Peter Gordon43.5
78.Mon May 15, 2023Tomas Spiers43.4
79.Mon Jan 22, 2024Jake Halperin43.4
80.Mon Jul 28, 1997Patrick Jordan43.3
81.Mon Sep 26, 2016Timothy Polin43.2
82.Mon Feb 24, 2014Adam G. Perl43.2
83.Mon Jul 25, 2022Michael T. Buerke43.2
Mon May 23, 2005Robert Dillman
Mon Jan 27, 2020Timothy Polin
86.Mon Nov 25, 2013Kevin G. Der43.1
87.Mon Feb 11, 2019Howard Barkin43.1
88.Mon Mar 5, 2018Lynn Lempel43.0
89.Mon Mar 7, 2022Sam Acker43.0
90.Mon Aug 29, 2016David Steinberg42.9
91.Mon Oct 7, 2019Keiran King42.9
92.Mon Aug 15, 2016Sam Trabucco42.9
93.Mon Jul 31, 2017David Steinberg42.7
94.Mon Feb 13, 2023Eric Rollfing42.7
Mon Feb 20, 1995Bernice Gordon
96.Mon Nov 5, 2018Roland Huget42.6
97.Mon Jul 17, 2006Larry Paul42.5
98.Mon May 2, 2022Erik Agard42.5
99.Mon Apr 9, 2018Erik Agard42.4
Mon Nov 23, 2009Ben Pall
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