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Highest flow Saturday 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:
Sat 3/28/2009
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Sat 8/17/2002
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Sat 8/7/2010
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Sat 11/2/2024
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Sat 6/29/2013
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Rank | Date | Author | Flow |
1. | Sat Mar 28, 2009 | Joe Krozel | 209.3 |
2. | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Frank Longo | 176.4 |
3. | Sat Aug 7, 2010 | Joe Krozel | 162.0 |
4. | Sat Nov 2, 2024 | Blake Slonecker | 161.3 |
5. | Sat Jun 29, 2013 | Joe Krozel | 153.2 |
6. | Sat Nov 16, 2002 | Leonard Williams | 152.5 |
7. | Sat Dec 30, 2023 | Simeon Seigel | 147.5 |
8. | Sat Aug 30, 2008 | Michael Shteyman | 145.4 |
9. | Sat Mar 11, 2000 | Randolph Ross | 143.4 |
10. | Sat Mar 27, 2004 | Sherry O. Blackard | 142.4 |
11. | Sat Jan 7, 2006 | Jim Hyres | 140.4 |
12. | Sat Apr 16, 2011 | Robert H. Wolfe | 137.4 |
13. | Sat Jun 18, 2016 | Todd Gross | 137.2 |
14. | Sat Aug 6, 2011 | Joe Krozel | 136.6 |
15. | Sat Nov 12, 2016 | David J. Kahn | 135.8 |
16. | Sat Dec 19, 2009 | Tyler Hinman and Byron Walden | 135.0 |
17. | Sat May 12, 2001 | Michael Shteyman | 131.6 |
18. | Sat Mar 6, 2004 | Ed Early | 131.4 |
19. | Sat Jan 7, 2012 | Joe Krozel | 130.6 |
20. | Sat Sep 14, 2019 | Peter A. Collins | 128.3 |
21. | Sat May 5, 2001 | Randolph Ross | 127.0 |
22. | Sat Oct 7, 2000 | Chuck Menning | 125.8 |
23. | Sat Nov 19, 2016 | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | 123.7 |
24. | Sat Jan 10, 2015 | Joe Krozel | 122.8 |
25. | Sat Oct 17, 2015 | Timothy Polin | 122.7 |
26. | Sat Jun 7, 2025 | Blake Slonecker | 121.2 |
27. | Sat Jul 16, 1994 | Mark Diehl | 120.5 |
28. | Sat Apr 5, 1997 | Rand H. Burns | 120.1 |
29. | Sat Aug 21, 2021 | Joseph Greenbaum | 119.0 |
30. | Sat Mar 30, 2024 | Blake Slonecker | 119.0 |
31. | Sat Jan 14, 2023 | David Karp | 118.7 |
32. | Sat Aug 9, 1997 | Raymond Hamel | 117.5 |
33. | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Manny Nosowsky | 117.1 |
34. | Sat Jan 20, 2001 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 116.6 |
35. | Sat Apr 3, 1999 | Pat M. Hugel | 116.5 |
36. | Sat Jun 21, 2025 | Christina Iverson and Doug Peterson | 114.9 |
37. | Sat Jan 24, 1998 | Randolph Ross | 112.9 |
38. | Sat Dec 24, 2022 | Trenton Charlson | 112.5 |
39. | Sat Jul 3, 2010 | Joe Krozel | 111.7 |
40. | Sat Mar 1, 2003 | Randolph Ross | 110.7 |
41. | Sat Nov 5, 2011 | Kurt Mueller | 109.6 |
42. | Sat Mar 4, 2017 | Mary Lou Guizzo | 109.0 |
43. | Sat Jun 11, 2005 | Patrick Merrell | 108.8 |
44. | Sat Nov 25, 2023 | Jeff Stillman | 107.7 |
45. | Sat Sep 16, 2023 | Jonathan Kaufman | 107.1 |
46. | Sat Apr 2, 1994 | Manny Nosowsky | 106.8 |
47. | Sat Mar 8, 2003 | Patrick Berry | 105.8 |
48. | Sat Mar 12, 1994 | Rand H. Burns | 105.1 |
49. | Sat Jul 12, 2003 | Manny Nosowsky | 104.9 |
50. | Sat Mar 16, 2019 | Andrew J. Ries | 104.5 |
51. | Sat Mar 22, 2025 | Katie Hoody | 104.4 |
52. | Sat Nov 3, 2001 | Robert H. Wolfe | 101.9 |
53. | Sat Jun 14, 2014 | Alex Vratsanos | 101.1 |
54. | Sat Sep 2, 2017 | Erik Agard | 99.3 |
55. | Sat Nov 30, 2024 | Oliver Goodridge and Juan Garavito | 98.3 |
56. | Sat Mar 7, 2009 | Joe Krozel | 97.0 |
57. | Sat Jul 20, 2019 | Sam Trabucco | 96.3 |
58. | Sat Mar 31, 2012 | Scott Atkinson | 95.6 |
59. | Sat May 18, 2019 | Andy Kravis and Erik Agard | 94.7 |
60. | Sat Oct 6, 2018 | Lewis Dean Hyatt | 94.1 |
61. | Sat May 28, 2022 | Joseph Greenbaum | 94.1 |
62. | Sat Oct 20, 2012 | Ned White | 93.6 |
| Sat Jan 16, 2010 | Ned White | |
| Sat Jul 19, 2008 | Todd McClary | |
65. | Sat Jul 25, 2020 | Royce Ferguson | 92.8 |
| Sat May 6, 1995 | Randolph Ross | |
67. | Sat Jan 21, 2006 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 91.9 |
68. | Sat Aug 5, 1995 | Frank A. Longo | 91.9 |
69. | Sat Jan 24, 2004 | Mark Diehl | 91.5 |
70. | Sat Sep 24, 2016 | Mary Lou Guizzo | 91.4 |
71. | Sat Mar 29, 2003 | Michael Shteyman | 90.5 |
72. | Sat Jul 7, 2018 | Ryan McCarty | 90.4 |
73. | Sat May 17, 2025 | Ryan Judge | 89.9 |
74. | Sat Feb 18, 2023 | Kameron Austin Collins | 89.9 |
75. | Sat Sep 3, 2022 | David Distenfeld | 89.4 |
| Sat Feb 19, 2022 | Billy Bratton | |
| Sat Dec 22, 2018 | Joon Pahk | |
| Sat May 28, 2016 | Frederick J. Healy | |
79. | Sat Nov 16, 2024 | Peter Gordon | 88.9 |
80. | Sat Sep 21, 2013 | Tim Croce | 88.8 |
81. | Sat Jun 17, 2017 | Ryan McCarty | 88.7 |
82. | Sat Sep 24, 2005 | Byron Walden | 88.4 |
83. | Sat Jan 1, 1994 | Manny Nosowsky | 88.4 |
84. | Sat Jun 7, 2008 | Karen M. Tracey | 88.3 |
85. | Sat Dec 21, 2024 | Barbara Lin and Lewis Rothlein | 88.3 |
86. | Sat Aug 3, 2013 | Brad Wilber and Doug Peterson | 88.2 |
87. | Sat Nov 21, 2015 | Natan Last | 88.1 |
88. | Sat Jan 22, 2000 | David J. Kahn | 87.9 |
| Sat Feb 24, 2007 | Byron Walden | |
90. | Sat May 14, 1994 | Rand H. Burns | 87.4 |
91. | Sat Nov 15, 2008 | Karen M. Tracey | 87.1 |
92. | Sat Jun 3, 1995 | Bob Klahn | 87.0 |
93. | Sat May 14, 2022 | Ada Nicolle | 86.9 |
94. | Sat Jul 16, 2022 | Kameron Austin Collins | 86.8 |
95. | Sat Apr 23, 2005 | Patrick Berry | 86.6 |
96. | Sat Aug 17, 2013 | Ed Sessa | 85.7 |
97. | Sat Jun 15, 1996 | R. Ross | 85.3 |
98. | Sat Jun 25, 2005 | John Underwood | 85.2 |
99. | Sat Dec 17, 2005 | Patrick Berry | 84.1 |
100. | Sat Sep 9, 2023 | Robert S. Gard | 83.9 |