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Modern Era Low Flow Thursday crosswords
Flow values attempt to quantify the intuitive feel for the "flow" of a grid.
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.)
The first 6 grids here have a flow of zero, since some sections are cut off from the rest of the grid.
Top constructors and grids:
POW Thu 1/3/2019
G | R | A | B | B | E | D | | H | A | S | I | D | I | M |
L | E | C | A | R | R | E | | E | X | O | D | E | R | M |
I | C | E | N | I | N | E | | A | M | A | L | G | A | M |
D | E | S | K | T | O | P | | P | A | P | E | R | | |
E | D | I | T | | | | | S | N | O | | E | S | P |
D | E | T | E | S | T | S | | | | P | S | A | L | M |
| | | L | O | R | A | | A | S | E | P | S | I | S |
| W | O | L | F | O | F | | S | T | R | E | E | T | |
P | I | P | E | T | T | E | | H | E | A | L | | | |
U | S | E | R | S | | | | E | N | S | U | R | E | S |
P | E | N | | P | I | P | | | | | N | A | M | E |
| | S | T | O | N | E | | J | A | C | K | S | O | N |
L | A | L | A | K | E | R | | E | N | L | I | S | T | S |
S | T | O | K | E | R | S | | S | T | A | N | L | E | E |
D | E | T | E | N | T | E | | S | I | N | G | E | R | S |
Thu 9/28/2017
E | Q | U | I | T | A | B | L | E | | B | O | G | G | S |
M | U | L | T | I | P | L | E | X | | A | R | O | O | M |
T | O | T | E | M | P | O | L | E | | G | I | J | O | E |
| | I | N | S | | T | A | R | | G | O | U | D | A |
A | T | M | | | | T | N | T | | E | L | M | E | R |
N | R | A | | | | O | D | S | | R | E | P | | |
S | I | T | E | | | | | | | | | I | P | O |
E | V | E | N | | C | A | N | D | Y | | G | N | A | W |
L | I | F | T | | | | | | | | E | T | R | E |
M | A | R | E | | U | S | E | U | P | | T | H | A | N |
| G | I | N | | P | O | N | Z | I | | G | E | L | |
P | A | S | T | | D | I | G | I | N | | O | L | E | S |
A | M | B | E | R | A | L | E | | A | S | I | A | G | O |
N | E | E | | K | T | E | L | | T | O | N | K | A | S |
T | S | E | | O | E | D | S | | A | N | G | E | L | O |
POW Thu 1/12/2017
B | U | S | | T | E | D | | A | P | A | R | T | | |
U | N | A | W | A | R | E | | C | O | V | E | R | U | P |
T | A | X | I | C | A | B | | I | K | E | B | A | N | A |
| | | L | O | S | T | | D | E | C | A | N | T | S |
H | O | P | S | | | | | | | | | S | A | T |
U | N | L | O | A | D | S | | R | A | G | T | I | M | E |
S | T | A | N | T | O | N | | E | L | A | P | S | E | D |
B | A | N | | A | N | A | | S | P | L | I | T | | |
A | R | E | A | R | U | G | | T | H | E | N | O | R | M |
N | I | T | W | I | T | S | | S | A | N | G | R | I | A |
D | O | S | E | | | | | | | | | R | N | S |
| | | I | O | T | A | | S | A | D | C | A | S | E |
N | E | I | G | H | E | D | | I | N | O | R | D | E | R |
A | R | M | H | O | L | E | | R | O | L | A | I | D | S |
B | R | O | | K | E | N | | I | N | T | W | O | | |
POW Thu 11/17/2016
A | L | B | O | M | | | | | | T | W | I | C | E |
P | E | E | P | E | R | | | | S | W | A | T | A | T |
R | A | R | E | G | A | S | | L | O | O | T | E | R | S |
| P | Y | R | A | M | I | D | S | C | H | E | M | E | |
| | L | A | W | B | R | E | A | K | E | R | S | | |
| | | S | A | L | E | S | T | E | A | M | | | |
| | T | E | T | E | S | | S | T | R | A | P | | |
| T | O | R | T | S | | | | S | T | I | H | L | |
R | A | M | I | S | | T | U | T | | S | N | A | I | L |
A | B | B | A | | M | U | S | I | C | | S | R | T | A |
S | L | R | | C | A | G | E | D | U | P | | A | H | S |
T | E | A | B | A | G | S | | Y | E | L | L | O | U | T |
A | L | I | E | N | S | | | | S | E | A | H | A | G |
M | A | D | A | T | | | | | | A | M | A | N | A |
A | M | E | N | | M | U | M | M | Y | | A | N | I | S |
N | P | R | | | | | | | | | | T | A | P |
Thu 7/26/2007
O | N | E | | G | H | O | S | T | S | | | N | O | T |
R | A | N | | R | A | N | T | E | D | | A | L | S | O |
O | U | T | | E | M | C | E | E | S | | T | E | S | T |
S | T | O | R | Y | | R | P | M | | T | H | R | E | E |
| | | I | S | L | E | S | | I | O | R | | | |
B | A | R | S | | I | D | O | | S | P | O | R | T | S |
E | L | E | E | | P | I | N | | R | O | B | E | R | T |
F | I | T | | D | S | T | | O | A | F | | S | E | E |
O | C | A | S | E | Y | | A | P | E | | S | E | A | N |
G | E | R | M | A | N | | R | E | L | | W | E | S | T |
| | | I | N | C | | S | N | I | P | E | | | |
A | P | P | L | E | | P | E | A | | A | D | A | M | S |
N | O | S | E | | H | E | N | R | Y | I | | B | Y | A |
O | K | A | Y | | E | N | A | M | E | L | | I | T | S |
N | E | T | | | S | A | L | S | A | S | | T | H | E |
Rank | Date | Author | Flow |
1. | Thu Jan 3, 2019 | Timothy Polin | 0.0 |
| Thu Sep 28, 2017 | Joe Krozel | |
| Thu Jan 12, 2017 | Joe Krozel | |
| Thu Nov 17, 2016 | Timothy Polin and Joe Krozel | |
| Thu Jul 26, 2007 | Joe Krozel | |
| Thu Nov 29, 2001 | Patrick Merrell | |
7. | Thu Sep 11, 2008 | Caleb Madison | 2.8 |
8. | Thu Jul 30, 2020 | Joel Fagliano | 4.1 |
9. | Thu Dec 4, 2014 | Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot | 4.6 |
10. | Thu May 5, 2022 | Adam Wagner | 4.6 |
11. | Thu Oct 15, 2015 | Kevin G. Der | 5.3 |
12. | Thu Aug 25, 2011 | Patrick Blindauer & Francis Heaney | 6.6 |
13. | Thu Dec 30, 2010 | Joe Krozel | 6.8 |
14. | Thu Oct 20, 2011 | Patrick Berry | 6.8 |
15. | Thu Jan 15, 2009 | Patrick Blindauer | 6.9 |
16. | Thu Jun 16, 2011 | David Steinberg | 7.0 |
17. | Thu Jul 17, 2003 | Robert H. Wolfe | 7.0 |
18. | Thu Feb 14, 2008 | David J. Kahn | 7.4 |
19. | Thu Oct 31, 2013 | David Kwong | 7.6 |
20. | Thu Apr 26, 2001 | Robert H. Wolfe | 7.7 |
21. | Thu Dec 28, 2006 | Ed Early | 7.7 |
22. | Thu May 25, 1995 | Harvey Estes | 7.8 |
| Thu Feb 16, 2012 | Jim Page | |
24. | Thu Feb 18, 2016 | Bruce Haight | 8.4 |
25. | Thu Dec 13, 2012 | Sam Ezersky | 8.8 |
26. | Thu Jul 24, 2014 | David Phillips | 9.1 |
27. | Thu Mar 20, 2014 | Victor Barocas | 9.2 |
28. | Thu Dec 31, 2009 | Frank Longo | 9.3 |
29. | Thu Nov 20, 1997 | Raymond Hamel | 9.3 |
30. | Thu Feb 1, 2007 | Michael S. Maurer | 9.3 |
31. | Thu Jan 22, 1998 | Patrick Jordan | 9.4 |
32. | Thu Jun 28, 2007 | Joseph Crowley | 9.5 |
| Thu Oct 19, 2023 | Colin Ernst | |
34. | Thu Jan 19, 2012 | Derek Bowman and Sarah Keller | 9.6 |
35. | Thu Jun 11, 2015 | Lewis E. Rothlein | 9.7 |
36. | Thu Aug 2, 2001 | Bruce F. Adams | 9.7 |
37. | Thu Feb 14, 2002 | Janet R. Bender | 9.7 |
| Thu Jul 25, 2013 | Patrick Blindauer | |
39. | Thu Sep 18, 2014 | Joel Fagliano | 9.7 |
| Thu Dec 2, 2010 | Joe Krozel | |
| Thu Mar 17, 1994 | Jim Page | |
42. | Thu Apr 18, 2024 | David Kwong | 9.8 |
43. | Thu Jan 22, 2015 | Timothy Polin | 9.9 |
44. | Thu Apr 19, 2007 | Henry Hook | 9.9 |
45. | Thu Dec 24, 2009 | Nancy Salomon | 10.0 |
46. | Thu May 19, 2005 | Barbara Olson | 10.0 |
47. | Thu Mar 13, 2025 | Rich Proulx and Simeon Seigel | 10.1 |
48. | Thu Oct 27, 1994 | Fred Piscop | 10.1 |
49. | Thu Sep 26, 2002 | Manny Nosowsky | 10.2 |
50. | Thu Oct 16, 2025 | Kareem Ayas | 10.3 |
51. | Thu Apr 13, 1995 | Glenn E. Sykes | 10.4 |
52. | Thu Mar 8, 2018 | Jim Quinlan | 10.5 |
53. | Thu Nov 26, 2015 | Ed Sessa | 10.5 |
54. | Thu Mar 20, 1997 | A. J. Santora | 10.6 |
55. | Thu Apr 1, 1999 | Kelly Clark | 10.6 |
56. | Thu Sep 23, 2021 | Simeon Seigel | 10.6 |
57. | Thu Jun 2, 2005 | Levi Denham | 10.6 |
58. | Thu Jan 7, 2016 | Andrew J. Ries | 10.7 |
59. | Thu Jan 6, 2011 | Mike Nothnagel | 10.8 |
| Thu Jan 31, 2002 | Bruce F. Adams | |
61. | Thu May 6, 2021 | Ed Sessa | 10.9 |
62. | Thu Mar 6, 2008 | Pamela Amick Klawitter | 10.9 |
63. | Thu Aug 5, 2004 | Seth Abel | 10.9 |
64. | Thu Oct 25, 2001 | John Scott Marrone | 11.0 |
65. | Thu Nov 18, 1999 | Alan Arbesfeld | 11.0 |
66. | Thu Mar 27, 2014 | Jean O'Conor | 11.1 |
67. | Thu Aug 31, 2023 | Freddie Cheng | 11.1 |
68. | Thu Feb 6, 2003 | Manny Nosowsky | 11.2 |
69. | Thu Jul 14, 2005 | Kevan Choset | 11.4 |
70. | Thu Mar 23, 2023 | David Kwong | 11.4 |
71. | Thu Apr 14, 2016 | Jason Flinn | 11.6 |
72. | Thu Aug 4, 2011 | David J. Kahn | 11.7 |
73. | Thu Mar 12, 2009 | David Chapus | 11.8 |
74. | Thu Dec 21, 2017 | Alex Eaton-Salners | 11.9 |
75. | Thu Sep 11, 2014 | Patrick Blindauer | 12.2 |
76. | Thu Mar 21, 2002 | Patrick Berry | 12.2 |
77. | Thu Sep 22, 1994 | George Quincy | 12.3 |
78. | Thu Apr 14, 1994 | Manny Nosowsky | 12.5 |
79. | Thu Jun 12, 2025 | Daniel Bodily | 12.6 |
80. | Thu Mar 9, 2017 | Jeremy Newton | 12.6 |
81. | Thu Sep 16, 2021 | Kevin Patterson | 12.6 |
| Thu May 7, 2009 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | |
83. | Thu Oct 17, 2013 | Gary J. Whitehead | 12.7 |
84. | Thu Nov 1, 2018 | Matt Ginsberg | 12.8 |
85. | Thu Mar 12, 2015 | Ellen Leuschner and Jeff Chen | 12.8 |
| Thu Sep 23, 2010 | David J. Kahn | |
| Thu Nov 14, 2024 | Matthew Faiella | |
88. | Thu Apr 17, 2003 | Eric Berlin | 12.9 |
89. | Thu May 4, 2023 | David J. Kahn | 13.0 |
90. | Thu May 18, 2006 | Peter A. Collins | 13.1 |
| Thu May 25, 2006 | Gilbert H. Ludwig | |
92. | Thu Dec 28, 2000 | Manny Nosowsky | 13.1 |
93. | Thu Sep 2, 1999 | Joe DiPietro | 13.1 |
| Thu May 17, 2018 | David J. Kahn | |
95. | Thu May 5, 2011 | Joel Fagliano | 13.1 |
96. | Thu Mar 9, 2006 | John Farmer | 13.2 |
97. | Thu Mar 4, 2004 | Patrick Merrell | 13.3 |
| Thu Apr 5, 2012 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | |
99. | Thu Feb 26, 2004 | Manny Nosowsky | 13.3 |
| Thu Jul 14, 1994 | Daniel R. Stark | |