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Modern Era Low Flow Friday 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 grid here has a flow of zero, meaning part of the grid is cut off from the rest.
Top constructors and grids:
Fri 1/27/2012
E | M | M | A | S | | I | K | I | D | | U | M | P | S |
S | A | U | D | I | | M | I | C | E | | R | E | A | P |
Q | U | I | Z | M | A | S | T | E | R | | A | N | T | I |
S | I | R | E | | J | U | S | T | M | Y | L | U | C | K |
| | | | M | A | R | C | E | A | U | | S | H | Y |
L | E | C | T | U | R | E | H | A | L | L | S | | | |
A | G | A | R | S | | | | | | E | W | E | R | S |
M | A | N | I | C | | B | O | X | | T | A | L | I | A |
E | D | S | E | L | | | | | | I | M | E | T | A |
| | | D | E | E | P | S | E | A | D | I | V | E | R |
Q | E | D | | I | N | R | A | N | G | E | | | | |
T | R | I | A | N | G | U | L | A | R | | A | L | D | A |
I | A | N | S | | A | N | I | M | A | L | F | A | R | M |
P | S | A | T | | G | E | N | E | | S | A | T | U | P |
S | E | R | A | | E | D | E | L | | D | R | E | G | S |
Fri 4/8/2005
C | E | I | L | I | N | G | F | A | N | | S | C | O | W |
H | U | M | A | N | B | E | I | N | G | | C | O | P | A |
A | R | A | B | I | A | N | S | E | A | | H | O | T | L |
N | O | N | E | T | S | | T | W | I | G | | L | I | L |
| | | L | I | T | S | | | O | N | A | H | O | P |
W | S | W | | O | A | T | E | S | | A | R | E | N | A |
I | W | A | S | | R | O | M | P | | T | R | A | P | P |
N | E | R | O | | S | P | O | O | F | | I | D | L | E |
D | E | M | U | R | | I | T | T | O | | D | E | A | R |
O | P | E | R | A | | T | E | T | R | A | | D | Y | S |
W | A | D | S | U | P | | | V | E | I | L | | | |
T | S | O | | L | I | M | O | | S | M | U | D | G | E |
R | I | V | E | | L | A | R | G | E | S | C | A | L | E |
I | D | E | S | | A | R | T | T | E | A | C | H | E | R |
M | E | R | C | | F | L | O | O | R | T | I | L | E | S |
Fri 5/8/1998
V | A | T | S | | M | O | B | I | L | E | H | O | M | E |
A | R | E | A | | I | V | O | R | Y | T | O | W | E | R |
S | T | E | M | | N | O | N | S | E | C | U | L | A | R |
E | I | N | S | T | E | I | N | | | | R | E | D | O |
| C | A | N | A | R | D | | S | H | E | L | T | E | R |
A | U | G | E | R | S | | H | A | I | R | Y | | | |
C | L | E | A | T | | D | O | W | S | E | | M | L | S |
H | A | R | D | | M | E | A | T | S | | N | O | E | L |
E | R | S | | T | A | N | G | O | | K | O | R | E | A |
| | | B | A | T | T | Y | | C | A | N | A | R | Y |
T | E | A | R | G | A | S | | S | A | L | U | T | E | |
O | N | T | O | | | | T | I | R | E | S | O | M | E |
G | O | O | N | A | S | P | R | E | E | | E | R | I | K |
A | L | L | T | H | E | R | A | G | E | | R | I | C | E |
S | A | L | E | S | W | O | M | E | N | | S | A | K | S |
Fri 7/23/2004
D | E | T | R | O | I | T | M | I | C | H | I | G | A | N |
I | T | S | A | F | R | E | E | C | O | U | N | T | R | Y |
M | A | K | E | A | M | E | N | T | A | L | N | O | T | E |
E | L | S | | N | A | S | | U | S | C | | S | E | T |
| | | | | | | E | S | T | E | S | | | |
A | S | T | | S | T | A | N | | | | H | A | I | M |
C | H | A | R | L | O | T | T | E | B | R | O | N | T | E |
T | A | K | E | I | T | O | R | L | E | A | V | E | I | T |
A | C | E | U | P | O | N | E | S | S | L | E | E | V | E |
S | K | I | P | | | | E | A | S | E | | L | E | D |
| | | S | K | E | D | S | | | | | | | |
A | M | I | | I | N | E | | B | A | M | | A | S | U |
S | A | T | E | L | L | I | T | E | S | T | A | T | E | S |
A | T | E | E | N | A | G | E | R | I | N | L | O | V | E |
S | T | A | R | S | I | N | O | N | E | S | E | Y | E | S |
Fri 5/20/2005
A | G | R | E | E | T | O | D | I | S | A | G | R | E | E |
D | R | I | V | E | O | N | E | T | O | D | R | I | N | K |
D | O | M | E | S | T | I | C | S | C | I | E | N | C | E |
S | W | A | N | | I | C | K | | | E | G | G | S | |
| | | | C | E | E | | S | T | U | | | | |
B | U | B | B | A | | | D | O | W | | S | T | A | G |
A | T | E | E | N | A | G | E | R | I | N | L | O | V | E |
G | I | R | L | S | C | O | U | T | L | E | A | D | E | R |
E | L | E | C | T | R | I | C | A | L | S | T | O | R | M |
L | E | A | H | | E | N | E | | | T | E | S | T | Y |
| | | | M | S | G | | G | P | S | | | | |
| C | O | D | E | | | A | L | A | | S | W | I | M |
C | O | M | E | R | A | I | N | O | R | S | H | I | N | E |
I | W | O | U | L | D | N | T | B | E | T | O | N | I | T |
C | L | O | S | E | O | N | E | S | E | Y | E | S | T | O |
Rank | Date | Author | Flow |
1. | Fri Jan 27, 2012 | Joe Krozel | 0.0 |
2. | Fri Apr 8, 2005 | Manny Nosowsky | 8.3 |
3. | Fri May 8, 1998 | Harvey Estes | 8.7 |
| Fri Jul 23, 2004 | David Levinson Wilk | |
5. | Fri May 20, 2005 | Harvey Estes | 9.5 |
6. | Fri Sep 5, 1997 | Harvey Estes | 9.8 |
7. | Fri May 19, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 9.8 |
8. | Fri Sep 21, 2007 | Paula Gamache | 10.2 |
9. | Fri Sep 15, 2006 | Harvey Estes | 10.3 |
10. | Fri Dec 5, 2003 | Robert H. Wolfe | 10.6 |
11. | Fri Jul 15, 2005 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 10.8 |
| Fri Nov 20, 2015 | Mary Lou Guizzo | |
| Fri Jun 26, 2009 | Lynn Lempel | |
14. | Fri Nov 26, 2004 | Manny Nosowsky | 10.8 |
15. | Fri May 23, 1997 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 11.6 |
16. | Fri Nov 14, 2008 | Brad Wilber | 12.4 |
17. | Fri Jan 1, 1999 | Joe DiPietro | 12.5 |
18. | Fri Aug 27, 2010 | Corey Rubin | 12.6 |
19. | Fri Mar 17, 1995 | Randolph Ross | 12.6 |
20. | Fri Dec 6, 2002 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 12.7 |
21. | Fri Oct 20, 2006 | Ed Early | 12.8 |
22. | Fri Feb 19, 2010 | Victor Fleming | 12.8 |
23. | Fri Dec 26, 2003 | Robert H. Wolfe | 13.0 |
24. | Fri Dec 11, 1998 | Joe DiPietro | 13.2 |
25. | Fri Dec 30, 2005 | David Liben-Nowell | 13.2 |
26. | Fri Aug 12, 2016 | Kelly Clark | 13.3 |
27. | Fri Mar 3, 2000 | Joe DiPietro | 13.5 |
28. | Fri Jul 10, 2015 | Barry C. Silk | 13.5 |
29. | Fri Feb 2, 2001 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 13.5 |
| Fri May 9, 1997 | Richard Hughes | |
31. | Fri Feb 4, 2011 | Ashton Anderson | 13.6 |
32. | Fri Nov 29, 2013 | Ned White | 13.6 |
| Fri Apr 4, 2008 | David Quarfoot | |
34. | Fri Aug 16, 1996 | M. Gaffney | 13.7 |
| Fri Feb 27, 2009 | Joe DiPietro | |
36. | Fri Jun 6, 1997 | Gerald R. Ferguson | 13.7 |
37. | Fri May 9, 2008 | Jim Page | 13.8 |
38. | Fri Jun 30, 1995 | Rich Norris | 13.9 |
39. | Fri Oct 7, 2016 | Robyn Weintraub | 14.0 |
40. | Fri Oct 31, 2003 | Earl L. Martin III | 14.1 |
41. | Fri Oct 14, 1994 | Bob Sefick | 14.2 |
42. | Fri Oct 3, 2008 | Harvey Estes | 14.4 |
| Fri Sep 28, 2007 | Harvey Estes | |
44. | Fri Jun 21, 1996 | G. R. Ferguson | 14.5 |
| Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Kameron Austin Collins | |
46. | Fri Aug 28, 2015 | Samuel A. Donaldson | 14.7 |
47. | Fri Sep 16, 2005 | Craig Kasper | 14.7 |
| Fri Jul 16, 2004 | Craig Kasper | |
49. | Fri Jan 23, 1998 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 14.7 |
| Fri May 5, 1995 | Harvey Estes | |
51. | Fri Jul 22, 2005 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 14.8 |
| Fri Jul 9, 2004 | David Liben-Nowell | |
53. | Fri Dec 1, 2006 | Mike Nothnagel | 14.9 |
54. | Fri Jul 6, 2012 | Peter Wentz | 15.1 |
55. | Fri Aug 8, 2008 | Mike Nothnagel | 15.1 |
56. | Fri Feb 22, 2008 | Mike Nothnagel and David Quarfoot | 15.2 |
57. | Fri Jul 4, 2008 | John Underwood | 15.3 |
| Fri Feb 25, 1994 | Bob Lubbers | |
59. | Fri Mar 16, 2012 | Joel Fagliano | 15.5 |
60. | Fri Jan 11, 2002 | Mark Diehl | 15.8 |
| Fri Jan 13, 1995 | Judith Perry | |
62. | Fri Jan 21, 2011 | Pete Mitchell | 15.8 |
| Fri Aug 27, 1999 | Joe DiPietro | |
64. | Fri Jul 24, 2015 | Patrick Berry | 15.9 |
65. | Fri Dec 31, 1999 | Peter Gordon | 16.0 |
66. | Fri Sep 16, 1994 | Randolph Ross | 16.0 |
| Fri Jul 5, 1996 | M. Gaffney | |
68. | Fri Aug 15, 2014 | Jeff Chen | 16.5 |
69. | Fri Oct 19, 2007 | Frederick J. Healy | 16.7 |
70. | Fri Jun 23, 2006 | Bruce Venzke and Stella Daily | 16.8 |
71. | Fri Oct 21, 2011 | Patrick Berry | 17.0 |
72. | Fri Jul 21, 1995 | Matt Gaffney | 17.3 |
73. | Fri Mar 4, 2005 | Myles Callum | 17.3 |
74. | Fri Jul 3, 2015 | Brandon Hensley | 17.3 |
75. | Fri Mar 28, 2025 | Zhouqin Burnikel | 17.4 |
76. | Fri Feb 14, 1997 | J. R. Conrad | 17.4 |
| Fri Nov 23, 2001 | Byron L. Walden | |
78. | Fri Jan 13, 2023 | Brad Wiegmann | 17.5 |
79. | Fri Jan 31, 2003 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 17.7 |
80. | Fri Aug 9, 1996 | D. Tuller | 18.0 |
81. | Fri Mar 22, 1996 | F. A. Longo | 18.0 |
82. | Fri Sep 18, 1998 | Frank Longo | 18.1 |
83. | Fri Aug 26, 1994 | Timothy S. Lewis | 18.2 |
| Fri Jul 30, 1999 | John Wolting | |
| Fri Jan 15, 1999 | John Wolting | |
86. | Fri Apr 1, 2011 | Elizabeth A. Long | 18.5 |
87. | Fri Jul 29, 1994 | A. D. Cover | 18.5 |
88. | Fri May 26, 2000 | Joe DiPietro | 18.7 |
89. | Fri May 16, 1997 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 18.8 |
90. | Fri Jun 28, 2013 | Ian Livengood and Brad Wilber | 19.1 |
91. | Fri Apr 30, 2021 | Kate Hawkins | 19.2 |
92. | Fri Mar 21, 2008 | Peter A. Collins | 19.3 |
93. | Fri Apr 15, 1994 | Cathy Millhauser | 19.4 |
94. | Fri Aug 13, 2010 | Manny Nosowsky | 19.4 |
95. | Fri Dec 30, 2011 | Mike Nothnagel | 19.5 |
96. | Fri Oct 27, 2023 | Adrian Johnson | 19.5 |
97. | Fri Jun 27, 2008 | Brad Wilber | 19.6 |
98. | Fri Jul 1, 1994 | Mel Taub | 19.7 |
99. | Fri Jun 30, 2017 | Damon Gulczynski | 19.7 |
100. | Fri Mar 25, 1994 | Harvey Estes | 19.8 |