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Monday grids with the lowest Freshness Factor
These puzzles have the lowest Freshness Factor™ meaning they have a high reliance on common words.
That doesn't mean they're uninteresting. The puzzle near the top by Peter Gordon is one of my favorites.
Constructors and grids:
Mon 2/2/1998
| M | A | R | C | | W | O | R | D | | E | S | T | E | E |
| A | S | E | A | | A | R | I | A | | C | H | E | A | T |
| I | T | E | M | | F | A | C | T | | L | A | S | S | O |
| L | I | F | E | O | F | T | H | E | P | A | R | T | Y | |
| | | O | S | L | O | | | R | I | P | | | |
| C | A | T | | T | E | R | R | I | E | R | | A | S | H |
| A | G | A | T | E | | | E | L | L | | U | L | N | A |
| P | I | C | K | O | F | T | H | E | L | I | T | T | E | R |
| O | L | I | O | | A | R | A | | | R | E | A | L | M |
| N | E | T | | T | R | I | B | U | N | E | | R | L | S |
| | | S | A | G | | | S | E | N | D | | | |
| S | A | L | T | O | F | T | H | E | E | A | R | T | H |
| C | A | R | A | T | | R | E | E | D | | R | A | R | E |
| O | L | I | V | E | | E | A | R | L | | T | I | E | R |
| S | E | D | E | R | | E | L | S | E | | S | L | E | D |
Mon 9/20/1999
| B | A | A | L | | C | H | U | M | | D | E | L | T | A |
| A | C | R | E | | A | O | N | E | | E | V | E | R | T |
| S | H | E | A | | T | R | I | M | | S | I | S | A | L |
| H | E | A | V | E | N | S | T | O | B | E | T | S | Y | |
| | | E | L | I | E | | | E | R | A | | | |
| M | C | M | | U | P | S | T | A | R | T | | T | A | E |
| A | H | E | A | D | | | A | I | L | | A | R | T | S |
| J | E | E | P | E | R | S | C | R | E | E | P | E | R | S |
| O | A | S | T | | O | A | K | | | X | E | N | I | A |
| R | T | E | | C | O | N | S | O | R | T | | D | A | Y |
| | | E | A | T | | | P | U | R | E | | | |
| L | A | N | D | S | A | K | E | S | A | L | I | V | E |
| P | A | S | T | E | | S | A | N | S | | I | D | E | A |
| O | C | T | E | T | | A | L | E | E | | T | O | T | S |
| T | E | A | R | S | | P | E | R | T | | E | L | S | E |
Mon 5/28/2001
| S | I | M | P | | B | R | E | D | | B | E | S | E | T |
| T | O | I | L | | E | U | R | O | | R | A | T | S | O |
| E | T | N | A | | A | S | I | N | | O | R | A | T | E |
| P | A | I | N | T | T | H | E | T | O | W | N | R | E | D |
| | | S | O | L | E | | | P | S | S | | | |
| B | A | D | | R | E | R | O | U | T | E | | A | P | E |
| A | M | I | S | S | | | S | K | I | | O | M | E | N |
| C | A | L | L | O | N | T | H | E | C | A | R | P | E | T |
| O | N | L | Y | | O | N | E | | | S | A | L | V | E |
| N | A | Y | | A | N | T | A | R | E | S | | E | E | R |
| | | B | E | E | | | E | L | E | E | | | |
| S | I | L | E | N | T | T | R | E | A | T | M | E | N | T |
| I | N | A | N | E | | H | I | F | I | | B | L | A | B |
| A | T | S | E | A | | A | M | E | N | | E | L | S | A |
| M | O | T | T | S | | W | E | R | E | | R | E | A | R |
Mon 6/30/2003
| C | H | I | C | | C | A | V | E | | Y | I | E | L | D |
| H | I | D | E | | A | R | I | D | | E | R | R | O | R |
| E | V | E | N | | M | A | N | E | | S | A | L | S | A |
| F | E | A | T | H | E | R | O | N | E | S | N | E | S | T |
| | | S | A | R | A | | | I | I | I | | | |
| A | A | H | | R | A | T | T | L | E | R | | P | T | A |
| T | R | E | S | S | | | A | S | I | | S | O | O | N |
| L | E | A | T | H | E | R | S | T | O | C | K | I | N | G |
| A | N | D | Y | | V | A | T | | | L | I | N | E | R |
| S | A | Y | | C | A | Y | E | N | N | E | | T | R | Y |
| | | S | O | D | | | E | A | R | S | | | |
| H | E | A | T | H | E | R | L | O | C | K | L | E | A | R |
| A | G | R | E | E | | E | A | C | H | | U | R | S | A |
| H | A | L | E | R | | A | R | O | O | | M | I | E | N |
| A | D | O | R | E | | P | A | N | S | | P | E | A | K |
Mon 11/29/1993
| S | E | L | F | | G | A | G | S | | | P | E | L | E |
| O | V | A | L | | A | C | R | E | S | | L | A | O | S |
| F | I | R | E | E | S | C | A | P | E | | U | R | G | E |
| A | L | D | E | N | | | N | I | C | E | S | T | | |
| | | S | I | R | | D | A | T | E | | H | O | R |
| O | A | S | | D | E | S | I | | | L | I | M | B | O |
| C | L | U | B | | C | O | L | O | R | | T | O | L | D |
| U | L | N | A | | A | L | O | N | E | | E | V | A | N |
| L | U | G | S | | P | I | Q | U | E | | M | E | T | E |
| A | R | L | E | S | | | U | S | S | R | | R | E | Y |
| R | E | A | | A | S | H | E | | E | O | S | | | |
| | S | A | T | E | E | N | | | O | P | E | R | A |
| G | A | S | P | | W | A | T | E | R | M | E | L | O | N |
| A | G | E | S | | S | P | L | I | T | | L | I | S | T |
| P | O | S | E | | | S | Y | N | E | | L | E | S | S |
| Rank | Date | Author | Mon. % | Score |
| 1. | Mon Feb 2, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.1 | 7.9 |
| 2. | Mon Sep 20, 1999 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.1 | 8.7 |
| 3. | Mon May 28, 2001 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.2 | 9.2 |
| 4. | Mon Jun 30, 2003 | Gregory E. Paul | 0.2 | 10.2 |
| 5. | Mon Nov 29, 1993 | Sidney L. Robbins | 0.3 | 10.5 |
| 6. | Mon Sep 9, 1996 | S. L. Robbins | 0.4 | 10.7 |
| 7. | Mon Feb 14, 2000 | Nancy Kavanaugh | 0.4 | 11.1 |
| 8. | Mon Dec 18, 1995 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.5 | 11.4 |
| 9. | Mon Sep 19, 2022 | Leslie Young and Andrea Carla Michaels | 0.5 | 11.5 |
| 10. | Mon Oct 23, 1995 | Sidney L. Robbins | 0.6 | 11.5 |
| 11. | Mon Jul 3, 2000 | Marjorie Berg | 0.7 | 11.5 |
| 12. | Mon Aug 11, 2003 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.7 | 11.6 |
| Mon Jun 23, 2008 | Andrea Carla Michaels and Patrick Blindauer | | |
| 14. | Mon Oct 10, 2005 | Holden Baker | 0.8 | 11.8 |
| 15. | Mon Feb 12, 1996 | S. Robbins | 0.9 | 12.1 |
| 16. | Mon Jan 5, 1998 | Mark Moldowsky | 1.0 | 12.4 |
| 17. | Mon May 22, 2000 | Nancy Salomon and Louis Hildebrand | 1.0 | 12.5 |
| 18. | Mon Mar 22, 1999 | Gregory E. Paul | 1.1 | 12.6 |
| 19. | Mon Oct 13, 1997 | Gregory E. Paul | 1.1 | 12.7 |
| 20. | Mon Feb 2, 2004 | Gregory E. Paul | 1.2 | 12.7 |
| 21. | Mon Mar 21, 1994 | Sidney L. Robbins | 1.3 | 12.8 |
| Mon Aug 28, 2000 | Richard Hughes | | |
| 23. | Mon Apr 27, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 1.4 | 12.9 |
| 24. | Mon Jul 7, 1997 | Gregory E. Paul | 1.4 | 12.9 |
| 25. | Mon Nov 12, 2012 | Randall J. Hartman | 1.5 | 13.1 |
| 26. | Mon May 17, 1999 | Ethan Cooper | 1.6 | 13.2 |
| 27. | Mon Jul 22, 1996 | S. L. Robbins | 1.6 | 13.2 |
| 28. | Mon May 11, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 1.7 | 13.4 |
| 29. | Mon Aug 20, 2018 | Peter Gordon | 1.7 | 13.5 |
| 30. | Mon Jul 29, 2024 | Jeffrey Lease | 1.8 | 13.5 |
| 31. | Mon Apr 3, 1995 | Randall J. Hartman | 1.9 | 13.5 |
| 32. | Mon Jul 12, 1999 | Carol R. Blumenstein | 1.9 | 13.6 |
| 33. | Mon Jul 19, 1999 | Gregory E. Paul | 2.0 | 13.6 |
| 34. | Mon May 3, 2004 | Gregory E. Paul | 2.0 | 13.7 |
| Mon Jul 6, 1998 | Sheldon Benardo | | |
| 36. | Mon Mar 22, 2004 | Kyle Mahowald | 2.2 | 13.7 |
| 37. | Mon Oct 13, 2003 | Eric Berlin | 2.2 | 13.7 |
| 38. | Mon Mar 10, 1997 | Gregory E. Paul | 2.3 | 13.8 |
| 39. | Mon Apr 29, 2002 | Holden Baker | 2.3 | 13.9 |
| Mon Sep 30, 2002 | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | | |
| 41. | Mon Sep 24, 2001 | Norma Steinberg | 2.5 | 13.9 |
| 42. | Mon Aug 16, 2004 | Joy C. Frank | 2.5 | 14.0 |
| 43. | Mon May 30, 2022 | Alexander Liebeskind | 2.6 | 14.0 |
| Mon Jan 31, 2005 | Randall J. Hartman | | |
| 45. | Mon Jan 12, 2004 | Kurt Mengel | 2.7 | 14.0 |
| 46. | Mon Jun 24, 2013 | Robert Seminara | 2.8 | 14.2 |
| 47. | Mon Jun 14, 2010 | Mark Feldman | 2.8 | 14.3 |
| 48. | Mon Apr 3, 2000 | Gregory E. Paul | 2.9 | 14.3 |
| Mon Apr 19, 2004 | Michael Doran | | |
| 50. | Mon Mar 6, 2006 | Jack McInturff | 3.0 | 14.3 |
| 51. | Mon Dec 25, 2000 | Adam G. Perl | 3.1 | 14.3 |
| Mon May 15, 2006 | John R. Conrad | | |
| 53. | Mon Dec 10, 2001 | Gregory E. Paul | 3.2 | 14.4 |
| 54. | Mon Feb 7, 2005 | Gordon Seaberg | 3.2 | 14.4 |
| 55. | Mon Jan 23, 2006 | Mark T. Milhet | 3.3 | 14.5 |
| 56. | Mon Oct 25, 2004 | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette | 3.4 | 14.5 |
| 57. | Mon Dec 29, 2003 | Gregory E. Paul | 3.4 | 14.5 |
| 58. | Mon Jul 30, 2001 | Nancy Kavanaugh | 3.5 | 14.6 |
| 59. | Mon Nov 19, 2001 | Peter Gordon | 3.5 | 14.7 |
| Mon Aug 30, 2004 | Jeffrey Harris | | |
| 61. | Mon Dec 22, 1997 | Arthur S. Verdesca | 3.7 | 14.7 |
| 62. | Mon Dec 28, 1998 | Adam G. Perl | 3.7 | 14.8 |
| 63. | Mon Jan 30, 2012 | Francesco Trogu | 3.8 | 14.8 |
| 64. | Mon Jun 7, 1999 | Robert O. Dillman | 3.8 | 14.8 |
| 65. | Mon Jun 4, 2018 | Zhouqin Burnikel | 3.9 | 14.9 |
| Mon Jul 20, 1998 | Mary E. Brindamour | | |
| Mon Nov 24, 1997 | Alex K. Justin | | |
| 68. | Mon Mar 17, 1997 | Stephanie Spadaccini | 4.1 | 14.9 |
| 69. | Mon Jul 9, 2001 | Gregory E. Paul | 4.1 | 14.9 |
| 70. | Mon Nov 9, 1998 | Peter Gordon | 4.2 | 14.9 |
| 71. | Mon Jun 26, 2000 | Peter Gordon | 4.3 | 15.0 |
| 72. | Mon Sep 10, 2001 | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert | 4.3 | 15.0 |
| 73. | Mon Jul 16, 2012 | Randall J. Hartman | 4.4 | 15.1 |
| 74. | Mon Sep 28, 1998 | Robert Dillman | 4.4 | 15.1 |
| 75. | Mon May 15, 1995 | Ernie Furtado | 4.5 | 15.2 |
| 76. | Mon Feb 9, 2004 | Robert Dillman | 4.6 | 15.3 |
| 77. | Mon May 29, 2000 | Randall J. Hartman | 4.6 | 15.3 |
| Mon Aug 25, 2008 | Andrea Carla Michaels and Michael Blake | | |
| 79. | Mon Apr 13, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 4.7 | 15.3 |
| 80. | Mon Jun 16, 2008 | Ronald J. and Nancy J. Byron | 4.8 | 15.3 |
| 81. | Mon Jun 29, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 4.9 | 15.3 |
| 82. | Mon Mar 1, 2004 | Gail Grabowski | 4.9 | 15.4 |
| Mon Apr 15, 2002 | James P. Sharp | | |
| 84. | Mon Oct 27, 1997 | Mark Gottlieb | 5.0 | 15.4 |
| 85. | Mon May 6, 2002 | Peter Gordon | 5.1 | 15.5 |
| Mon Mar 23, 1998 | Randall J. Hartman | | |
| 87. | Mon Dec 5, 2005 | Gary Steinmehl | 5.2 | 15.5 |
| 88. | Mon Dec 5, 1994 | Sidney L. Robbins | 5.3 | 15.6 |
| Mon Mar 4, 2002 | Randall J. Hartman | | |
| 90. | Mon Mar 6, 2000 | Gregory E. Paul | 5.4 | 15.6 |
| 91. | Mon Aug 17, 1998 | Gregory E. Paul | 5.5 | 15.6 |
| Mon Jun 18, 2001 | Sherry O. Blackard | | |
| 93. | Mon Jul 13, 2015 | Zhouqin Burnikel | 5.6 | 15.7 |
| 94. | Mon Oct 7, 2013 | Amy Johnson | 5.6 | 15.7 |
| Mon Feb 25, 2008 | Randall J. Hartman | | |
| 96. | Mon Jul 3, 2017 | Randall J. Hartman | 5.8 | 15.7 |
| 97. | Mon Nov 20, 2000 | Randall J. Hartman | 5.8 | 15.8 |
| 98. | Mon Aug 29, 1994 | Mary Derderian Brown | 5.9 | 15.8 |
| 99. | Mon Oct 24, 1994 | Sidney L. Robbins | 5.9 | 15.9 |
| 100. | Mon Jun 17, 2002 | Janice M. Putney | 6.0 | 15.9 |