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Tuesday 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:
Tue 8/16/2005
| T | U | B | A | | B | E | D | S | | P | A | T | S | Y |
| U | R | A | L | | O | M | A | N | | A | D | I | E | U |
| G | I | S | T | | T | A | R | A | | S | L | E | E | K |
| S | H | O | O | T | I | N | G | S | T | A | R | R | |
| | | | I | L | L | | | A | R | I | | | |
| T | R | I | P | L | E | | M | A | N | Y | | S | I | S |
| E | E | R | I | E | | P | A | C | T | | E | T | N | A |
| N | E | A | N | D | E | R | T | H | A | L | M | A | N | N |
| E | S | T | E | | N | O | T | E | | A | I | R | E | D |
| T | E | E | | A | D | D | S | | A | L | T | E | R | S |
| | | O | R | E | | | A | V | A | | | | |
| W | O | R | L | D | W | I | D | E | W | E | B | B | |
| G | E | N | I | E | | O | D | O | R | | V | A | I | L |
| A | N | T | O | N | | R | E | P | S | | E | R | T | E |
| S | T | O | N | E | | K | A | T | E | | N | E | E | D |
Tue 6/5/2001
| A | L | S | O | | E | S | T | A | | E | S | S | E | N |
| L | O | I | T | E | R | E | R | S | | E | N | U | R | E |
| A | U | R | O | R | A | A | U | S | T | R | A | L | I | S |
| S | T | E | E | R | | L | E | N | O | | R | T | E | S |
| | | | O | A | S | | | A | R | E | A | | |
| S | I | L | L | S | | T | A | T | I | | N | E | E |
| A | T | N | O | | T | O | O | T | | L | E | A | S | T |
| R | U | S | S | I | A | N | R | O | U | L | E | T | T | E |
| T | N | U | T | S | | T | O | I | L | | R | E | E | S |
| S | T | L | | E | S | O | S | | N | O | O | S | E | |
| | A | S | E | A | | | O | A | R | | | | |
| A | L | T | E | | L | E | N | A | | A | L | L | I | N |
| T | R | I | N | I | T | R | O | T | O | L | U | E | N | E |
| R | O | O | S | T | | T | E | E | N | S | I | E | S | T |
| A | N | N | E | S | | E | L | S | E | | S | S | T | S |
Tue 7/29/2003
| S | I | L | L | | D | E | C | I | | H | A | N | D | Y |
| A | R | I | A | | E | L | A | N | | E | I | E | I | O |
| F | E | A | R | L | E | S | S | F | O | S | D | I | C | K |
| E | N | N | E | A | D | | H | R | H | | A | L | E | E |
| R | E | A | D | S | | C | L | A | I | M | | | | |
| | | O | H | A | R | E | | O | A | T | E | R | S |
| S | E | W | | | V | I | S | A | | I | N | D | I | A |
| P | A | I | N | L | E | S | S | D | E | N | T | I | S | T |
| A | T | S | E | A | | P | S | A | T | | | T | E | E |
| T | S | E | T | S | E | | O | R | D | E | R | | | |
| | | | S | P | A | C | E | | R | A | S | T | A |
| A | C | T | S | | E | L | I | | I | N | S | T | E | P |
| S | L | E | E | V | E | L | E | S | S | S | H | I | R | T |
| T | O | R | M | E | | E | T | A | L | | E | L | S | E |
| A | D | M | I | T | | N | Y | S | E | | S | E | E | R |
Tue 5/12/2009
| T | A | N | | E | R | U | P | T | | B | A | B | A | R |
| A | S | A | | R | A | T | I | O | | A | R | U | B | A |
| D | I | S | A | R | M | A | N | D | H | A | M | M | E | R |
| A | F | A | R | | S | H | A | D | E | | A | P | S | E |
| | | A | T | E | | | | R | O | N | | | |
| D | I | S | M | I | S | S | A | M | E | R | I | C | A | |
| A | N | T | I | C | | M | O | O | S | E | | A | V | E |
| T | K | O | S | | B | E | R | R | Y | | S | P | A | T |
| E | E | L | | N | E | A | T | O | | M | A | R | I | A |
| D | I | S | B | A | R | A | N | D | G | R | I | L | L |
| | | A | C | T | | | | A | R | T | | | |
| I | M | A | M | | O | A | T | E | R | | R | I | L | E |
| D | I | S | B | A | N | D | O | N | T | H | E | R | U | N |
| O | C | E | A | N | | I | N | N | E | R | | A | M | Y |
| L | E | A | S | T | | N | E | E | D | S | | S | P | A |
Tue 9/28/2004
| S | E | L | F | | C | A | C | T | I | | B | R | A | T |
| E | S | A | U | | A | L | I | E | N | | R | A | M | A |
| A | S | I | N | | T | E | A | R | S | | O | D | E | S |
| L | O | D | G | E | A | C | O | M | P | L | A | I | N | T |
| | | I | L | L | | | | I | O | D | I | D | E |
| A | G | O | | S | O | B | | O | R | B | | | | |
| C | O | T | T | A | G | E | C | H | E | E | S | E | | |
| E | D | I | E | | | A | A | A | | | O | M | S | K |
| | C | A | B | I | N | P | R | E | S | S | U | R | E |
| | | | U | S | S | | A | L | A | | S | I | N |
| E | T | H | I | C | S | | | | E | G | O | | | |
| S | H | A | C | K | U | P | T | O | G | E | T | H | E | R |
| S | I | S | I | | E | L | E | N | A | | T | I | D | E |
| A | N | T | E | | R | E | R | A | N | | E | T | T | U |
| Y | E | A | R | | S | A | I | N | T | | R | S | V | P |
| Rank | Date | Author | Tue. % | Score |
| 1. | Tue Aug 16, 2005 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.1 | 6.8 |
| 2. | Tue Jun 5, 2001 | Peter Gordon | 0.1 | 7.2 |
| 3. | Tue Jul 29, 2003 | Ed Early | 0.2 | 8.7 |
| 4. | Tue May 12, 2009 | Wayne and P. K. King | 0.2 | 9.9 |
| 5. | Tue Sep 28, 2004 | Nancy Kavanaugh | 0.3 | 10.0 |
| 6. | Tue Apr 18, 2017 | Bruce Haight | 0.4 | 10.4 |
| 7. | Tue Jan 27, 2004 | Randall J. Hartman | 0.4 | 11.3 |
| 8. | Tue Jan 11, 1994 | Albert J. Klaus | 0.5 | 11.9 |
| 9. | Tue Feb 19, 2002 | Arlan and Linda Bushman | 0.5 | 12.0 |
| 10. | Tue Sep 24, 2024 | Kevin L. Shellito | 0.6 | 12.1 |
| 11. | Tue Jun 19, 2001 | Tyler Hinman | 0.7 | 12.3 |
| 12. | Tue Jun 22, 2021 | Matt Frederick | 0.7 | 12.3 |
| 13. | Tue Oct 17, 2000 | Peter Gordon | 0.8 | 12.6 |
| 14. | Tue Oct 30, 2001 | Barbara Olson | 0.8 | 13.1 |
| 15. | Tue Aug 18, 1998 | Nancy Salomon | 0.9 | 14.0 |
| 16. | Tue Aug 21, 2001 | Sarah Keller | 1.0 | 14.1 |
| 17. | Tue Sep 10, 2002 | Wei-Hwa Huang | 1.0 | 14.2 |
| 18. | Tue Jun 26, 2001 | Stephen Windheim | 1.1 | 14.2 |
| 19. | Tue Apr 16, 1996 | G. E. Paul | 1.1 | 14.2 |
| 20. | Tue Sep 3, 1996 | Andrew Goldstein | 1.2 | 14.3 |
| 21. | Tue Feb 28, 2012 | Randall J. Hartman | 1.3 | 14.4 |
| 22. | Tue Jan 22, 2008 | Adam G. Perl | 1.3 | 14.5 |
| Tue Apr 13, 1999 | Fred Piscop | | |
| 24. | Tue Jan 16, 2001 | Peter Gordon | 1.4 | 14.7 |
| 25. | Tue Jun 11, 2002 | Nancy Kavanaugh | 1.5 | 14.7 |
| 26. | Tue Jan 14, 2003 | Adam G. Perl | 1.6 | 14.8 |
| 27. | Tue Jan 26, 1999 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 1.6 | 15.0 |
| 28. | Tue Apr 23, 1996 | N. Steinberg | 1.7 | 15.0 |
| 29. | Tue Nov 6, 2001 | Denise Neuendorf | 1.7 | 15.0 |
| 30. | Tue Sep 17, 2002 | Steven Dorfman | 1.8 | 15.1 |
| 31. | Tue Dec 16, 2008 | Gail Grabowski | 1.9 | 15.1 |
| Tue Jul 28, 1998 | Robert Dillman | | |
| 33. | Tue Dec 5, 1995 | Robert Katz | 2.0 | 15.2 |
| 34. | Tue Mar 13, 2018 | Carl Worth | 2.0 | 15.3 |
| 35. | Tue Jul 8, 1997 | Stephanie Spadaccini | 2.1 | 15.3 |
| 36. | Tue Oct 9, 2001 | Peter Gordon | 2.2 | 15.4 |
| 37. | Tue Nov 16, 1999 | Arthur S. Verdesca | 2.2 | 15.4 |
| 38. | Tue Oct 25, 2005 | Kurt Mengel and Jan-Michele Gianette | 2.3 | 15.5 |
| 39. | Tue May 27, 2008 | Adam G. Perl | 2.3 | 15.5 |
| 40. | Tue Aug 26, 2003 | Richard Hughes | 2.4 | 15.8 |
| 41. | Tue Jan 16, 1996 | R. Hartman | 2.5 | 15.8 |
| 42. | Tue Feb 14, 1995 | Randy Sowell | 2.5 | 15.8 |
| 43. | Tue Jun 11, 2019 | David J. Kahn | 2.6 | 15.9 |
| 44. | Tue Oct 1, 1996 | R. J. Hartman | 2.6 | 16.0 |
| 45. | Tue Jun 26, 2007 | Ray Fontenot | 2.7 | 16.0 |
| Tue Apr 29, 2003 | Norma Johnson | | |
| 47. | Tue Feb 10, 2004 | Seth A. Abel | 2.8 | 16.2 |
| 48. | Tue Aug 19, 2025 | Eric Rollfing | 2.9 | 16.3 |
| 49. | Tue Jan 28, 2025 | Dan Margolis | 2.9 | 16.3 |
| Tue Apr 29, 1997 | Jeff Herrington | | |
| Tue Aug 2, 2005 | Nancy Kavanaugh | | |
| 52. | Tue Dec 28, 1999 | Randall J. Hartman | 3.1 | 16.3 |
| 53. | Tue Feb 1, 2022 | Zhouqin Burnikel | 3.2 | 16.4 |
| 54. | Tue Dec 30, 2003 | Nancy Kavanaugh | 3.2 | 16.5 |
| 55. | Tue Mar 12, 1996 | R. J. Hartman | 3.3 | 16.6 |
| Tue May 23, 2000 | Monica Krausse | | |
| 57. | Tue Jun 27, 1995 | Diane C. Baldwin | 3.4 | 16.7 |
| 58. | Tue Jul 9, 2024 | Gary Larson and Amy Ensz | 3.5 | 16.7 |
| 59. | Tue Jun 13, 2000 | Peter Gordon | 3.5 | 16.7 |
| 60. | Tue Apr 25, 2000 | Randall J. Hartman | 3.6 | 16.7 |
| 61. | Tue Aug 13, 2002 | Robert Malinow | 3.7 | 16.8 |
| 62. | Tue Dec 18, 2012 | Adam G. Perl | 3.7 | 16.8 |
| 63. | Tue May 21, 1996 | J. Schmalzbach | 3.8 | 16.9 |
| Tue Aug 12, 1997 | Janet R. Bender | | |
| 65. | Tue Aug 21, 2007 | Tom Heilman | 3.9 | 17.1 |
| 66. | Tue Aug 22, 1995 | Gregory E. Paul | 4.0 | 17.1 |
| 67. | Tue Sep 5, 2000 | Chris Sallade | 4.0 | 17.1 |
| 68. | Tue May 19, 2020 | Trent H. Evans | 4.1 | 17.1 |
| Tue Jul 8, 2003 | Roy Leban | | |
| 70. | Tue May 16, 2000 | Peter Gordon | 4.2 | 17.2 |
| 71. | Tue Dec 3, 1996 | R. Hartman | 4.3 | 17.2 |
| 72. | Tue Aug 25, 2020 | Dave Bardolph | 4.3 | 17.2 |
| 73. | Tue Feb 1, 1994 | Robert Zimmerman | 4.4 | 17.3 |
| Tue Oct 27, 1998 | Peter Gordon | | |
| 75. | Tue Jul 19, 2005 | Trip Payne | 4.5 | 17.3 |
| 76. | Tue May 8, 2007 | Sarah Keller | 4.6 | 17.3 |
| Tue Apr 11, 2000 | Nancy Salomon and Sherry O. Blackard | | |
| 78. | Tue Apr 4, 2006 | Robert Dillman | 4.7 | 17.3 |
| Tue Jan 25, 2011 | Randall J. Hartman | | |
| 80. | Tue Sep 11, 2001 | Joan Yanofsky | 4.8 | 17.4 |
| Tue Aug 24, 1999 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | | |
| 82. | Tue Mar 2, 1999 | Stephanie Spadaccini | 4.9 | 17.4 |
| 83. | Tue Sep 24, 2002 | Sherry O. Blackard | 5.0 | 17.4 |
| 84. | Tue Mar 12, 2002 | Sarah Keller | 5.0 | 17.5 |
| Tue Feb 15, 2005 | Gene Newman | | |
| 86. | Tue Feb 13, 1996 | G. Paul | 5.2 | 17.5 |
| 87. | Tue Mar 17, 2009 | Richard Chisholm | 5.2 | 17.6 |
| 88. | Tue May 21, 2019 | Evan Kalish | 5.3 | 17.7 |
| 89. | Tue Mar 18, 2008 | David Pringle | 5.3 | 17.8 |
| Tue Mar 12, 2019 | Jules Markey | | |
| Tue Oct 27, 2020 | Luci Bresette and David Steinberg | | |
| Tue May 19, 1998 | William S. Cotter | | |
| 93. | Tue Sep 2, 2008 | Stanley Newman | 5.6 | 17.8 |
| Tue Aug 28, 2012 | Lou Borenstein | | |
| 95. | Tue Apr 22, 1997 | Gerald R. Ferguson | 5.7 | 17.8 |
| Tue May 30, 2017 | Neville Fogarty | | |
| 97. | Tue Aug 5, 2008 | joon and caroline pahk | 5.8 | 17.8 |
| Tue Apr 30, 1996 | G. E. Paul | | |
| 99. | Tue Oct 10, 2023 | Nate Cardin | 5.9 | 17.9 |
| Tue Jun 6, 1995 | Sidney L. Robbins | | |