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Friday 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:
Fri 11/26/1993
| E | T | A | L | | P | E | R | S | E | | P | E | N | N |
| R | A | V | E | | A | M | O | U | R | | E | T | T | U |
| I | R | I | S | | T | E | A | M | S | | O | C | H | S |
| C | A | V | E | A | T | E | M | P | T | O | R | | | |
| | | | D | E | R | | | | D | I | A | L | |
| C | A | E | S | A | R | | R | A | R | A | A | V | I | S |
| A | R | G | O | N | | S | O | M | A | | | I | S | T |
| P | E | R | S | O | N | A | N | O | N | G | R | A | T | A |
| R | O | E | | | E | N | D | S | | E | N | T | E | R |
| A | L | T | E | R | E | G | O | | A | S | S | E | R | T |
| E | S | N | E | | | | E | D | S | | | | |
| | | N | O | L | E | N | S | V | O | L | E | N | S |
| I | N | R | E | | E | N | A | T | E | | A | B | E | T |
| N | O | T | A | | V | I | P | E | R | | N | A | I | L |
| A | B | E | D | | I | D | E | S | T | | A | N | N | O |
Fri 2/11/1994
| T | O | M | B | | S | A | D | A | T | | T | W | O | S |
| A | B | E | L | | A | G | A | P | E | | H | A | R | K |
| D | I | C | E | | L | E | N | I | N | | E | R | I | E |
| T | H | E | Y | A | S | K | E | D | M | E | H | O | W |
| | A | P | E | D | | | C | S | A | | O | L | E |
| M | E | N | | T | B | O | N | E | | R | U | L | E | R |
| G | A | I | T | | O | D | O | | T | D | S | | | |
| M | U | C | H | I | W | E | I | G | H | I | S | A | I | D |
| | | A | F | L | | S | U | R | | R | I | C | E |
| F | R | O | W | N | | G | E | T | O | N | | R | E | B |
| R | O | T | | O | R | E | | | W | O | R | M | | |
| A | B | O | U | T | O | N | C | E | A | W | E | E | K | |
| P | R | O | S | | A | T | L | A | W | | A | D | A | M |
| P | O | L | E | | C | L | A | R | A | | D | A | L | E |
| E | Y | E | D | | H | E | N | N | Y | | S | L | E | D |
Fri 1/6/1995
| C | H | O | P | | D | R | A | M | A | | | P | A | Y |
| L | O | V | E | | A | E | S | I | R | | R | U | N | E |
| I | R | A | T | E | M | A | I | L | C | L | E | R | K | S |
| P | A | L | | D | A | D | A | | | E | M | I | L | E |
| | | C | A | G | Y | | A | S | S | U | M | E | S |
| S | A | L | O | M | E | | C | L | A | S | S | | | |
| A | X | I | L | | | C | L | O | S | E | | S | H | E |
| N | E | V | E | R | G | R | O | U | S | E | T | H | E | Y |
| E | L | Y | | O | L | A | N | D | | | R | E | A | R |
| | | A | M | U | S | E | | B | R | I | D | L | E |
| R | E | S | U | M | E | S | | C | O | U | P | | | |
| E | L | I | D | E | | | S | H | O | P | | O | R | B |
| M | E | R | E | L | Y | S | T | A | M | P | A | W | A | Y |
| A | M | E | N | | E | R | A | S | E | | S | E | C | T |
| P | I | N | | | T | I | G | E | R | | K | N | E | E |
Fri 10/31/2003
| D | E | P | T | H | | T | A | L | C | | P | A | I | L |
| E | L | I | S | E | | R | E | A | L | | L | U | R | E |
| L | A | N | K | Y | | A | R | I | A | | A | R | E | A |
| I | N | K | | D | E | M | O | N | W | A | Y | A | N | S |
| | S | E | A | T | | | | | B | E | S | E | T |
| H | O | L | L | Y | H | A | U | N | T | E | R | | | |
| E | V | I | L | S | | S | T | O | O | L | | R | P | I |
| R | I | P | S | | S | C | E | N | E | | D | E | N | T |
| A | D | S | | F | A | I | R | E | | E | A | S | E | L |
| | | E | L | L | I | O | T | T | G | H | O | U | L |
| U | M | B | R | A | | | | | I | G | L | U | | |
| S | C | A | R | Y | F | I | S | H | E | R | | R | H | O |
| U | R | S | A | | A | B | L | Y | | O | C | C | U | R |
| R | A | I | N | | R | E | A | P | | L | I | E | G | E |
| P | E | N | T | | E | X | P | O | | L | A | S | S | O |
Fri 12/24/2010
| H | M | M | | A | R | C | H | | G | A | S | C | A | P |
| E | A | U | | R | A | R | A | | E | S | P | A | N | A |
| N | U | S | | C | H | U | R | C | H | H | Y | M | N | S |
| R | I | O | T | | | D | I | R | | | P | A | T |
| M | I | C | H | A | E | L | C | A | I | N | E | | | |
| M | T | S | I | N | A | I | | | G | E | T | A | T | |
| E | A | T | | | C | E | L | T | | O | U | C | H | |
| N | A | U | G | H | T | Y | O | R | N | I | C | E | |
| I | N | S | O | | O | S | L | O | | | I | R | E |
| A | D | A | G | E | | | E | A | S | E | D | I | N |
| | | C | H | R | I | S | T | M | A | S | E | V | E |
| A | V | A | | | O | A | K | | | L | O | N | I | |
| S | I | L | E | N | T | N | I | G | H | T | | T | E | N |
| S | C | E | N | E | I | | T | R | E | E | | A | R | E |
| T | I | C | T | A | C | | S | E | E | D | | L | A | W |
| Rank | Date | Author | Fri. % | Score |
| 1. | Fri Nov 26, 1993 | Nancy A. Corbett | 0.1 | 14.0 |
| 2. | Fri Feb 11, 1994 | Harvey Estes | 0.1 | 20.2 |
| 3. | Fri Jan 6, 1995 | Fran & Lou Sabin | 0.2 | 20.4 |
| 4. | Fri Oct 31, 2003 | Earl L. Martin III | 0.2 | 20.5 |
| 5. | Fri Dec 24, 2010 | Jay Kaskel and Daniel Kantor | 0.3 | 21.5 |
| 6. | Fri Apr 1, 1994 | Stanley Newman | 0.4 | 21.8 |
| 7. | Fri Jan 7, 1994 | Fred Piscop | 0.4 | 22.5 |
| 8. | Fri Feb 17, 1995 | Arthur S. Verdesca | 0.5 | 23.5 |
| 9. | Fri Jul 25, 2003 | Michael Shteyman | 0.5 | 23.8 |
| 10. | Fri Dec 21, 2001 | William I. Johnston | 0.6 | 24.1 |
| 11. | Fri Jun 3, 1994 | Norman S. Wizer | 0.7 | 24.7 |
| 12. | Fri Apr 1, 2022 | Evan Mahnken | 0.7 | 24.8 |
| 13. | Fri Mar 20, 1998 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 0.8 | 25.2 |
| 14. | Fri Dec 20, 2024 | Henry Josephson | 0.8 | 25.5 |
| 15. | Fri Sep 25, 2020 | Rachel Fabi | 0.9 | 25.6 |
| 16. | Fri Jun 17, 1994 | Bryant White | 1.0 | 25.6 |
| 17. | Fri Dec 3, 1993 | Bill Click | 1.0 | 25.6 |
| 18. | Fri Feb 25, 1994 | Bob Lubbers | 1.1 | 25.7 |
| 19. | Fri Aug 12, 1994 | Norman S. Wizer | 1.1 | 25.8 |
| 20. | Fri Apr 1, 2011 | Elizabeth A. Long | 1.2 | 25.9 |
| 21. | Fri Sep 8, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 1.3 | 26.4 |
| 22. | Fri Dec 31, 1999 | Peter Gordon | 1.3 | 26.5 |
| Fri Apr 6, 2001 | David J. Kahn | | |
| 24. | Fri Jan 17, 2025 | Willa Angel Chen Miller | 1.4 | 26.6 |
| 25. | Fri Feb 2, 2001 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 1.5 | 26.9 |
| 26. | Fri Dec 24, 1993 | Merl H. Reagle | 1.6 | 27.1 |
| 27. | Fri Nov 10, 1995 | Bryant White | 1.6 | 27.2 |
| 28. | Fri Dec 2, 2005 | Patrick Merrell | 1.7 | 27.3 |
| Fri Nov 22, 1996 | A. K. Justin | | |
| 30. | Fri Mar 7, 2003 | Harvey Estes | 1.8 | 27.4 |
| 31. | Fri Jul 7, 2006 | Joe Krozel | 1.9 | 27.4 |
| 32. | Fri Apr 1, 2005 | David Pringle | 1.9 | 27.5 |
| 33. | Fri Jul 4, 2008 | John Underwood | 2.0 | 27.6 |
| 34. | Fri Aug 13, 1999 | Frances Hansen | 2.0 | 27.7 |
| 35. | Fri Dec 26, 2003 | Robert H. Wolfe | 2.1 | 27.7 |
| Fri Jul 21, 2023 | Robyn Weintraub | | |
| 37. | Fri Mar 11, 2022 | Robyn Weintraub | 2.2 | 27.7 |
| 38. | Fri Sep 24, 1999 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 2.3 | 27.8 |
| 39. | Fri Apr 4, 2003 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 2.3 | 27.9 |
| 40. | Fri Dec 17, 1993 | James Neal | 2.4 | 28.0 |
| 41. | Fri Sep 16, 2005 | Craig Kasper | 2.5 | 28.1 |
| 42. | Fri Apr 14, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 2.5 | 28.2 |
| 43. | Fri Aug 13, 2004 | Harvey Estes | 2.6 | 28.3 |
| Fri Jul 2, 2021 | Brooke Husic and Ada Nicolle | | |
| 45. | Fri May 20, 2005 | Harvey Estes | 2.7 | 28.4 |
| 46. | Fri Apr 23, 2021 | Robyn Weintraub | 2.8 | 28.6 |
| 47. | Fri Apr 22, 1994 | A.J. Santora | 2.8 | 28.6 |
| 48. | Fri Oct 20, 2006 | Ed Early | 2.9 | 28.6 |
| Fri Nov 30, 2012 | Gary Cee | | |
| 50. | Fri Apr 18, 2025 | Greg Snitkin and Glenn Davis | 3.0 | 28.7 |
| Fri Feb 20, 1998 | Manny Nosowsky | | |
| 52. | Fri Aug 29, 1997 | Mark Diehl | 3.1 | 28.7 |
| 53. | Fri May 24, 2013 | Joe Krozel | 3.2 | 29.0 |
| 54. | Fri Jul 31, 2009 | Mike Nothnagel | 3.2 | 29.0 |
| 55. | Fri Nov 18, 2022 | Robyn Weintraub | 3.3 | 29.2 |
| Fri Dec 3, 2004 | Michael Shteyman | | |
| 57. | Fri Aug 23, 1996 | M. Ashwood-Smith | 3.4 | 29.3 |
| 58. | Fri Mar 17, 1995 | Randolph Ross | 3.5 | 29.3 |
| 59. | Fri Nov 18, 1994 | Timothy S. Lewis | 3.5 | 29.4 |
| 60. | Fri Apr 24, 1998 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 3.6 | 29.5 |
| 61. | Fri Mar 25, 1994 | Harvey Estes | 3.7 | 29.6 |
| 62. | Fri Apr 4, 2025 | Karen Steinberg | 3.7 | 29.7 |
| 63. | Fri Aug 26, 1994 | Timothy S. Lewis | 3.8 | 29.8 |
| 64. | Fri Dec 22, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith and Brendan Emmett Quigley | 3.8 | 29.8 |
| 65. | Fri Apr 8, 2022 | Caitlin Reid | 3.9 | 29.9 |
| Fri Feb 18, 1994 | Manny Nosowsky | | |
| 67. | Fri Jul 15, 2005 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 4.0 | 30.2 |
| 68. | Fri Apr 29, 2022 | Erica Hsiung Wojcik | 4.1 | 30.5 |
| 69. | Fri Apr 15, 2011 | Patrick Berry | 4.1 | 30.5 |
| Fri Jun 8, 2001 | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon | | |
| 71. | Fri Jun 14, 2024 | Robyn Weintraub | 4.3 | 30.5 |
| 72. | Fri Dec 18, 2020 | Damon Gulczynski | 4.3 | 30.7 |
| 73. | Fri Aug 19, 1994 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 4.4 | 30.7 |
| 74. | Fri Feb 3, 2012 | Joel Kaplow | 4.4 | 30.7 |
| Fri May 21, 1999 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | | |
| 76. | Fri Feb 14, 2020 | Daniel Larsen | 4.6 | 30.9 |
| 77. | Fri Jun 30, 1995 | Rich Norris | 4.6 | 30.9 |
| Fri Jul 29, 2022 | Robyn Weintraub | | |
| 79. | Fri Jan 8, 2010 | Patrick Berry | 4.7 | 31.0 |
| 80. | Fri Oct 1, 2021 | Jim Horne and Jeff Chen | 4.8 | 31.1 |
| 81. | Fri Oct 4, 1996 | M. Ashwood-Smith | 4.9 | 31.1 |
| 82. | Fri Mar 17, 2017 | Jacob Stulberg | 4.9 | 31.2 |
| 83. | Fri Apr 30, 2010 | Natan Last | 5.0 | 31.2 |
| 84. | Fri Oct 1, 1999 | John Wolting | 5.0 | 31.2 |
| Fri Jan 14, 2000 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | | |
| 86. | Fri Sep 23, 2022 | Erik Agard | 5.2 | 31.3 |
| 87. | Fri Jul 21, 2000 | Elizabeth C. Gorski | 5.2 | 31.3 |
| 88. | Fri Jun 9, 2023 | Robyn Weintraub | 5.3 | 31.4 |
| 89. | Fri May 8, 1998 | Harvey Estes | 5.3 | 31.4 |
| 90. | Fri Mar 29, 1996 | C. Millhauser | 5.4 | 31.4 |
| 91. | Fri Mar 18, 2022 | Claire Rimkus and Brooke Husic | 5.5 | 31.5 |
| 92. | Fri Apr 1, 2016 | Peter Gordon | 5.5 | 31.6 |
| 93. | Fri Mar 14, 2003 | Kevin Hagen | 5.6 | 31.7 |
| 94. | Fri Jun 2, 2023 | John Ewbank | 5.6 | 31.8 |
| Fri Mar 25, 2022 | Evans Clinchy | | |
| 96. | Fri Jun 3, 2005 | Jim Hyres | 5.8 | 31.8 |
| 97. | Fri Aug 18, 2023 | Kameron Austin Collins | 5.8 | 31.9 |
| 98. | Fri Oct 14, 1994 | Bob Sefick | 5.9 | 31.9 |
| 99. | Fri Nov 24, 1995 | Bob Klahn | 5.9 | 32.0 |
| 100. | Fri Sep 30, 2022 | David Karp | 6.0 | 32.0 |