Comparison of 164416 published crossword grids

Grouped by publication-year and broken out by day-of-week (Monday at top, Sunday at bottom).

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New York Times 36876New York Times
LA Times 10671LA Times
Universal Crossword 10633Universal Crossword
Newsday 10522Newsday
USA Today 9595USA Today
CrosSynergy Crossword 6692CrosSynergy Crossword
Thomas Joseph 5038Thomas Joseph
Eugene Sheffer 5038Eugene Sheffer
Wall Street Journal 4513Wall Street Journal
New York Times 4404New York Times
Daily POP Crosswords 3426Daily POP Crosswords
New York Times 3283New York Times
Daily Commuter 3137Daily Commuter
Arkadium Mini Crossword 2876Arkadium Mini Crossword
The Atlantic 2497The Atlantic
Apple News+ Crossword 2376Apple News+ Crossword
Chicago Tribune 2345Chicago Tribune
Crossroads Media 2199Crossroads Media
Vox 2142Vox
brendanemmettquigley.com 1951brendanemmettquigley.com
Washington Post 1947Washington Post
New York Sun 1746New York Sun
Daily Beast 1706Daily Beast
Stan Newman 2 Minute Mini 1668Stan Newman 2 Minute Mini
My Generation 1658My Generation
Slate 1650Slate
The New Yorker 1649The New Yorker
Crossword Club 1631Crossword Club
Boston Globe 1595Boston Globe
Puzzmo Crossword 1567Puzzmo Crossword
Black Crossword 1348Black Crossword
Matt Gaffney's Daily Crossword 1314Matt Gaffney's Daily Crossword
Premier Crossword 1308Premier Crossword
Vulture 1245Vulture
Apple News+ Crossword Mini 1197Apple News+ Crossword Mini
Tim Croce 1188Tim Croce
The Philadelphia Inquirer 942The Philadelphia Inquirer
Universal Sunday 913Universal Sunday
Monday Fills 749Monday Fills
Morning Brew 742Morning Brew
Queerty Crossword 733Queerty Crossword
Slate 698Slate
The Michigan Daily 693The Michigan Daily
The Modern Crossword 691The Modern Crossword
Jonesin' Crosswords 690Jonesin' Crosswords
Columbia Daily Spectator 681Columbia Daily Spectator
Chronicle of Higher Education 650Chronicle of Higher Education
Columbia Daily Spectator Mini 612Columbia Daily Spectator Mini
Washington Post Mini Meta 555Washington Post Mini Meta
I Swear Crossword 550I Swear Crossword
American Values Club 542American Values Club
Judge 531Judge
Morning Brew Mini 523Morning Brew Mini
The Daily Princetonian 522The Daily Princetonian
Ink Well 492Ink Well
The Michigan Daily Mini 488The Michigan Daily Mini
Billboard 487Billboard
The Cavalier Daily 448The Cavalier Daily
Judge 409Judge
Puzzmo Mini 406Puzzmo Mini
New York Magazine 396New York Magazine
Autostraddle 382Autostraddle
Lansing Star (Lansing, NY) 369Lansing Star (Lansing, NY)
David Alfred Bywaters 367David Alfred Bywaters
New York Times 357New York Times
Simon and Schuster 340Simon and Schuster
Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest 334Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest
The Onion 319The Onion
Student Life Mini 313Student Life Mini
Malaika Handa 310Malaika Handa
The Cavalier Daily Mini 310The Cavalier Daily Mini
Autostraddle Mini 282Autostraddle Mini
The Duke Chronicle 279The Duke Chronicle
The Daily Princetonian Mini 279The Daily Princetonian Mini
Matthew Luter 278Matthew Luter
Crossword Nation 264Crossword Nation
The New Yorker Mini 263The New Yorker Mini
Crosswords Club 254Crosswords Club
The Duke Chronicle Mini 248The Duke Chronicle Mini
Will Nediger 247Will Nediger
Fireball Crosswords 233Fireball Crosswords
Rock and Roll Crossword 233Rock and Roll Crossword
Glutton For Pun 228Glutton For Pun
Universal Sports Crossword 227Universal Sports Crossword
Washington Examiner 226Washington Examiner
Universal Entertainment Crossword 202Universal Entertainment Crossword
The Brown Daily Herald 197The Brown Daily Herald
LA Times Midi 190LA Times Midi
The Tufts Daily 188The Tufts Daily
Yahoo Mini 188Yahoo Mini
Inteltainment 186Inteltainment
arctan(x)words 184arctan(x)words
Cross-Canada Crosswords 184Cross-Canada Crosswords
BuzzFeed 177BuzzFeed
New York Times 172New York Times
3Across 1633Across
Boston Globe Mini 163Boston Globe Mini
Rossword Puzzles 153Rossword Puzzles
Defector 152Defector
The Cross Word Puzzle Book 150The Cross Word Puzzle Book
Cruciverbalist at Law 142Cruciverbalist at Law
The Stranger 140The Stranger
The Walrus 140The Walrus
Happy Little Puzzles 136Happy Little Puzzles
The Rice Thresher 128The Rice Thresher
luckystreak xwords 116luckystreak xwords
Lexicon Devil 115Lexicon Devil
The Amherst Student 114The Amherst Student
Eltana 114Eltana
Crossword Club Themed 105Crossword Club Themed
The Week 103The Week
The Cornell Daily Sun Mini 98The Cornell Daily Sun Mini
The Tufts Daily Mini 95The Tufts Daily Mini
Grids These Days 94Grids These Days
CNN 84CNN
Life as a Puzzle 78Life as a Puzzle
Universal Crossword: Biblical Edition 72Universal Crossword: Biblical Edition
Brown Alumni Magazine 70Brown Alumni Magazine
Andrew Ries 65Andrew Ries
Harvard Magazine 62Harvard Magazine
New York Times 62New York Times
Time Magazine 61Time Magazine
Bawdy Crosswords 57Bawdy Crosswords
Universal Music Crossword 54Universal Music Crossword
The Amherst Student Mini 52The Amherst Student Mini
The Varsity 50The Varsity
Adam Aaronson 45Adam Aaronson
Crosstina Aquafina 41Crosstina Aquafina
Puzzmo Big Crossword 39Puzzmo Big Crossword
The Villanovan 39The Villanovan
The Cornell Daily Sun 35The Cornell Daily Sun
The Daily Tar Heel 32The Daily Tar Heel
Modern Maturity 29Modern Maturity
Cornellians 28Cornellians
Salon 27Salon
Lil AVCX 26Lil AVCX
Princeton Alumni Weekly 26Princeton Alumni Weekly
USA Today MidGrid 26USA Today MidGrid
Uptown Puzzle Club 25Uptown Puzzle Club
UNH Magazine 24UNH Magazine
The Varsity Mini 24The Varsity Mini
The Daily Tar Heel Mini 23The Daily Tar Heel Mini
The Duke Chronicle Medium 23The Duke Chronicle Medium
Vulture Crossword Contest 23Vulture Crossword Contest
Yale Public Humanities 21Yale Public Humanities
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