nytimes crossword similarity

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nytimes : 24479 crosswords from 1942-2016

nytimes puzzles that are similar to earlier puzzles

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18 puzzles match 75-100% of an earlier grid

99% nyt1962-12-14 - nyt1963-04-05 Unknown
99% nyt1991-11-18 - nyt1992-07-13 William Canine
99% nyt1962-12-13 - nyt1963-04-04 Unknown
99% nyt1962-12-11 - nyt1963-04-02 Unknown
99% nyt1962-12-12 - nyt1963-04-03 Unknown
99% nyt1962-12-10 - nyt1963-04-01 Unknown
98% nyt1955-02-23 - nyt1984-06-29 Jack Luzzatto | Daniel Girardi
97% nyt1970-05-18 - nyt1971-04-13 Unknown
96% nyt1965-01-04 - nyt1970-01-08 Unknown
95% nyt1992-09-08 - nyt1992-12-01 Michael S. Maurer
94% nyt1959-04-08 - nyt1981-09-01 Helen Smathers | Albert L. Misenko
91% nyt1965-01-05 - nyt1970-04-07 Unknown
91% nyt1959-11-16 - nyt1982-04-24 Unknown | Albert L. Misenko
91% nyt1991-06-07 - nyt1992-04-23 Betty Hinman
91% nyt1954-11-04 - nyt1970-09-04 E. E. Smith | Unknown
89% nyt1969-02-06 - nyt1987-09-26 Unknown | Jones
87% nyt2003-02-03 - nyt2003-09-15 Sheldon Benardo
77% nyt1987-05-09 - nyt1988-05-11 Patterson Pepple

12 puzzles match 50-75% of an earlier grid

72% nyt1959-12-10 - nyt1961-10-09 Unknown
71% nyt1965-09-24 - nyt1966-06-23 Unknown
70% nyt1955-10-03 - nyt1974-07-22 Unknown | Victor Goldfarb
62% nyt1956-10-18 - nyt1978-05-04 Louis Sabin
59% nyt1984-08-07 - nyt1984-09-18 Nancy McCarthy
53% nyt1966-05-11 - nyt1967-11-20 Unknown
52% nyt1971-01-28 - nyt1999-05-22 Unknown | A. J. Santora
51% nyt1988-02-05 - nyt1988-09-08 Dorothea E. Shipp | Louis Sabin
51% nyt1978-03-07 - nyt1982-06-28 Herb L. Risteen | Jones
50% nyt1978-04-04 - nyt1980-07-25 Kathryn Righter | Jones
50% nyt1961-12-30 - nyt1998-06-19 Unknown | A. J. Santora
50% nyt1961-06-03 - nyt1997-06-14 Unknown | A. J. Santora

103 puzzles match 25-50% of an earlier grid

47% nyt1956-08-06 - nyt1962-01-22 Helen Fasulo
45% nyt1969-08-02 - nyt1987-02-07 Unknown | Jones
43% nyt1977-11-01 - nyt1980-02-04 Herb L. Risteen
42% nyt1985-02-19 - nyt1992-03-07 Gayle Dean | I. Judah Koolyk
42% che2007-06-08 - nyt2009-10-05 by Jeffrey Harris and Todd McClary | Mark Feldman
42% nyt1968-08-31 - nyt1999-03-12 Unknown | A. J. Santora
41% nyt1986-02-24 - nyt1991-07-29 Virginia L. Yates
37% nyt1985-08-28 - nyt1992-05-26 Peter Swift | Alfio Micci
36% nyt1967-04-26 - nyt1972-01-25 Lois Hillis | Unknown
35% nyt2000-06-06 - nyt2013-11-12 Alan Arbesfeld | Mike Doran
35% nyt1960-11-28 - nyt1961-08-11 Unknown
34% nyt1997-04-03 - nyt2009-03-26 Richard Hughes | Edward Safran
34% nyt1988-07-26 - nyt1997-03-10 Jean J. Davison | Gregory E. Paul
33% nyt1986-01-18 - nyt1990-04-06 William Lutwiniak
33% nyt1958-08-19 - nyt1965-04-09 Joseph LaFauci | Unknown
33% nyt1981-04-29 - nyt1990-09-08 Michael J. Parris | Jack Lechner
33% usa2004-01-19 - nyt2005-02-07 Gordon Seaberg
33% nyt1997-05-31 - nyt2003-11-08 Frank Longo | Sherry O. Blackard
33% lat2013-08-15 - nyt2015-11-24 Neville Fogarty / Ed. Rich Norris | Gary Cee
32% nyt2004-05-29 - nyt2007-12-29 Patrick Berry | Bob Klahn
32% nyt1985-08-28 - nyt1994-07-07 Peter Swift | Ed Early
31% nyt1967-08-25 - nyt1971-07-06 Lois Hillis | Unknown
31% nyt1958-02-10 - nyt1972-05-13 Joseph LaFauci | Unknown
31% nyt1995-03-23 - nyt2005-02-14 Wayne Robert Williams | Janet R. Bender
31% nyt2000-08-30 - nyt2007-02-19 Brendan Emmett Quigley | Andrea C. Michaels
31% nyt1996-12-09 - nyt2005-02-14 F. Piscop | Janet R. Bender
31% nyt1969-07-09 - nyt1982-11-02 Unknown | Jones
30% nyt1985-06-14 - nyt1995-06-14 Frank Geary | Richard Hughes
30% nyt1957-02-12 - nyt1959-10-15 Ben Graham | Unknown
30% nyt1990-09-22 - nyt1990-12-08 Nancy Joline
30% nyt1981-10-21 - nyt1982-01-30 Tenfelde
30% nyt1977-11-21 - nyt1980-10-07 Herb L. Risteen
30% lat2000-02-11 - nyt2001-08-13 Elizabeth Gorski,Editor J N Lewis | Sherry O. Blackard
30% nyt1995-12-14 - nyt2001-06-18 Matt Gaffney | Sherry O. Blackard
30% nyt1989-12-25 - nyt1991-12-25 Nancy Joline | Nancy Scandrett Ross
29% nyt2006-01-25 - nyt2006-10-18 John Farmer
29% nyt1992-05-26 - nyt1994-07-07 Alfio Micci | Ed Early
29% nyt1980-07-21 - nyt1985-07-23 I. Judah Koolyk | Albert J. Klaus
29% nyt1953-07-22 - nyt1979-09-12 Bernice Gordon
29% nyt1964-08-15 - nyt1998-11-27 Unknown | A. J. Santora
29% nyt1967-03-29 - nyt1970-04-28 Joseph LaFauci | Unknown
29% usa2001-02-05 - nyt2004-05-03 Philip J. Anderson/Charles Preston | Gregory E. Paul
29% nyt1990-02-05 - nyt1994-02-07 Sidney L. Robbins
29% nyt1963-03-20 - nyt1965-05-13 Jay Sheldon | Unknown
29% nyt1994-03-21 - nyt2002-04-02 Sidney L. Robbins | Janice M. Putney
29% nyt1963-02-18 - nyt1966-10-28 Joseph LaFauci | Unknown
28% nyt1984-12-11 - nyt1995-12-04 Louis Sabin | Sidney L. Robbins
28% nyt2001-06-18 - nyt2003-10-22 Sherry O. Blackard | Judy Cole
28% nyt1954-11-16 - nyt1963-05-09 Joseph LaFauci | Unknown
28% nyt1968-03-09 - nyt1969-06-23 Unknown
28% nyt1969-07-11 - nyt1972-11-08 Unknown
28% nyt1978-06-14 - nyt1989-06-14 Johnson | H. Hastings Reddall
28% nyt1985-03-25 - nyt1987-04-15 Evelyn Benshoof | Martha J. DeWitt
27% nyt1966-04-29 - nyt1978-05-06 Unknown | William Lutwiniak
27% nyt1977-08-22 - nyt1980-03-03 Herb L. Risteen
27% nyt1995-03-23 - nyt1996-12-09 Wayne Robert Williams | F. Piscop
27% nyt1956-11-21 - nyt1957-04-22 Madeline Corse
27% lat2001-06-12 - nyt2010-06-21 by Bob Frank--Rich Norris 010612 | Fred Piscop
27% nyt1954-07-03 - nyt1981-06-15 Sidney Lambert | Jeanette K. Brill
27% nyt1977-05-10 - nyt1980-03-10 Maura B. Jacobson | Mrs. John Fabbroni
27% nyt1972-03-23 - nyt1977-11-21 Unknown | Herb L. Risteen
27% usa2003-02-25 - nyt2004-05-24 Alfio Micci | Frederick J. Healy
27% nyt1972-11-30 - nyt1973-06-19 Unknown
26% nyt1988-11-24 - nyt1993-11-25 Joy L. Wouk
26% nyt1985-07-26 - nyt1993-04-28 Peter Swift | Norman S. Wizer
26% nyt1983-11-14 - nyt1986-09-13 Nancy McCarthy | Patterson Pepple
26% nyt1989-09-05 - nyt2004-05-24 Peter Gordon | Frederick J. Healy
26% nyt1979-07-04 - nyt1989-06-14 Alice H. Kaufman | H. Hastings Reddall
26% nyt1973-11-23 - nyt1982-03-30 Unknown | Arthur W. Palmer
26% nyt1988-03-02 - nyt1993-03-11 William S. McIlrath | Alfio Micci
26% nyt1964-08-10 - nyt1974-03-11 Unknown | Samuel K. Fliegner
26% nyt2004-01-05 - nyt2006-12-04 Allan E. Parrish | Richard Chisholm
26% nyt1961-05-23 - nyt1963-07-16 Unknown
26% nyt1956-04-23 - nyt1966-11-24 Marjorie Connelly | Unknown
26% nyt1997-09-05 - nyt1998-07-04 Harvey Estes
25% nyt1961-07-08 - nyt1967-07-28 Unknown | Joseph LaFauci
25% usa2005-01-19 - nyt2010-05-10 Diane C. Baldwin | Randy Sowell
25% ch1995-04-05 - nyt2000-08-21 | Dave and Diane Epperson
25% nyt1967-07-26 - nyt1968-09-02 Cora Goodman | Unknown
25% nyt1984-11-19 - nyt1991-02-12 Johnson | Reginald L. Johnson
25% nyt1991-12-11 - nyt1994-08-02 Arthur S. Verdesca
25% nyt1978-08-07 - nyt1979-07-31 Mrs. John Fabbroni | I. Judah Koolyk
25% nyt1964-11-11 - nyt1968-08-15 Unknown
25% nyt1955-09-07 - nyt1957-03-26 Joseph LaFauci | Unknown
25% nyt1993-12-04 - nyt1994-06-29 Glenton Petgrave
25% nyt1978-03-25 - nyt1982-03-13 William Lutwiniak
25% nyt1980-12-09 - nyt1982-07-13 Sidney L. Robbins
25% nyt1990-02-05 - nyt1993-09-20 Sidney L. Robbins
25% nyt1982-06-10 - nyt1985-04-04 Arnold Moss | Hickmott
25% nyt1964-10-20 - nyt1976-06-02 Unknown | Eugene T. Maleska
25% nyt1963-01-10 - nyt1995-03-28 Roberta Morse | Christopher Page
25% nyt1957-01-21 - nyt1987-10-21 M. S. Manning | Shirley Soloway
25% nyt1961-12-19 - nyt1963-09-04 Unknown
25% nyt1998-02-24 - nyt2001-01-04 Bill Ballard | Nancy S. Ross
25% nyt1989-09-30 - nyt1990-09-22 Eugene T. Maleska | Nancy Joline
25% nyt1978-06-14 - nyt1979-07-04 Johnson | Alice H. Kaufman
25% nyt1995-12-06 - nyt2002-04-30 Chet Currier | John F. Hughes
25% nyt1977-08-24 - nyt1993-03-11 A. J. Santora | Alfio Micci
25% nyt1984-08-08 - nyt1991-03-14 Eugene T. Maleska
25% nyt1963-07-12 - nyt2004-08-02 Unknown | Holden Baker
25% nyt1954-12-27 - nyt1957-01-30 Unknown | Joseph LaFauci
25% nyt1960-03-04 - nyt1961-01-24 Unknown
25% nyt1954-08-16 - nyt1982-10-26 Edward Early | Joy L. Wouk

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