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Highest flow Sunday crosswords

Bloggers and solvers sometimes talk about whether grids have good "flow". That's an informal, intuitive notion, but it can be quantified using the concept of algebraic connectivity.

Flow values for Modern Era crosswords range from 0.0 (puzzle has disconnected regions) to 219.2, with a median value of 31.8. (Half of all puzzles have flow below the median, half above.)

Only Modern Era crosswords are considered here.

Top constructors and grids:

Byron Walden Ashish Vengsarkar Patrick Berry Ryan McCarty Joel Fagliano David J. Kahn Eric Berlin Jessie Trudeau Ross Trudeau Joe DiPietro Matthew Stock
Sun 5/17/2020 WIDE-OPEN SPACES
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RankDateAuthorFlow
1.Sun May 17, 2020Byron Walden93.6
2.Sun Jul 11, 2021Ashish Vengsarkar90.7
3.Sun May 5, 2002Patrick Berry87.3
4.Sun Dec 18, 2022Ryan McCarty82.1
5.Sun Jun 16, 2019Joel Fagliano82.1
6.Sun Sep 3, 2000David J. Kahn79.0
7.Sun Feb 21, 2010Eric Berlin78.0
8.Sun Jun 6, 1999David J. Kahn76.8
9.Sun Oct 9, 2022Jessie Trudeau and Ross Trudeau75.9
10.Sun Oct 19, 1997David J. Kahn75.5
11.Sun Aug 21, 2005Byron Walden75.0
12.Sun Jun 4, 2000Martin Schneider74.8
13.Sun Sep 10, 2006Joe DiPietro74.5
14.Sun Feb 25, 2001Greg Staples72.0
15.Sun Feb 21, 2021Matthew Stock70.6
16.Sun Apr 3, 2022Byron Walden70.3
17.Sun Aug 27, 1995Martin Schneider70.1
18.Sun Mar 3, 1996B. Klahn68.4
19.Sun Oct 15, 2017John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins68.3
20.Sun Sep 26, 2004Joe DiPietro68.1
21.Sun Nov 6, 2016Joe DiPietro68.0
22.Sun May 6, 2007Charles M. Deber67.5
23.Sun Nov 7, 2021Sid Sivakumar66.5
24.Sun Jul 10, 2005Con Pederson66.1
25.Sun Oct 14, 2012Todd Gross66.0
26.Sun Feb 13, 2005Daniel C. Bryant65.5
27.Sun Mar 14, 2004Craig Kasper65.4
28.Sun May 18, 2008Brendan Emmett Quigley65.4
29.Sun Sep 9, 2018Hal Moore65.2
30.Sun Dec 15, 1996R. Ross65.1
31.Sun Jun 17, 2018Amanda Chung, Karl Ni and Erik Agard64.8
Sun Sep 27, 2015Tom McCoy
33.Sun Aug 6, 1995Manny Nosowsky64.1
34.Sun Jan 15, 2012Finn Vigeland63.7
35.Sun Nov 5, 2006Derrick Niederman63.5
36.Sun Apr 9, 2017Byron Walden63.5
37.Sun Jun 20, 2004Manny Nosowsky63.1
38.Sun Sep 29, 2024Joe Deeney62.9
39.Sun Sep 2, 2001Manny Nosowsky62.9
40.Sun Nov 26, 2000Patrick Berry62.8
41.Sun Jun 25, 2023John Westwig62.8
42.Sun Dec 9, 2001Cathy Millhauser62.6
43.Sun Nov 4, 2007Bob Klahn62.5
44.Sun Jan 7, 2001Manny Nosowsky62.3
45.Sun Sep 10, 2017Brendan Emmett Quigley62.2
46.Sun Dec 12, 2004Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon62.1
47.Sun Mar 14, 1999Martin Schneider62.0
48.Sun Oct 17, 1999Bob and Sharon Klahn61.8
49.Sun May 28, 2023Chandi Deitmer and Taylor Johnson61.8
50.Sun Aug 25, 2002Randolph Ross61.3
51.Sun Jan 8, 2017Peter Broda and Erik Agard61.0
52.Sun Jul 7, 1996R. H. Wolfe60.9
53.Sun Feb 4, 1996D. J. Kahn60.9
54.Sun Mar 4, 2018Byron Walden60.8
55.Sun Apr 13, 1997Cathy Millhauser60.7
Sun Jun 5, 1994Dean Niles
57.Sun Nov 25, 2018Joon Pahk60.4
58.Sun Jun 14, 2015Randolph Ross60.3
59.Sun Feb 6, 2022Stephen McCarthy60.1
60.Sun Jul 29, 2007Brendan Emmett Quigley59.8
61.Sun Jul 3, 1994A.J. Santora59.8
62.Sun Oct 28, 2018Erik Agard59.7
63.Sun May 18, 1997Frances Hansen59.6
64.Sun Jun 11, 2023Sam Ezersky59.4
65.Sun Jul 13, 1997Fred Piscop59.3
66.Sun Mar 28, 2010Ed Sessa59.3
67.Sun Oct 14, 2018Ross Trudeau59.1
68.Sun Dec 29, 1996B. White58.9
69.Sun Nov 28, 2010Jeremy Newton58.8
70.Sun Dec 6, 2009Patrick Berry58.6
71.Sun Aug 16, 2009Randolph Ross58.6
72.Sun Dec 1, 1996D. J. Kahn58.6
73.Sun Jun 29, 2014Byron Walden58.5
74.Sun Nov 15, 2020Caitlin Reid58.5
75.Sun Jun 4, 2006Patrick Blindauer58.4
76.Sun Nov 21, 1999Patrick D. Berry58.3
77.Sun Aug 10, 2008Will Nediger58.2
78.Sun Mar 8, 2020Laura Taylor Kinnel58.2
79.Sun Sep 25, 2016Jim Holland and Jeff Chen58.0
80.Sun Mar 20, 2022Brad Wiegmann57.9
81.Sun May 22, 1994Randolph Ross57.8
82.Sun Apr 4, 1999Richard Silvestri57.7
Sun Jan 6, 2008Lynn Lempel
84.Sun Jul 13, 2008Matt Ginsberg57.7
85.Sun Apr 22, 2001Patrick Berry57.3
86.Sun Apr 11, 2004Patrick Merrell57.1
87.Sun Mar 31, 2024Spencer Leach57.0
88.Sun May 2, 2021Dan Schoenholz56.8
89.Sun Oct 15, 2006Norma Johnson & Nancy Salomon56.5
90.Sun Oct 3, 2010Daniel A. Finan56.5
91.Sun May 26, 2024John Kugelman56.4
92.Sun Feb 28, 2010Yaakov Bendavid56.4
93.Sun Feb 2, 2020Brian Herrick and Christopher Adams56.4
94.Sun May 16, 2004Patrick Berry56.3
95.Sun Jul 28, 2019Christopher Adams56.3
96.Sun Mar 30, 2014Peter A. Collins56.3
97.Sun Nov 1, 2009Matt Ginsberg and Pete Muller56.1
98.Sun Jan 21, 1996R. Wolfe56.0
99.Sun Mar 13, 2016Tom McCoy55.9
100.Sun Jun 20, 2010Todd Gross and Ashish Vengsarkar55.7
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