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Highest flow Tuesday 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:
Tue 12/6/1994
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O | T | H | O | | A | S | H | E | | R | E | N | E | E |
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T | E | V | I | S | | H | E | E | L | | P | I | T | A |
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Tue 5/24/1994
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A | P | R | O | N | | E | A | T | | V | A | N | C | E |
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Tue 6/25/2013
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C | A | D | I | Z | | G | R | E | | R | A | M | P | | |
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S | E | E | G | E | R | | R | H | O | | E | D | G | E | R |
Tue 3/2/2004
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D | R | S | E | U | S | S | | O | O | B | L | E | C | K |
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POW Tue 7/18/2017
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Rank | Date | Author | Flow |
1. | Tue Dec 6, 1994 | Wayne Robert Williams | 110.1 |
2. | Tue May 24, 1994 | Arthur S. Ash | 92.4 |
3. | Tue Jun 25, 2013 | Joel Fagliano | 82.7 |
4. | Tue Mar 2, 2004 | Charles Barasch | 75.2 |
5. | Tue Jul 18, 2017 | Michael Hawkins | 67.0 |
6. | Tue Jan 20, 2009 | Tim Wescott | 67.0 |
7. | Tue Jun 28, 2022 | Scott Graham | 63.1 |
8. | Tue Jul 9, 2002 | Robert Malinow | 61.7 |
9. | Tue Nov 22, 2016 | Andrew Zhou | 61.4 |
10. | Tue Sep 27, 1994 | Eileen Lexau | 60.9 |
11. | Tue Oct 18, 2022 | Dan Schoenholz | 60.7 |
12. | Tue Feb 6, 2024 | Victor Barocas | 60.6 |
13. | Tue Sep 27, 2005 | Kevan Choset | 60.3 |
14. | Tue Nov 15, 1994 | Judith Perry | 58.0 |
15. | Tue Oct 22, 2024 | Barbara Lin | 56.7 |
16. | Tue Mar 17, 2020 | Ross Trudeau | 56.6 |
17. | Tue Dec 1, 2020 | Byron Walden | 56.5 |
18. | Tue Feb 5, 2019 | Erik Agard | 56.2 |
19. | Tue Feb 20, 2018 | Joel Fagliano | 55.8 |
20. | Tue Jan 14, 2025 | Lance Enfinger | 55.6 |
21. | Tue Jan 19, 2016 | Byron Walden | 55.3 |
22. | Tue Jul 13, 2021 | Bruce Haight | 54.5 |
23. | Tue Jul 20, 2021 | Sam Buchbinder | 54.4 |
24. | Tue Sep 22, 2015 | Victor Barocas and Tom Pepper | 54.3 |
25. | Tue Mar 20, 2018 | Andrew Zhou | 54.1 |
26. | Tue Jun 8, 2021 | Christopher Adams | 53.9 |
27. | Tue Apr 8, 2025 | Barbara Lin | 53.7 |
28. | Tue Nov 8, 2011 | Scott Atkinson | 52.4 |
29. | Tue Oct 9, 2018 | Natan Last, Andy Kravis and the J.A.S.A. Crossword Class | 52.4 |
30. | Tue Dec 18, 2018 | Ross Trudeau | 52.2 |
31. | Tue Sep 11, 2012 | Kenneth Leeser | 52.1 |
32. | Tue Jul 19, 2022 | Andy Kravis | 51.7 |
33. | Tue Nov 22, 2005 | Nancy Salomon | 51.5 |
34. | Tue Apr 17, 2018 | Wren Schultz | 51.0 |
| Tue Apr 1, 2025 | Sande Milton | |
36. | Tue Dec 24, 2002 | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes | 50.9 |
37. | Tue Sep 4, 2007 | Manny Nosowsky | 50.8 |
38. | Tue May 10, 1994 | David Ellis Dickerson | 50.6 |
39. | Tue Aug 17, 2010 | Michael Sharp | 50.5 |
40. | Tue Dec 20, 2016 | Timothy Polin | 49.8 |
| Tue Dec 7, 2010 | Andrea Carla Michaels and Kent Clayton | |
42. | Tue May 2, 2000 | Manny Nosowsky | 49.7 |
43. | Tue Mar 18, 1997 | John R. Conrad | 49.1 |
44. | Tue Jan 6, 2004 | Kent Lorentzen | 48.7 |
45. | Tue Aug 26, 2008 | Nancy Salomon | 48.6 |
46. | Tue Feb 25, 2014 | Matthew E. Paronto and Jeff Chen | 48.4 |
47. | Tue Jul 10, 2018 | Alex Eaton-Salners | 48.3 |
48. | Tue Jul 27, 2021 | Jennifer Lee and Victor Galson | 48.3 |
49. | Tue Apr 12, 2005 | Nancy Salomon | 48.3 |
50. | Tue Apr 19, 2005 | Lisa Bunker | 48.2 |
51. | Tue Jan 12, 2016 | Zhouqin Burnikel | 48.1 |
52. | Tue Jan 27, 2009 | Jim Hyres | 48.0 |
53. | Tue Jul 4, 2023 | Barbara Lin | 47.8 |
54. | Tue Mar 14, 1995 | Bob Klahn | 47.4 |
55. | Tue Feb 8, 1994 | Peter Gordon | 47.3 |
56. | Tue Aug 29, 2006 | David Pringle | 47.2 |
57. | Tue Oct 13, 2020 | Amanda Rafkin | 47.1 |
58. | Tue May 5, 2009 | Trip Payne | 47.1 |
59. | Tue Sep 5, 2017 | Michelle Kenney and Jeff Chen | 47.0 |
60. | Tue Jun 10, 2025 | Zachary David Levy | 46.9 |
61. | Tue Aug 10, 1999 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 46.7 |
62. | Tue Jun 3, 2008 | Pete Muller | 46.7 |
63. | Tue Dec 10, 2019 | Eric Berlin | 46.4 |
64. | Tue Oct 5, 2010 | Paula Gamache | 46.3 |
65. | Tue Jul 16, 2019 | Ross Trudeau | 46.1 |
66. | Tue Mar 18, 2025 | Larry Snyder and Jonathan Kaufman | 46.0 |
67. | Tue Mar 31, 2015 | Gary Cee | 45.8 |
68. | Tue Jan 21, 1997 | T. W. Schier | 45.6 |
69. | Tue Aug 28, 2007 | Linda Schechet Tucker | 45.6 |
70. | Tue Jun 23, 2009 | Caleb Madison | 45.5 |
71. | Tue Mar 14, 2023 | Peter Gordon | 45.4 |
| Tue Sep 24, 1996 | S. Spadaccini | |
73. | Tue Apr 16, 2024 | Adam Vincent | 45.4 |
74. | Tue Feb 12, 2002 | Manny Nosowsky | 45.4 |
75. | Tue Jul 10, 2007 | Pete Muller | 45.3 |
76. | Tue Nov 29, 2016 | Jacob Stulberg | 45.2 |
77. | Tue Apr 18, 2000 | Myles Callum | 45.2 |
78. | Tue May 14, 2019 | Damon Gulczynski | 45.2 |
79. | Tue Jul 11, 2017 | Zhouqin Burnikel | 45.1 |
80. | Tue Sep 22, 2020 | Jeremy Newton | 45.1 |
81. | Tue Apr 11, 2017 | Zachary Spitz and Diane Roseman | 44.9 |
82. | Tue Mar 20, 2012 | Will Nediger | 44.9 |
83. | Tue Aug 24, 2010 | Caleb Madison and J.A.S.A. Crossword Class | 44.8 |
84. | Tue Mar 28, 2006 | Jim Hyres | 44.8 |
85. | Tue May 15, 2018 | Garry Trudeau and Ross Trudeau | 44.5 |
86. | Tue Nov 11, 1997 | Brendan Emmett Quigley | 44.4 |
87. | Tue Jun 28, 2011 | Tom Baring | 44.2 |
88. | Tue Oct 16, 2012 | Bill Thompson | 44.2 |
89. | Tue Jun 4, 2019 | Jake Halperin | 44.0 |
90. | Tue Jan 10, 1995 | Christopher Page | 43.9 |
91. | Tue Aug 18, 2009 | Tony Orbach | 43.9 |
92. | Tue Jun 19, 2018 | Peter Gordon | 43.8 |
93. | Tue Nov 1, 2016 | Ruth Bloomfield Margolin | 43.7 |
94. | Tue Oct 6, 2015 | Zhouqin Burnikel | 43.7 |
95. | Tue Dec 20, 2022 | Peter Koetters | 43.7 |
96. | Tue Jun 7, 2016 | Peter A. Collins | 43.6 |
97. | Tue Sep 26, 1995 | Bob Klahn & Raymond Hamel | 43.5 |
98. | Tue Jul 8, 2025 | Jesse Guzman | 43.3 |
99. | Tue Sep 9, 2025 | Marshal Herrmann | 43.2 |
100. | Tue Jul 31, 2012 | Michael Sharp | 43.2 |