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Thursday 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:

Daniel Kantor Richard Silvestri Cathy Allis Harvey Estes Jonathan M. Kaye Christina Iverson Chase Dittrich Adam G. Perl Kevin Curry David Steinberg Henry Hook
Thu 4/28/199411.2
CASEBASALPIER
ASWEERASEANYA
PHILLISWHEATLEY
PETEROSTRADE
NOUNOTTO
ACCENTSPELLED
LARASPARELEG
PIERRECORNEILLE
ONEEVERTCELT
ELEMENTOPERAS
LONEAMOS
ASSETABELSTU
JOYCECAROLOATES
AINTAMOVECANE
RTESBENETENDS
POW Thu 9/27/201813.9
TIKIMEATSCIFI
ORALINCHTOGAS
FILLINTHEBLANKS
USEMISERYLIEU
MAOSEENTIE
ASSIGNSARMED
SHADESOFGRAY
SEGALEOSADR
INSIDETHEBOX
THREESEALEGS
HOEONCEELF
ALASSONATASPA
BETWEENTHELINES
IDEASDEARCARP
TORTSORBSEPPS
Thu 2/12/199815.7
WAWABLABJUDGE
ALEXRIMAONION
ISLEOMENSINGE
FOLLOWINGPHOTO
ISTLEN
REGALEBRADMAC
ALONESUEZEARL
BEFOREWYEANDZEE
INONLAUDAGENT
DARLIMPADESTE
SATALI
BETWEENLAANDDA
ARRAYLEISARAM
SUITEBACKNOTE
STEERAREAAPEX
Thu 1/9/199716.2
NAILISLIPKNOB
OGRESAONEIONE
TEACHINGCOSTUME
ENTHUSEARLENES
STEERASIA
TOLLALLURE
SAGAROAMOILER
CLUBSORDIAMONDS
ATARIIDLYNAST
REMANDIDEA
BARNCLIPS
IMITATEBARONET
DONSDIVORCECASE
OLGAVELUMANTI
LEARELATELEON
Thu 8/20/199816.9
EARPRASPBIDES
ASEAETALADULT
CHASEDTHECHASTE
HEROICLAHRTOE
REOSUESNL
MISSEDTHEMIST
IDLYATENOOK
DOERROADSFRET
LEIARANIMPS
PACEDTHEPASTE
AMYCARLAI
NOHUSESKNOTTS
GUESSEDTHEGUEST
IRATEGEERTRAY
ENDEDEWESSIRE
RankDateAuthorThu. %Score
1.Thu Apr 28, 1994Randy Sowell0.111.2
2.Thu Sep 27, 2018Daniel Kantor0.113.9
3.Thu Feb 12, 1998Richard Silvestri0.215.7
4.Thu Jan 9, 1997C. Millhauser0.216.2
5.Thu Aug 20, 1998Harvey Estes0.316.9
6.Thu Jan 1, 2004Richard Silvestri0.416.9
7.Thu Jan 13, 1994Harvey Estes0.417.5
8.Thu Jun 30, 2016Jonathan M. Kaye0.517.8
9.Thu May 22, 2003Dan Reichert0.518.0
10.Thu Feb 15, 2007Elizabeth Rehfeld0.618.0
11.Thu Jan 4, 2024Chase Dittrich and Christina Iverson0.718.0
12.Thu May 22, 2014Adam G. Perl0.718.2
Thu Apr 3, 1997Richard Hughes
14.Thu Dec 11, 2025Kevin Curry0.818.2
15.Thu Feb 28, 2002Greg Staples0.918.5
16.Thu Dec 22, 2022David Steinberg1.018.6
17.Thu Jan 6, 1994Arthur W. Palmer1.018.6
18.Thu Jan 3, 2008Henry Hook1.118.8
19.Thu Oct 29, 1998Cathy Millhauser1.118.8
20.Thu Jan 25, 2007Manny Nosowsky1.219.0
21.Thu Sep 11, 2014Patrick Blindauer1.319.1
22.Thu Jul 17, 2025Sam Brody1.319.2
Thu Jun 23, 1994Trip Payne
24.Thu Jul 1, 2004Nancy Kavanaugh1.419.3
25.Thu May 14, 2020Michael Schlossberg1.519.6
26.Thu Aug 24, 2017Neil Patrick Harris and David Steinberg1.619.8
27.Thu Jun 21, 2007John Sheehan1.619.9
28.Thu Oct 5, 2000Cathy Millhauser1.719.9
29.Thu May 23, 2002John Underwood1.720.0
30.Thu May 24, 2012Derik Moore1.820.0
31.Thu Nov 22, 2001Richard Silvestri1.920.2
32.Thu Nov 25, 1993Joy L. Wouk1.920.3
33.Thu Feb 23, 1995Daniel R. Stark2.020.5
Thu Dec 12, 2024Daniel Bodily
35.Thu Mar 23, 1995Wayne Robert Williams2.120.6
36.Thu Nov 21, 2002Joe DiPietro2.220.6
37.Thu Mar 4, 1999Cathy Millhauser2.220.7
38.Thu Sep 29, 1994Randolph Ross2.320.8
Thu Jan 13, 2005Robert Zimmerman
40.Thu Oct 12, 2017Alex Eaton-Salners2.420.8
41.Thu Dec 9, 1993Janie Lyons2.520.9
42.Thu Dec 2, 1993Richard Silvestri2.520.9
Thu Jul 3, 2003Cathy Millhauser
44.Thu Jul 17, 2008Elizabeth A. Long2.621.1
45.Thu Dec 4, 2014Kacey Walker and David Quarfoot2.721.1
46.Thu Apr 18, 2024David Kwong2.721.1
47.Thu Feb 22, 2018Zhouqin Burnikel2.821.2
48.Thu Mar 6, 2008Pamela Amick Klawitter2.921.3
Thu Mar 19, 1998Manny Nosowsky
50.Thu Nov 14, 1996N. S. Ross3.021.5
51.Thu Apr 30, 1998Kelly Clark3.021.5
Thu May 21, 2020Andrew Kingsley
53.Thu Nov 10, 2022Dan Caprera3.221.6
54.Thu Feb 15, 2024Teddy Katz and Rich Katz3.221.6
55.Thu Jan 27, 1994Betty Jorgensen3.321.7
Thu Jun 14, 2007Donna Hoke Kahwaty
57.Thu Mar 14, 1996R. Silvestri3.421.7
58.Thu Feb 14, 2002Janet R. Bender3.521.7
59.Thu Feb 12, 2009Gary & Stephen Kennedy3.521.7
60.Thu Aug 2, 2001Bruce F. Adams3.621.8
61.Thu Jun 25, 1998Stanley B. Whitten3.621.8
62.Thu Oct 31, 2019Ezra Brauner and Jeff Chen3.721.9
63.Thu Jun 5, 1997David J. Kahn3.822.0
Thu Mar 24, 2016David Liben-Nowell and Tom Pepper
Thu Apr 1, 1999Kelly Clark
66.Thu May 27, 1999A. J. Santora3.922.0
67.Thu Sep 30, 2004Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon4.022.2
Thu Jul 24, 1997Randall J. Hartman
Thu Sep 2, 2010Patrick Blindauer and Andrea Carla Michaels
70.Thu Jul 3, 2008Keith Talon4.222.2
71.Thu Oct 24, 2002Patrick Merrell4.222.3
Thu Dec 30, 1999Alan Jay Weiss
73.Thu May 25, 1995Harvey Estes4.422.3
Thu Jul 20, 2006Kevin McCann
75.Thu Jun 28, 2007Joseph Crowley4.522.4
76.Thu Aug 5, 2004Seth Abel4.522.4
Thu Sep 11, 2003Patrick Merrell
Thu Mar 18, 2021Tom McCoy
79.Thu Jan 11, 1996B. Jorgensen4.722.5
Thu Jul 4, 2002Nathaniel Weiss
81.Thu Sep 24, 2015Peter A. Collins4.822.5
82.Thu Dec 15, 2005Patrick Merrell4.922.6
83.Thu May 26, 2005David J. Kahn5.022.6
84.Thu Dec 24, 2020Billy Ouska5.022.7
85.Thu Oct 29, 2015Sam Trabucco5.122.8
86.Thu Dec 6, 2018Sophia Maymudes5.122.8
Thu Nov 24, 2016Brian J. MacDonald
88.Thu May 25, 2023Andrew Kingsley and Garrett Chalfin5.322.9
89.Thu Jan 22, 1998Patrick Jordan5.322.9
90.Thu Jan 2, 1997M. Gaffney5.422.9
Thu Dec 28, 1995Cathy Millhauser
92.Thu Mar 20, 2014Victor Barocas5.522.9
93.Thu Sep 18, 2003Elizabeth C. Gorski5.622.9
94.Thu Jun 15, 1995Norma Steinberg5.623.0
Thu Jul 20, 2023Drew Schmenner
96.Thu Oct 16, 2003Elizabeth C. Gorski5.723.0
97.Thu Dec 6, 2001Richard Silvestri5.823.1
98.Thu May 8, 2008Harvey Estes5.923.2
99.Thu Nov 20, 1997Raymond Hamel5.923.2
100.Thu Jan 20, 2000Jeremy Thomas Paine6.023.2
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