Analysis

There are 21 rows and 21 columns, with 32 shaded squares, 7 circles, 0 rebus squares, and eight cheater squares (marked with “+” within the colorized grid beneath.)

The grid makes use of 24 of 26 letters, lacking JZ.

It has regular 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.

Average phrase size: 5.24, Scrabble rating: 560, Scrabble common: 1.53.

Puzzle has 13 fill-in-the-blank clues and 1 cross-reference clue.

This puzzle has 11 distinctive reply phrases.

It has 0 phrases that debuted on this puzzle and
had been later reused:

These phrases are distinctive to the Shortz Era however have appeared in pre-Shortz puzzles:

These 71 reply phrases should not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which typically means they’re fascinating:

Day of week comparisons

Distribution of reply phrases by size

Letter distribution

Thumbnails

Various thumbnail views are proven:

• Standard view reveals the grid sample most clearly
• Open Squares (these which do not contact any block, even diagonally) are blue
• Vowel distribution
• Scrabble rating makes use of the identical shade key as above
• Freshness view reveals distinctive solutions in pink (see colorized grid beneath)

With solutions

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Unusual or lengthy phrases that seem elsewhere:

Identical grids

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Topologically related grids

Other crosswords with precisely 74 blocks, 140 phrases, 103 open squares, and a median phrase size of 5.24:

Colorized grid for Sun Aug 14, 2022

The subsequent two sections try to point out how recent the grid entries are.

In this view, uncommon solutions are coloured relying on how usually they’ve appeared in different puzzles.

Unique solutions are in pink, pink overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, and so on.

Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.

Freshness Factor

FF: 29.4 – 48.0 percentile, 22.6 Sunday percentile

Freshness Factor is a calculation that compares the variety of instances phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Shortz Era puzzles.
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The chart beneath reveals what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and fashionable together with Variety.