Evaluation

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

The grid makes use of each letter. It is a pangram.

It has regular 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.

Common phrase size: 5.17, Scrabble rating: 579, Scrabble common: 1.60.

Puzzle has 14 fill-in-the-blank clues and 6 cross-reference clues.

This puzzle has 3 distinctive reply phrases.

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

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

These 54 reply phrases should not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which typically means they’re attention-grabbing:

Day of week comparisons

Distribution of reply phrases by size

Letter distribution

Thumbnails

Varied thumbnail views are proven:

• Normal 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 colour key as above
• Freshness view reveals distinctive solutions in crimson (see colorized grid under)

With solutions

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Uncommon or lengthy phrases that seem elsewhere:

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Topologically related grids

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Colorized grid for Solar Aug 7, 2022

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

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

Distinctive solutions are in crimson, crimson overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, and so forth.

Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.

Freshness Issue

FF: 45.7 – 80.1 percentile, 83.5 Sunday percentile

Freshness Issue is a calculation that compares the variety of occasions phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Shortz Period puzzles.
Click on right here for a proof.

The chart under reveals what number of occasions every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and trendy together with Selection.