Analysis

There are 21 rows and 21 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and 4 cheater squares (marked with “+” within the colorized grid under.)

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

It has regular 180-degree rotational crossword symmetry.

Average phrase size: 5.30, Scrabble rating: 601, Scrabble common: 1.62.

Puzzle has 7 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 56 reply phrases will not be authorized Scrabble™ entries, which generally means they’re attention-grabbing:

Day of week comparisons

Distribution of reply phrases by size

Letter distribution

Thumbnails

Various thumbnail views are proven:

• Standard view exhibits 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 exhibits distinctive solutions in crimson (see colorized grid under)

With solutions

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Identical grids

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Topologically related grids

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Colorized grid for Sun Oct 2, 2022

The subsequent two sections try to indicate how contemporary the grid entries are.

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

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

Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.

Freshness Factor

FF: 36.8 – 64.7 percentile, 54.2 Sunday percentile

Freshness Factor is a calculation that compares the variety of occasions phrases on this puzzle have appeared
in different Shortz Era puzzles.
Click right here for an evidence.

The chart under exhibits what number of occasions every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and trendy together with Variety.