Analysis

There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 3 shaded squares, 5 circles, 0 rebus squares, and a couple of cheater squares (marked with “+” within the colorized grid beneath.)

The grid makes use of 23 of 26 letters, lacking QXZ.

It has regular rotational symmetry.

Average phrase size: 5.14, Scrabble rating: 312, Scrabble common: 1.65.

Puzzle has 4 fill-in-the-blank clues and 1 cross-reference clue.

Duplicate clues:   Shaggy, horned beast

This puzzle has 5 distinctive reply phrases.

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

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

These 28 reply phrases aren’t authorized Scrabble™ entries, which typically means they’re fascinating:

Day of week comparisons

The inexperienced highlighted squares present which each day puzzle common is closest to this puzzle for every statistical class.

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 shade key as above
• Freshness view exhibits distinctive solutions in purple (see colorized grid beneath)

With solutions

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Identical grids

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Topologically comparable grids

Other crosswords with precisely 36 blocks, 74 phrases, 69 open squares, and a mean phrase size of 5.14:

Colorized grid for Thu Dec 8, 2022

The subsequent two sections try to point out how contemporary 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 purple, purple overwrites orange which overwrites yellow, and many others.

Cheater squares are indicated with a + signal.

Freshness Factor

FF: 36.7 – 65.3 percentile, 73.9 Thursday 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 beneath exhibits what number of occasions every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, previous and trendy together with Variety.