Evaluation

There are 15 rows and 15 columns, with 0 rebus squares, and 4 cheater squares (marked with “+” within the colorized grid beneath.)

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

It has mirror symmetry.

Common phrase size: 5.18, Scrabble rating: 298, Scrabble common: 1.62.

Puzzle has 7 fill-in-the-blank clues and 1 cross-reference clue.

This puzzle has 4 distinctive reply phrases.

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

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

These 34 reply phrases are usually not authorized Scrabble™ entries, which generally means they’re attention-grabbing:

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

Numerous thumbnail views are proven:

• Customary 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 beneath)

With solutions

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Uncommon or lengthy phrases that seem elsewhere:

An identical grids

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Topologically comparable grids

Different crosswords with precisely 41 blocks, 71 phrases, 76 open squares, and a mean phrase size of 5.18:

Colorized grid for Tue Aug 9, 2022

The subsequent two sections try to point out how contemporary 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: 35.3 – 60.9 percentile, 89.3 Tuesday percentile

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

The chart beneath exhibits what number of instances every phrase has been used throughout all NYT puzzles, outdated and fashionable together with Selection.