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Saturday grids with the lowest Freshness Factor
These puzzles have the lowest Freshness Factor™ meaning they have a high reliance on common words.
That doesn't mean they're uninteresting. The puzzle near the top by Peter Gordon is one of my favorites.
Constructors and grids:
Sat 12/11/1993
D | R | A | G | | P | E | T | I | T | | S | L | U | R |
A | U | R | A | | A | G | E | N | A | | K | Y | R | A |
F | R | O | M | C | T | O | S | H | I | N | I | N | G | C |
T | A | M | E | R | S | | L | A | L | A | | N | E | E |
| L | A | D | E | | | A | L | O | N | E | | | |
| | | | P | A | L | | E | R | U | D | I | T | E |
A | C | H | I | E | V | E | R | | | | E | T | R | E |
B | L | E | S | S | E | D | R | T | H | E | M | E | E | K |
B | O | L | L | | | | S | U | R | N | A | M | E | S |
A | T | L | A | S | E | S | | N | S | W | | | | |
| | | M | O | R | E | S | | | R | O | M | E | |
S | O | B | | L | A | T | H | | S | A | R | A | N | S |
T | H | E | B | O | S | T | O | N | T | P | A | R | T | Y |
A | I | D | E | | E | L | E | N | A | | L | I | E | N |
N | O | S | E | | S | E | D | E | R | | S | O | R | E |
Sat 4/3/1999
P | T | A | S | | | P | R | E | | P | A | C | T | S |
A | B | L | E | | E | L | U | L | | E | C | L | A | T |
P | A | L | M | | R | I | S | E | | S | C | A | L | A |
P | R | A | I | R | I | E | S | C | H | O | O | N | E | R |
| | B | A | T | T | | I | T | E | | U | S | S | R |
| R | O | B | E | R | T | A | | E | O | N | | | |
B | E | A | S | | E | R | N | O | | A | T | B | A | Y |
A | I | R | T | O | A | I | R | M | I | S | S | I | L | E |
A | N | D | R | E | | G | O | A | L | | P | R | E | P |
| | | A | R | C | | U | N | L | O | A | D | S | |
K | R | O | C | | P | A | L | | E | D | Y | S | | |
M | A | S | T | E | R | S | E | R | G | E | A | N | T | S |
A | M | A | I | N | | S | T | O | A | | B | E | E | R |
R | I | G | O | R | | E | T | A | L | | L | S | A | T |
T | E | E | N | Y | | T | E | N | | | E | T | T | A |
Sat 5/10/1997
C | O | E | D | | S | H | I | P | | A | D | L | I | B |
H | A | L | E | | P | O | K | E | | T | R | A | D | E |
I | T | S | A | | O | V | E | N | | V | I | R | A | L |
C | H | E | R | K | N | E | | | | | E | C | H | O |
| | | | Y | G | R | F | I | T | H | S | H | O | W |
D | I | V | I | D | E | | A | M | B | I | T | | | |
E | M | I | R | | | S | T | P | A | T | | G | A | S |
J | P | E | A | N | U | T | T | E | R | S | W | I | C | H |
A | S | S | | E | M | A | I | L | | | E | R | M | A |
| | | T | S | A | R | S | | T | A | B | L | E | D |
B | E | A | V | I | S | T | H | E | A | D | | | | |
O | L | D | S | | | | | N | O | S | S | O | R | S |
A | I | D | E | S | | Y | E | T | I | | E | X | I | T |
S | T | E | T | S | | A | G | E | S | | M | E | S | A |
T | E | R | S | E | | W | O | R | M | | I | N | K | Y |
Sat 7/16/1994
S | T | R | O | M | | | V | P | S | | | S | P | A |
C | H | A | R | O | | D | I | E | M | | S | P | U | R |
R | E | D | O | N | I | O | N | R | O | M | A | I | N | E |
A | R | I | | T | R | U | E | | L | I | M | N | | |
P | A | C | T | | E | G | G | S | T | O | M | A | T | O |
E | M | C | E | E | | H | A | L | | | S | C | O | W |
| | H | E | R | A | | R | U | B | S | | H | O | N |
R | A | I | S | I | N | S | C | R | O | U | T | O | N | S |
U | F | O | | E | T | T | U | | Z | E | A | L | | |
M | A | C | S | | | E | C | U | | T | R | I | C | K |
P | R | A | W | N | S | N | U | T | S | | O | V | A | L |
| | R | A | I | L | | M | U | N | I | | E | R | E |
P | A | R | S | L | E | Y | B | R | O | C | C | O | L | I |
U | H | O | H | | P | E | E | N | | O | R | I | O | N |
G | A | T | | | T | A | R | | | N | O | L | T | E |
Sat 11/5/1994
| M | C | C | | N | A | T | H | | | G | A | E | L |
L | E | A | H | | A | D | U | E | | B | I | B | L | E |
T | A | K | E | I | T | O | R | L | E | A | V | E | I | T |
D | R | E | W | A | L | O | N | G | B | R | E | A | T | H |
| A | S | S | T | | | F | A | R | | S | M | E | E |
| | | T | E | M | P | O | | O | S | U | | | |
U | T | A | H | | E | R | R | S | | S | P | O | I | L |
T | A | K | E | S | T | O | T | H | E | S | T | U | M | P |
E | R | A | S | E | | W | H | E | E | | H | I | P | S |
| | | C | A | P | | E | A | G | R | E | | | |
A | S | H | E | | R | A | W | | | O | G | R | E | |
B | E | I | N | T | O | S | O | M | E | T | H | I | N | G |
H | A | V | E | A | S | C | R | E | W | L | O | O | S | E |
O | T | E | R | O | | O | S | T | E | | S | T | U | N |
R | O | S | Y | | | T | E | A | R | | T | S | E | |
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Stalest Saturday thumbnails.
Rank | Date | Author | Sat. % | Score |
1. | Sat Dec 11, 1993 | Robert H. Wolfe | 0.0 | 18.8 |
2. | Sat Apr 3, 1999 | Pat M. Hugel | 0.1 | 20.6 |
3. | Sat May 10, 1997 | Isabel Walcott | 0.1 | 21.0 |
4. | Sat Jul 16, 1994 | Mark Diehl | 0.2 | 23.3 |
5. | Sat Nov 5, 1994 | Manny Nosowsky | 0.2 | 24.6 |
6. | Sat Jan 18, 2025 | Scott McMahon | 0.3 | 24.6 |
7. | Sat Aug 27, 1994 | Joy L. Wouk | 0.4 | 25.3 |
8. | Sat Nov 1, 2008 | Donald K. Willing | 0.4 | 26.1 |
9. | Sat Mar 31, 2007 | John Duschatko | 0.5 | 26.4 |
10. | Sat Jan 22, 1994 | Raymond Hamel | 0.5 | 26.9 |
11. | Sat Nov 1, 2014 | Trip Payne | 0.6 | 27.4 |
12. | Sat Oct 22, 2011 | Patrick Berry | 0.7 | 27.9 |
13. | Sat Feb 2, 2002 | A. J. Santora | 0.7 | 28.4 |
| Sat Jan 3, 2004 | James M. and James C. Jenista | | |
15. | Sat Feb 28, 1998 | David J. Kahn | 0.9 | 28.9 |
16. | Sat Jun 2, 2001 | Jim Page | 0.9 | 29.0 |
17. | Sat Jan 8, 1994 | Rand H. Burns | 1.0 | 29.3 |
18. | Sat Dec 25, 2010 | Stanley Newman | 1.0 | 29.3 |
19. | Sat May 3, 2003 | John Scott Marrone | 1.1 | 29.7 |
20. | Sat Apr 29, 2023 | David Steinberg | 1.2 | 30.1 |
21. | Sat Mar 25, 2023 | Robyn Weintraub | 1.2 | 30.1 |
22. | Sat Aug 17, 2002 | Frank Longo | 1.3 | 30.3 |
23. | Sat Sep 28, 2002 | Raymond Hamel | 1.3 | 30.4 |
24. | Sat Oct 27, 2001 | Trip Payne | 1.4 | 30.4 |
25. | Sat Sep 9, 2000 | Dana Motley | 1.5 | 30.5 |
26. | Sat Apr 16, 1994 | Rand H. Burns | 1.5 | 31.1 |
27. | Sat Dec 25, 2004 | Byron Walden | 1.6 | 31.1 |
28. | Sat Apr 27, 1996 | F. Hansen | 1.6 | 31.3 |
29. | Sat Dec 19, 1998 | Frank Longo and Dave Tuller | 1.7 | 31.4 |
30. | Sat Oct 17, 1998 | Bryant White | 1.8 | 31.6 |
31. | Sat Jan 6, 2024 | Ben Tolkin and Julian Xiao | 1.8 | 31.9 |
32. | Sat Dec 25, 1999 | John Scott Marrone | 1.9 | 31.9 |
33. | Sat Sep 30, 1995 | Bryant White | 2.0 | 32.2 |
34. | Sat Mar 18, 2023 | Ada Nicolle | 2.0 | 32.3 |
35. | Sat Dec 10, 2005 | Henry Hook | 2.1 | 32.3 |
36. | Sat Feb 14, 2009 | Joe Krozel | 2.1 | 32.4 |
37. | Sat Aug 23, 2014 | Timothy Polin | 2.2 | 32.5 |
38. | Sat Jul 2, 1994 | Bryant White | 2.3 | 32.6 |
39. | Sat Nov 19, 2016 | Mary Lou Guizzo and Jeff Chen | 2.3 | 32.6 |
40. | Sat Sep 19, 2009 | Mel Taub | 2.4 | 33.0 |
41. | Sat Nov 6, 1999 | Joan Bayer Williamson | 2.4 | 33.0 |
42. | Sat Dec 6, 2008 | Ashish Vengsarkar & Narayan Venkatasubramanyan | 2.5 | 33.1 |
43. | Sat Nov 6, 2021 | Brooke Husic and Will Nediger | 2.6 | 33.2 |
44. | Sat Dec 19, 2020 | Caitlin Reid and Andrew J. Ries | 2.6 | 33.3 |
45. | Sat Apr 25, 2020 | Andrew J. Ries | 2.7 | 33.5 |
46. | Sat Oct 24, 1998 | Rich Norris | 2.7 | 33.6 |
47. | Sat Dec 27, 1997 | Martin Ashwood-Smith | 2.8 | 33.7 |
48. | Sat Jan 21, 2023 | David Distenfeld | 2.9 | 33.8 |
49. | Sat Jul 10, 2021 | Trenton Charlson | 2.9 | 33.9 |
50. | Sat Apr 1, 2006 | Kevan Choset and David Kwong | 3.0 | 34.0 |
51. | Sat May 28, 2022 | Joseph Greenbaum | 3.1 | 34.2 |
52. | Sat Aug 9, 1997 | Raymond Hamel | 3.1 | 34.3 |
53. | Sat Jan 18, 2003 | Harvey Estes | 3.2 | 34.5 |
54. | Sat Jul 1, 2000 | Rich Norris | 3.2 | 34.5 |
55. | Sat Dec 4, 2010 | Doug Peterson | 3.3 | 34.6 |
56. | Sat Jun 14, 1997 | A. J. Santora | 3.4 | 34.8 |
57. | Sat Jun 21, 2008 | Tyler Lewis Hinman | 3.4 | 34.8 |
58. | Sat Dec 3, 1994 | Rich Norris | 3.5 | 34.9 |
59. | Sat May 23, 2020 | Wyna Liu and Erik Agard | 3.5 | 34.9 |
60. | Sat Feb 19, 2011 | Tim Croce | 3.6 | 35.2 |
61. | Sat Mar 3, 2018 | Damon Gulczynski | 3.7 | 35.3 |
62. | Sat Jun 12, 2004 | Henry Hook | 3.7 | 35.4 |
63. | Sat Dec 4, 1993 | Glenton Petgrave | 3.8 | 35.4 |
64. | Sat May 13, 2017 | Jeff Chen | 3.8 | 35.5 |
65. | Sat Jan 20, 2024 | Caitlin Reid and Matthew Stock | 3.9 | 35.5 |
66. | Sat Jul 23, 1994 | Randolph Ross | 4.0 | 35.6 |
67. | Sat Jul 15, 2023 | Jeff Chen | 4.0 | 35.7 |
68. | Sat May 11, 2019 | Robyn Weintraub | 4.1 | 35.8 |
69. | Sat Aug 22, 2020 | Trenton Charlson | 4.1 | 35.8 |
70. | Sat Jun 26, 2010 | Robert H. Wolfe | 4.2 | 35.8 |
71. | Sat Apr 26, 2014 | Evan Birnholz | 4.3 | 35.9 |
72. | Sat Aug 5, 2017 | David Phillips | 4.3 | 35.9 |
| Sat Jul 24, 2004 | Dana Motley | | |
| Sat Jun 8, 2019 | Andrew J. Ries | | |
75. | Sat Oct 16, 2004 | Dana Motley | 4.5 | 36.1 |
76. | Sat Nov 18, 1995 | Glenton Petgrave | 4.6 | 36.1 |
77. | Sat Feb 17, 1996 | Bob Sefick | 4.6 | 36.2 |
| Sat Mar 10, 2001 | Charles E. Gersch | | |
79. | Sat Sep 17, 2016 | Andrew J. Ries | 4.8 | 36.2 |
| Sat Jan 14, 1995 | Rich Norris | | |
81. | Sat Dec 7, 1996 | R. H. Burns | 4.9 | 36.4 |
82. | Sat Jun 3, 2000 | Patrick D. Berry | 4.9 | 36.4 |
| Sat Jun 21, 2003 | Dana Motley | | |
84. | Sat Apr 28, 2012 | Gary J. Whitehead | 5.1 | 36.5 |
| Sat Aug 10, 2002 | Dana Motley | | |
86. | Sat Oct 17, 2015 | Timothy Polin | 5.2 | 36.5 |
87. | Sat Apr 7, 2007 | Michael Shteyman | 5.2 | 36.6 |
| Sat Aug 24, 2013 | Frederick J. Healy | | |
89. | Sat Feb 5, 1994 | Rand H. Burns | 5.4 | 36.6 |
90. | Sat Sep 9, 2017 | John Guzzetta and Michael Hawkins | 5.4 | 36.6 |
91. | Sat Dec 31, 2005 | Robert H. Wolfe | 5.5 | 36.6 |
92. | Sat May 8, 2021 | David Steinberg | 5.6 | 36.8 |
93. | Sat Jun 14, 2003 | Manny Nosowsky | 5.6 | 36.8 |
94. | Sat Dec 30, 2023 | Simeon Seigel | 5.7 | 36.9 |
95. | Sat Aug 26, 2006 | Henry Hook | 5.7 | 36.9 |
| Sat Aug 15, 1998 | Rich Norris | | |
97. | Sat Oct 13, 2001 | Jim Page | 5.9 | 36.9 |
98. | Sat May 8, 1999 | Richard Hughes | 5.9 | 37.1 |
99. | Sat Jul 29, 2000 | Rich Norris | 6.0 | 37.1 |
100. | Sat Jun 16, 2001 | Dana Motley | 6.0 | 37.1 |