WSJ Crossword Contest - Google Drive


1	Date	Title	Answer	Got it?	Streak				Best winning streak	7
2	Date	Title	Answer	Got it?	Streak	Submissions	Rate	Notes	Worst losing streak	5				Correct	Incorrect	Difficulty	Weighted solve rate	Average recent difficulty	Skill

3	2/21/20	Game Pieces	TETRIS	Y	5	2113	88%	about 88%						1859	254	0.15	0.8063931746	0.4972681284	0.4009936247
4	2/14/20	Grid Daring	SOAP OPERAS	Y	4	1184	82%	about 82%						971	213	0.61	0.7843110753	0.536119361	0.4204843525
5	2/7/20	Continuing Education	MELLON (or CARNEGIE)	Y	3	1739	91%	1274 submissions for Mellon and 306 for Carnegie (including submissions that offered both names)						1580	159	0.26	0.7597507805	0.5277585368	0.4009649603
6	1/31/20	Parting the Waters	SPRING ROLL	Y	2	551	56%	about 56%						309	242	0.94	0.7324311094	0.5580741804	0.4087508911
7	1/24/20	Just My Type	DASH	Y	1	1518	85%	about 85%						1290	228	0.41	0.7025070806	0.5153222093	0.3620175008
8	1/17/20	Location Finder	ORDER	N	-1	829	52%	about 52%						431	398	0.90	0.6690570198	0.5269583274	0.3525651681
9	1/10/20	Third Time's the Charm	ALLURE	Y	2	1850	93%	about 93%						1721	130	0.20	0.744385787	0.4857595878	0.361592533
10	1/3/20	Who Says?	TED TALKS	Y	1	2528	83%	about 83%						2098	430	0.09	0.7155637122	0.5178975749	0.3705887113
11	12/27/19	Ringing in the New Year	NOISEMAKER	N	-2	1176	80%	about 80%						941	235	0.63	0.6834389248	0.5655081732	0.3864902979
12	12/20/19	Counting Calories	3 MUSKETEERS	N	-1	903	67%	about 2/3						605	298	0.82	0.7607694252	0.5582237327	0.4246795483
13	12/13/19	Out of Bounds	PHIL SIMMS	Y	6	1613	63%	63%						1016	597	0.58	0.8470255916	0.5288968317	0.4479891518
14	12/6/19	Then and Now	WONDER TWINS	Y	5	796	73%	about 73%						581	215	0.83	0.8296418826	0.5228315366	0.4337629403
15	11/29/19	Leftovers	NEW DIETS	Y	4	1096	80%	about 80%			Difficulty parameters	Value	Desiderata	877	219	0.67	0.8102336805	0.4881958925	0.3955527548
16	11/22/19	Part Two	GLANDS	Y	3	1704	75%	about 3/4			Scale	0.002322059476	At two decimal places, 100 solvers gives 0.99 and fewer than 100 gives 1.00 (solve logistic equation for x=99.5 and y=0.995, given the Shift)	1278	426	0.42	0.788553356	0.4677650142	0.3688576718
17	11/15/19	Out of the Elements	HAIL	Y	2	1925	94%	94%			Shift	1068	Average number of solvers in past year gets 0.5	1810	116	0.17	0.7643201044	0.4733094729	0.3617599458
18	11/8/19	That's a Plus	ALSO	Y	1	2374	97%	97%						2303	71	0.06	0.7372147989	0.5078270738	0.3743776341
19	11/1/19	Backdrops	HALF	N	-1	870	85%	about 85%						740	131	0.75	0.7068738745	0.5584257891	0.3947366012
20	10/25/19	Take a Number	IN TWO	Y	7	760	86%	about 86%						654	106	0.80	0.7888452511	0.5367702119	0.4234286326
21	10/18/19	Horseplay	KING ARTHUR AND SIR LANCELOT	Y	6	838	83%	about 83%						696	142	0.77	0.7642396756	0.5074425417	0.3878077234
22	10/11/19	Go With the Flow	MOLTEN LAVA CAKE	Y	5	1362	86%	86%						1171	191	0.48	0.7366172003	0.4772103497	0.3515213517
23	10/4/19	Leading Men	HOST	Y	4	1667	85%	about 85%						1417	250	0.34	0.7055704796	0.4764042124	0.3361367486
24	9/27/19	Two's Company	GOLDMAN SACHS	Y	3	2033	88%	about 88%						1789	244	0.17	0.6706276589	0.4921109208	0.3300231947
25	9/20/19	For Good Measure	PINT	Y	2	1416	75%	approximately 75%						1062	354	0.55	0.6312397201	0.5285114376	0.3336174119
26	9/13/19	I Really Don't Need This!	MARIE KONDO	Y	1	1455	93%	93%						1353	102	0.37	0.5867647117	0.5256125712	0.3084109088
27	9/6/19	Squeeze Play	CRAM	N	-1	1018	60%	About 60%						611	407	0.82	0.5364479195	0.5430282469	0.2913063733
28	8/30/19	Short Stories	CHATROOM	Y	3	945	75%	about 75%						709	236	0.77	0.6024707299	0.5113474064	0.3080718452
29	8/23/19	Two by Two	MOUNTAIN GOAT	Y	2	1544	90%	90%						1390	154	0.35	0.5529528193	0.4816915547	0.2663527032
30	8/16/19	First and Foremost	WARREN HARDING	Y	1	2518	77%	77%						1939	579	0.13	0.4965073856	0.496622168	0.2465765743
31	8/9/19	Simon Says	50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER	N	-2	1991	96%	96%						1911	80	0.14	0.4319569439	0.539775596	0.2331598168
32	8/2/19	Chain Gang	FIVE GUYS	N	-1	1366	91%	91%						1243	123	0.44	0.4882992591	0.5874098391	0.2868317892
33	7/26/19	Poets' Corner	IDYLL	-	1	1620	86%	86%						1393	227	0.35	0.5532456032	0.604956647	0.3346896051
34	7/19/19	The Paper Chase	GUTSY	Y	1	1677	94%	about 94%						1576	101	0.26	0.5532456032	0.6352795428	0.3514656139
35	7/12/19	AP Chemistry	SOLUTION	N	-1	1023	55%	about 55%						563	460	0.84	0.4993034523	0.6807806598	0.3399161337
36	7/5/19	He's Good	H. G. WELLS	Y	2	1456	85%	about 85%						1238	218	0.44	0.5601767789	0.661354668	0.3704755276
37	6/28/19	The Fourth Man	FRANCIS SCOTT KEY	Y	1	511	54%	54%						276	235	0.95	0.5059693414	0.6882612542	0.3482390935
38	6/21/19	You'll Take One Soon	BOUGH	N	-1	702	72%	72%						505	197	0.87	0.4443328426	0.6557154142	0.2913558939
39	6/14/19	Lean Meat	SEAR	Y	3	1099	80%	about 80%						879	220	0.67	0.5005361711	0.6291725966	0.3149236425
40	6/7/19	The Play's the Thing	THE TEMPEST	Y	2	1756	91%	about 91%						1598	158	0.25	0.4363726498	0.624103441	0.2723416723
41	5/31/19	Alternatives	KOREAN	Y	1	936	83%	about 83%						777	159	0.73	0.3626876682	0.673186625	0.2441564873
42	5/24/19	Location, Location, Location	ALBANY	N	-2	745	53%	53%						395	350	0.91	0.2777019672	0.665730983	0.1848748036
43	5/17/19	Light Switches	SHINE	N	-1	1126	85%	about 85%						957	169	0.62	0.3155758478	0.6324910165	0.1995988888
44	5/10/19	Creature Features	WHALE	Y	1	1451	90%	90%						1306	145	0.40	0.3597309814	0.6341838355	0.2281355735
45	5/3/19	Going in All Directions	EDDYING	N	-1	1073	90%	fully 90%						966	107	0.61	0.2674876679	0.6676632502	0.1785916857
46	4/26/19	Closing Numbers	AVENUE, SEIZED	Y	1	1053	83%	about 83%						874	179	0.67	0.3073379191	0.6755113888	0.2076102645
47	4/19/19	Physical Science	ATOM	N	-5	900	56%	507 (or about 56%)						507	393	0.86	0.2000837087	0.6760860633	0.135273807
48	4/12/19	Crosswords Rock!	OLD-FASHIONED	N	-4	1480	90%	nearly 90%						1332	148	0.39	0.2324822317	0.645514186	0.1500705786
49	4/5/19	Series Finale	TOP CHEF	N	-3	1166	87%	87%						1014	152	0.58	0.2721421488	0.6897047828	0.1876977417
50	3/29/19	City Folk	TERI GARR	N	-2	758	57%	about 57%						432	326	0.90	0.3215039313	0.7088534414	0.2278991681
51	3/22/19	Sticky Situation	MOLASSES	N	-1	405	52%	slightly more than half						211	194	0.97	0.3842266746	0.6724485639	0.2583726756
52	3/15/19	Fast Forward	QWERTY	Y	2	1444	83%	about 83%						1199	245	0.47	0.4660583769	0.6095430227	0.2840826318
53	3/8/19	Court Fight	SCRAP	Y	1	1733	80%	about 80%						1386	347	0.36	0.339442845	0.6432852628	0.2183585797
54	3/1/19	Puzzle People	YMA SUMAC	N	-4	357	26%	94 (or about 26%)						94	263	1.00	0.1602158677	0.7213879923	0.1155778032
55	2/22/19	Sound Investment	PRIME	N	-3	558	38%	38%... 212						212	346	0.97	0.2119802268	0.6325964371	0.1340979362
56	2/15/19	Placement Test	TRANSLATING	N	-2	1413	59%	about 59%						834	579	0.70	0.2988929889	0.4953124224	0.1480454104
57	2/8/19	Countrysides	LIMA	N	-1	1181	70%	70%						827	354	0.70
58	2/1/19	Just Say the Word	JAPAN	Y	1	2844	98%	98%						2787	57	0.02
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