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Everything we know about solving the Wall Street Journal crossword, written down. Start with the complete guide, then dig into speed tricks, the weekly difficulty curve, and the little words that hold every grid together.

GUIDE Solving Guide How to Solve the WSJ Crossword: The Complete Guide The difficulty curve, essential crosswordese, and the tricks veteran solvers use — plus how to get the most out of our solver. SRSam Rivera✓· 7 min readRead → FAST Speed & Strategy 10 Tips to Solve Crosswords Faster Trim minutes off your solve time with habits borrowed from tournament solvers — from first skim to final cross-check. SRSam Rivera✓· 6 min readRead → DAILY Know the Week WSJ Crossword Difficulty, Day by Day What Monday asks of you versus Friday's contest meta and Saturday's 21×21 — and how to plan your solving week around it. SRSam Rivera✓· 5 min readRead → WORDS Vocabulary Essential Crosswordese: The Short Words That Unlock Every Grid ERA, OLEO, EPEE and friends — the vowel-heavy staples that show up week after week, organized so they actually stick. SRSam Rivera✓· 6 min readRead →
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