Won land, Gold meddlers, Husky hellos, No time like the present, A zero is one, Bath seat, Portable retirement option, Where spirits are high, plus a couple of Central points and Parathas... There was a lot of truly inspired clueing in this one, every couple of minutes I had an "Oh that's great!" moment! Don't care what day it is, a great crossword is a great crossword. Top job Katie, thanks!
@Alex Won land was a great clue.
Wow, Katie Hoody has had some solid puzzles but this was one for the ages. I’m surprised people found this easier than yesterday because it took me about 50% longer. Not sure I would have ever found an in if I hadn’t come up with WENTONTOUR and SCARYMOVIE on my own. I can’t find one flaw in this grid, and I can’t find it a single clue that wasn’t well thought out or phoned in. Even OREO for Pete’s sake, I was looking for an early movie title. Any of the clues you thought would be gimmes weren’t—COT instead of IRA, UMPS before BIRD (my fault not noticing it wasn’t plural), EVEN before OVAL, BYTE before LIMA, it just goes on. Folks when we say that a lot of what makes a Saturday a Saturday is not the grid but the clues, this is what we mean. And the longer entries were also clued brilliantly one after another. Just look at the central spanners and all those brilliantly clued stacks. I’m not going to list my favorite clues because I don’t have enough space and I would hate to leave any out. Between yesterday and today I have hope that the weekend themeless solve is getting back to its former glory.
@SP I enjoyed your analysis--you often inform me about why I did or did not like a puzzle, in a good way. My instinct on this one was that it was just one great discovery after another. Fortunately, I seemed to be in the right frame of mind for this tonight, though I was still over my latest standard time for Saturday (which includes the ones under debate). I look forward to the reviews coming out on Friday and Saturday.
@SP I found this one to be pretty easy for a Saturday, but I’m not complaining, because I felt exactly the same way you did about the clueing. As you said, even some old-trusties got unusually strong clues (e.g. OREO, YETI, COT). Great grid!
Terry Gross has the same number of letters as Ari Shapiro. Otherwise I'd have been here sooner. 1912, what a year! Oreos, which debuted that year, are good for dunking. The Titanic, which also debuted in 1912, did not do as well with dunking. (And it is good to see mention of the greatest dunker of all time -- IMHO -- Dr. J.) Also liked alchemists atop mere mortals. Gold meddlers was fun, I thought about prospectors, smelters, jewelers and Olympic cheaters from East Germany and the USSR (and Russia at Sochi), but alchemists takes the cake. I also like the cross of BABAR and ARF; which melded in my mind to form the nauseous elephantine portmanteau, BABARF. Which is what I would do after having a steak salad and strawberry shake. I really would. I'd be like...BABARF!!!! List of qualifications and bath seat are awesome clues. Katie Hoody is a great favorite here and I can see why. At least two of her puzzles were nominated and did quite well in the voting for The Griddies last year. Great to see her back.
@john ezra Oh no! I just posted that I'd be wonderfully satisfied if I'd dined on a juicy steak (with) salad and followed it with a strawberry shake! 😂
@john ezra @sotto I was sitting here wondering what I wanted to make for dinner tonight. Aha! Carne asada tacos and strawberry agua frescas. Thanks for the inspiration you two.
@john ezra Yes, and “ready, set, go” has the same number of letters as I’LL RACE YOU.
"I have to dogsit this weekend." "Here, let me give you some pointers." ("Oh, thanks! You're such a great collie-gue.")
@Mike Ay, chihuahua! that last line was...iffy.
@Mike I love animals, even though they give me a new leash on life. The time you'll have left, the Spaniel live—you'll be Saluki if you find the right dog to share it with.
@Mike If you’re going to dogsit you’ll need access to my place, I’ll lend you my husky so you can open the door
@Mike Have to say: Three dogs are not ARF as much fun as one cat!
@Mike I Dane to say, we're lucky to have you to shepherd us through this.
This ditty was percolating in my brain today while in the garden, so I’ll use the excuse of “spring up=EMERGE” to foist it on you: When the kitchen shears are in the second drawer, And middle May arrives to cheers, Then peas will guide the planting, And greeeeeen will be the spears! This is the dawning of the age of asparagus, Age of asparagus, Asparagus, Aspaaaaaragus Olive oil and pan sautéing, Hollandaise a must, abounding. No more frozen stuff from last year, Golden living dreams of fresh spears, Mystic mythic vegetation And the palate’s liberation, Asparagus, Asparagus. OK then - back to puzzling.
@Cat Lady Margaret, I'll never listen to that song again without thinking of asparagus!
@Cat Lady Margaret Magnum opus. Some killer lines in addition to the chorus. I know that you have musical connections. Slip this in as an encore to one of your next performances.
@Cat Lady Margaret Did you solve Strands today?
@Cat Lady Margaret I more commonly remember... This is the awning of the cage of asparagus. ....
@Cat Lady Margaret you have MADE my Saturday.
I went from annoyed and frustrated with the clueing early on to increasingly amused and appreciative. This was one of the most clever and satisfying fills I’ve done in a long time.
I think the editors got confused and switched the Friday and Saturday this week. Maybe it's just me but I thought yesterday's puzzle was the hardest Friday in a long time but today's was a breeze. But anyway, this was a fantastic Saturday! Loved the clues.
@Sam F. Took me the same amount of time on both.
@Sam F Similar here. My Friday time this week was slower than my Saturday average and my Saturday was faster than my Friday average. I enjoyed the creativity of each of them.
@Sam F Came here to say the same. Seems to me that this happens a couple of times a year.
@Sam F Agreed here too - Friday proved much tougher than this. And Thursday was like a Wednesday. I'm all mixed up, man. Cats and dogs living together. Mass hysteria.
@Sam F Yesterday's took me almost three times as long as today's! Enjoyed both, though.
This is the epitome what a Saturday NYT puzzle is to me. I do two rounds of the clues, filling in only a smattering of answers (some end up being wrong). I think to myself in despair, "This is the week I'm finally not going to be able to solve a puzzle without outside help." But I keep going at it on my own and somehow through some kind of brain magic, in the end it all falls together. Some fun clues in there, perfect challenge level. Thank you!
@Carrie this is my experience too. It makes the completion all the more satisfying.
33A hung me up for a little bit, until I remembered the number one rule of crosswords: When in doubt, OREO.
That was a very easy puzzle that for some reason took quite a while to solve! Nice one, Katie!
@Barry Ancona That’s funny. 😄 Good one. I think I actually get what you’re saying. It was challenging and it didn’t break me. I enjoyed it.
@Barry Ancona It had some crunch for me, but I solved it in about 60% of the time that the Friday took me. And although Friday's took me longer than average, I beat my Sat. average tonight by 16%. Xwstats.com is calling it Average at the moment.
A relief today after Friday to discover one had not simply forgotten how to do crosswords.
Excellent puzzle. So many top-notch clues. Well done!
[Kilo follower] took a while – gram before watt before LIMA. Aha! [Weighty subject of some children's books] had me putting in death before grief before BABAR. Aha! (And a big smile.) And ARFS might have been KINDASORTAMAYBE meh-inducing were it not for the charming clue [Husky hellos] so I wouldn't worry about it, Katie. It was swell and also elicited an, you guessed it, aha! The whole puzzle was chock-full of ahas, which made for a most delicious romp, as if I'd just dined on a juicy STEAK (with) SALAD and followed it with a yummy STRAWBERRY SHAKE. Thank you, Katie – I feel wonderfully satisfied!
It took all I had but I solved this without lookups, which makes the clue for 15A look questionable - I am apparently much more than a MERE (Polish) MORTAL 🤣 I thought all the things I didn't know would do me in - I mean... DABO?!?! - but I solved around and across them, ultimately, and educated guesses the like of LEO I helped, too. I struggled so much I didn't enjoy the solve for most of its duration, but when everything finally fell into place, I did feel a certain satisfaction. I liked yesterday's puzzle more than this.
@Andrzej You will ultimately come over to the Hoody/Weintraub-side, Luke...
@Andrzej I'm with you on DABO. I got it on crosses but there was zero joy in that. An aha-less solve. I've never heard of him, though I have heard of Clemson and the ACC. Phhht.
Tomorrow is going to be my "streak break" day, I've decided. No NYT games, let all the counters reset and ignore them in the future. I think the main reason is a comment someone made a few days ago lamenting that they used to do crosswords on paper and time wasn't a thing at all. So true, and made me think of the many fond memories of spending ages with a juicy newspaper crossword (some UK weekend cryptic) and a friend or family member, and just feeling joy. The NYT setup encourages short-term, individual satisfaction purely for daily engagement. Totally opposite to how it should be done. Streaks, timers, badges - be gone!!
@Alex doing the Sunday puzzle with my partner, the paper spread out all over. Handing it back and forth, coffee, breakfast. Sometimes taking the whole week to finish. *sigh*
@Alex streaks contrive obligation, and app-makers et al exploit that strategically. Always a relief to lose one, if nothing else because usually life got in the way
@Alex Maybe the crossword “should” be done however the person doing it enjoys doing it. Time isn’t a thing for me, and the NYT doesn’t make it so for me. I just do the puzzles as I do them. But it’s always great to take a break from any routine that starts to grate. Enjoy your free day!
@Alex There was a summer once when I found myself involuntarily living alone. Tech hadn't yet seeped into every corner of our existence, and so I found myself in a nice front porch chair every morning with a coffee, pen and folded newspaper, doing the crossword and listening to the birds sing. Today, the coffee and crossword remain, but I sit at my PC and can only hear the birds when the window is open. I'm a better solver now -- I think -- but Google and Wikipedia are just a tempting single-click away and my routine seems far less satisfying. My only throwback is that I don't use the timer and I try hard to not pay attention to streaks. It helps.
@Alex There is a nice scene in Acapulco(streaming comedy series set in 1985-1986) where a couple is doing a crossword together with pencil and paper and it’s very sweet.
@Alex - I agree with Theresa's comment that crosswords "should" be done however one likes. Unless you're in an actual tournament, you're competing against no one but yourself, and you can ignore times, streaks, and all the other bells and whistles of the digital age if you choose to do so. As for me, I never got into solving crosswords on paper, and still have no interest in doing so. But since I started solving the NYT crossword online just over four years ago, it has become one of my favorite hobbies. To each their own.
@Alex That comment, plus @Andrzej's reply to it, inspired me to let yesterday's go unfinished. I'll finish it eventually, probably, but not right now. And I've had the timer off for ages. Don't want or need it.
Deliciously difficult! I had about 3 passes through before things started to come together. This is what a masterful Saturday looks like!! Difficult cluing, and no obscure names as answers. (Well, I’ve never heard of 37D, but I could get it from all of the crosses) So brilliant and absolutely satisfying to solve. 3 minutes below my average, which I will happily take, given I had almost no words for the first half of the time!
Tough one with lots of clever clues. 60D was a personal, well professional, gimme. Half a lifetime ago (literally) when I was working at my father's engineering firm, he decided he needed a LEED AP on staff to help get some contracts where the client was interested in pursuing LEED benefits. I was selected to take the test, not because I knew the most about the topic, but because I was the best test taker in the office. It was a tough test. There's a whole point system for LEED certification, and the test was closed book. I had to memorize the entire point system. I spent a few weeks memorizing it. I found it very curious that the test was about the part that would be the easiest to look up when it came to actual projects, rather than applied knowledge that needed to be learned through experience
@Steven M. When I taught chemistry at a university, I heard students talking about how they had to memorize the periodic chart in high school chemistry. I thought that was appalling. THE one thing a chemist counts on having at hand is the periodic chart. (Having said that, I did memorize it--including the atomic numbers and atomic weights, but I did that so when I was doing examples at the board I wouldn't have to step away to find an atomic weight. When I went running I'd have a stack of flash cards, so I memorized it all on the run. I don't know it any more.) Anyway, I rarely had things I expected them to memorize. The ALCHEMISTs had to memorize a lot, but that was because that was prior to understanding. Understanding should eliminate some memorization.
First seemed tough... Then all of a sudden, it didn't. Always seemed fun! Finished faster than average, surprisingly. Lots of really great clues. I'd say more specifically, but we're in a hotel and my seriously so amazing husband is sleeping, as normal people do at this hour, so I don't want to voice text and wake him, but I hate fat fingering it. Down Milwaukee way for my beloved nibling's graduation from Marquette. So proud of her. Oh, the places she'll go!! ❤️
@HeathieJ Thank you, Heathie. TIL nibling.
200 Saturdays in a row for this MEREMORTAL. SKOR! This one was ARIL hard RHO to hoe. It definitely took ATOLL on me. Time to celebrate - ILLRACEYOU to the nearest ROOFTOPBAR!
@Aidoch Ross If 200 Saturdays in a row isn't enough reason to celebrate, I don't know what is.
Superb Saturday puzzle. So many well-crafted clues. The BABAR one, coincidentally matching "death" as a weighty subject, was tops for me. Nice job!
Absolutely fantastic Saturday challenge. No look-ups, but after combing through the clues twice and still staring at a vast wall of white squares with precious few toeholds, I did invite collaboration over coffee with Sports Fan Husband and Very Clever Daughter. The former reminded me that Dr J was a SIXER instead of a LAKER; knew the Kings of LA were not movie stars but a hockey TEAM; and rattled off DABO Swinney like it was his best friend's name. Clever daughter immediately saw through the misdirect at 32A and corrected IRA to COT; she also loved SCARYMOVIE, which I never have never seen because I dislike scary movies. I am a MEREMORTAL, but with my family's help I KINDASORTAMAYBE muddled through. Great puzzle.
This is a perfect Saturday puzzle. The first time through all the ACROSS clues, I had less than 5% of the puzzle completed. But I chipped away and before I knew it I heard my favorite piano tune! Thank you to everyone who works to bring the puzzles to us. You guys give me a mini-vacation every day. I appreciate all of you.
@Selective Walrus by the way, that’s a great handle that you have. I guess I wouldn’t much like to associate with a promiscuous Canadian walrus.
@Selective Walrus I am truly shocked that my humorous query under your post regarding your name was deleted. Oh well.
Jake G, Looks like the ratites relented...
Re: the mini. It’s a small thing, but it honestly, an animation after a solve makes my day every time. It's the perfect "job well done" before I head back to reality!
@Jenny Same! I just wish it would linger on it a bit before the "congratulations!" pops up.
Another tasty serving of misdirects, contradictions, and clever deals. IMHO, Katie Hoody qualifies, (with no ifs, ands, or buts), for top chef honors with this great themeless thali. Paneer, Aloo . . .all that's missing is a cool raita and papadum. Now I'm all hungry! I'll take my wordplay Extra Hot, for any of you spicy alchemists! It's the weekend - celebrate a little joy.
There's a reason three of Katie Hoody's puzzles made my POY list last year. Just look at those clues! [Portable retirement option] for such mundane fill as COT was exceptional, as was [Won land] for KOREA and [List of qualifications] for KINDA SORTA MAYBE, but really, I'd be here all day if I listed everything I liked about this puzzle. Oddly, this took me about 22% longer than Friday's but, unlike yesterday, I never got that "Uh oh, is this the one that'll do me in feeling?".
@Nancy J., I got that feeling on this one.
I got it all, but that was one of the hardest puzzles I've ever done (and succeeded at). I'm not complaining. It was just hard!
A very tasty Saturday puzzle. I was practically LOLing out loud at the wittiness of the clues. [List of qualifications?] KINDASORTAMAYBE, indeed. And, I loved the mini food theme, ALOO, PANEER, STRAWBERRYSHAKE, and STEAKSALAD. I love cooking Indian food, but haven’t mastered parathas yet.
@Marshall Walthew Okay, maybe you can explain to me what the connection is between steak salad and its clue?
It wasn't the toughest puzzle I've ever done, but I thought a lot of it was really witty. I love BABAR for [Weighty subject of some children's books], the [List of qualifications?] was absolutely brilliant, and I am very grateful that it jumped out at me when I had about half the crosses. I was embarrassed at how long it took me to get 33A. D'oh! 15A was, IMHO (I could be wrong) definitely a Saturday level clue, pointing out as it does our evanescence (love that word--it seems to do what it describes). Love me some ROOF TOP BARS, although the wagon I'm on is pretty scary on a roof top. I think Barry has it right--it was a relatively easy puzzle, but it really had some pop to it.
You know it's a good puzzle when you have multiple *click - aHA!* moments, and this one was full of those. Crunchy, fair, brilliant cluing, and I feel smarter after completing it. Magnificent construction, Kate!
I loved so many things about this puzzle, everything other commenters are saying. Was a tiny bit worried when I got the (delightful) 1A immediately, but by the time I got down to the clue for the Greek letter, I knew we were in good hands. This constructor (and/or editor) knows how to under-specify something. You know you'll get it on crosses; you know you have no hope of getting it right now. Laughed out loud when the list of qualifications emerged from a few crosses. On Saturdays, I'm usually disappointed in overly direct clues, but today, because of the ingenious answer of so many of them, the few direct ones (say, for YETI and TALK) felt more like gentle jokes. My solve was a little quicker than usual, but the richness made it a satisfying meal. More, more, Katie!
The perfect crunch for me. Really enjoyed chipping away at this one until it finally all clicked. No KINDA SORTA MAYBE. This was definitely an awesome puzzle.
Extremely imaginative clues -- some that occasionally verged on unfair, but never in a way that made me cross. My favorites, all of them fair but highly unusual, were KINDA SORTA MAYBE; YOU'RE EARLY; I'LL RACE YOU; SCARY MOVIE; MAKE-UP GAME; and STEAK SALAD. For the latter: Admit it --you were thinking of an island hula dancer, weren't you? And KOREA -- Won must be a place in KOREA, right? That is SO good!!! I also love MERE MORTAL. That's putting "you and me" in our place, right? So now for the bordering on unfair ones, not that I especially minded: ALCHEMISTS "meddle" with the metal BEFORE it becomes gold -- in order to turn it INTO gold. Once it IS gold, they stop meddling and leave it the heck alone. That's what I say. And ALSO (40D) seems like a stretch to me. Like everyone else, I was looking for the tee or whatever you put the football on when kicking an extra point. When ALSO came in, I didn't say "Aha!" -- what I said was: "One word does not a 'set-up' make." But mostly a real gem of a themeless with a lot of thought put into pretty much every clue. Fun to solve.
@Nancy I think WON is a creative (probably more modern?) way to spell the currency... the bills Dad sent us from Korea in '57 say "HWAN" and that is always what I try first....if there's room. Yeah....I went offline and looked it up. I guess I never had a need to know about the change.
@Nancy Oh, I totally had an "Aha!" and a grin for ALSO! It's a conversational "setup" before making another point in an argument (as I'm sure you know). I was very happy for the misdirect away from sportsball!
I EASILY got 6-down "One of the Three Stooges." 3 letters. I am happy to offer assistance in solving this one for anyone who wishes to request it, as it does call upon a knowledge base in which I am quite confident. I didn't really get any of the other answers in the crossword, but this one I effin' NAILED so just reach out. I got you, fam. I did start the puzzle confident I was gonna rip it up, lots of feral energy, but the clues were so hard I just ended up an uncertain razorback.
@Asher B. Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
@Asher B. Congratulations! From Larry, Curly and Shemp
Really hard one, I thought. I had to pause it about halfway through last night, then went to sleep. After returning to it, the rest filled in pretty quickly. Funny how the brain works like that.
I dunno, I enjoyed ARFS! And maybe because we just had it in the singular a few days ago (Wednesday, May 6), it was a rare early toehold in this puzzle generally, and the NE especially. Crossing it with DOG SITTERS took it from casual crossword fill to adorable! Though if you really want a nit, I didn't love the pluralization of 14D, lol. It might be sacrilegious to say, but after a hectic day yesterday, I dozed off in the last few minutes of the Knicks-SIXERs game last night(!) — once it was clear Brunson had pulled us ahead by a comfortable margin... again... That said, it was wonderful to see the good Dr. in the grid, even more so after yesterday's [All slam dunks]. He was *all* the slam dunks – and so much more – during his career!! This puzzle was full of high spirits, sparkling references and misdirect hijinks. Loved it! Thanks Katie!!
Some really spectacular cluing here. Humbling but fair.
Two crunchy puzzles in a row! Keep em coming!
I don't know how I got convinced that POULTRYBAR is a thing.
@Katie OMG, that is hilarious! I am really chuckling; I expect to think of this at various times of the day when encountering roadblocks or minor irritations, and good humor will be restored at once! So, so creative of you! LOL LOL LOL!
@Katie I think you may be onto something...
Fun, crunchy puzzle. Two in a row! We could argue whether this was harder or easier than yesterday's; it's gonna be a YMMV. While I was constantly sweating during today's solve, I never felt like I was going to be defeated by the puzzle, as I did yesterday, so... But this is not a complaint. Lots of things to love in this puzzle, many have been pointed out already: "List of qualifications", "high spirits", "followed by a dash", to name a few. But I want to reserve a special shout out to Leslie Nielsen and the little "New YUK University of Knuckleheads"! Did you notice the acronym of this institution of higher laughter? NYUK, NYUK, NYUK!!! MOE gets the first mention (and is a welcome gimme), but Curly gets the last laugh! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZSyGCIBDEs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZSyGCIBDEs</a> Thanks, Katie Hoody!
@The X-Phile thanks for the YouTube video! I only watched about a minute but I was laughing out loud!
@The X-Phile I feel the same that today’s flowed for me a bit more than yesterday’s but they were both good challenges!
It was so enjoyable to finish a puzzle with such delighted feelings of both accomplishment and entertainment. I don’t always follow constructors by name or recognize them for past submissions, but I will have to remember Katie Hoody. Without reading every entry here, I already suspect that most of the clues have been highlighted. But let me add my respect for 62A’s meta cluing and 67A’s skirt with leaves. Some clues like 52D’s Won may have been used before (I think?) but still caught me off guard. And even though I’d be happy to never see OREO again, the clue for 33D had me thinking of newspapers, so that felt like a nice change. Meanwhile, I have to confess to the embarrassment of momentarily wondering who ARISHA PIRO is. But figured I’d give you all the same chuckle I had. (As if I haven’t been listening to NPR for thirty years…) Last, for those discussing their times this week: I was seven minutes over my average for Friday and 10 minutes under today. But this Saturday puzzle was far too clever to be dismissed as easy.
It solved pretty quickly, but I loved how clever a lot of the clues were. Loved the self-referential 62a 😊
Very good puzzle. As others have said not too hard, not too easy. I loved kindasortamaybe. Finished just a few minutes above average
Holy moley! One day short of a year, and I'm looking at the clock, computing the seven hours left to keep my streak going. Over the course of the day I probably spent an hour on the northeast corner, hour and a half, total. Never heard of the flatbread dish, never heard of the coach. Was I tempted to do a lookup? No, I just wouldn't feel right. Still, Sunday for the year tomorrow!
@Jack McCullough I spent nearly half of my total puzzle solve time in the northeast corner.... The birthday was just crazy tough for me
Woohoo! A Friday and Saturday, back to back, that were fun to do. Thank you. It was looking tough on the entire right half of the puzzle. I’m very satisfied.
So frustrating -- at first -- and so enjoyable by the time I filled in the last letter. I loved the alchemists clue and had a good laugh after realizing the Scary Movie clue was not a mistake. This puzzle was so good I'll even forgive the constructor for including the accursed Oreo in the fill.
@Ed The OREO is the Philosopher's Stone for xword ALCHEMISTS.
Some people are saying that Friday and Saturday should have been switched, but I finished both in about the same amount of time, around my Friday average. After my initial runthrough, (MOE, ARIL, ALOO, STRATI, and a few more) it took me a while to get onto Katie's wave length. As a kid, I always got a STRAWBERRY SHAKE at McDonald's. They were so thick you really couldn't use a straw to drink one. (Mind you, I'm not saying they were healthy.) I usually just barely look at the constructor's notes, but I read the whole thing tonight. Katie gives a shout out to Robyn Weintraub. It was nice to see.
I am so tickled by this puzzle and its setter! And I won't do my typical Weintraubian fanboi thing 'cause Ms. Hood already KINDASORTAMAYBE did it in her comments. Nah. She did do it for reals. Just smile after smile after smile for me as my 5 sad and far-flung across fills slowly, patchily, fitfully coaxed the grid to surrender ever-darkening sections of solve and give up its light even as the sun rose here and inexorably vanquished the ever-roiled mid-east darkness. I wonder whether the Deity sets the night sky as a puzzle for the Sun to solve every morning. And what celestial, ineluctable and ever-changing clues can it be given from day to day in order to hold its interest? Dare I say that the Venn diagram of crucigram pleasure, for me, skews powerfully in the direction of female setters? As does my preference, I must say, for the overall social company I prefer to keep.
@Matt Matty boi be wildin’ today! Bang on review of a banger puzz!
@Matt "I wonder whether the Deity sets the night sky as a puzzle for the Sun to solve every morning." Truly lovely. Going into my collection of regular sig lines. Todah rabah.