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A mess. The ugliest fill of a puzzle in recent memory, a niche theme that, as Isaac Aranow writes, makes the puzzle "way harder" (read, impossible), and trivia/naticks galore. (Hey you, you got it? It wasn't impossible for you? Cool, I wasn't talking to you. Congrats, but I don't need to hear about it.) Kudos to the constructor for debuting here, but I found this a total slog to get through. Pass.
Not a fan of this one at all. Way too difficult for a Wednesday. What has been in the water this week? They've all been bad. Gave up and pressed "reveal all" at about the 70% mark because I didn't have the patience for this one today. Pass.
Sometimes solving a puzzle can feel like having someone speak to you in another language: it can be confusing and frustrating trying desperately to understand what they're saying until, ultimately, you have to throw in the towel and recognize you're not equipped for what they are trying to say. That was this puzzle for me. I don't have anything nice to say about it, and plenty I could criticize for MY personal taste, but I don't think it was poorly done. Just not for me. I'll avoid this constructor in the future.
@Mu Not just you. I had very few on my first pass. This was an inappropriately difficult puzzle for a Wednesday.
@Andrzej Agreed, it was completely uneven. I got about halfway through then hit a wall.
@AT, I appreciate your thoughtfulness so much! I'll definitely keep it in mind when working through future puzzles. :)
@CB, So do you just troll the comments to find ways to tell people you're smarter than them? Is that, like, your thing? <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4f8hid?rsrc=cshare&smid=url-share" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/shared/comment/4f8hid?rsrc=cshare&smid=url-share</a>
@jennie, Nah, y'all WILL be hearing from me. :)
@The X-Phile I ignore those voices already 😀
@Nancy "Why bother?" is very representative of my experience with this puzzle, too
@AT I love that! Maybe next time the constructor can write a book or make a video or podcast or something, and not a crossword puzzle. :)
@Barry Ancona, Not sure why you feel the need to constantly insert yourself where you're not wanted in these comments, particularly when I've asked you not to engage with me before. Just because we had one interaction recently that wasn't a total mess doesn't mean that I appreciate your condescension today.
@Grant, Yeah, it's a poor clue/answer pairing. One that make one go "I guess?" in their head without any satisfaction.
@Dale M Unfortunately only positive reviews seem to be allowed these days. My comments continue to be blocked.
@D Ah, good to see that my ban on commenting was lifted. NYT was not letting me through yesterday. :)
@D Ah, there we go! This puzzle was pretty miserable ngl. No place to get a foothold. A lot of esoteric answers and hyper-specific trivia. If you liked it, cool. I didn’t enjoy it in the slightest. Should have ran on a Saturday imo.
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