Bob

Many of the clues were outright dishonest. Mayo to mayo? Should’ve been Mayo to Mayo. Months are still capitalized in Spanish. Who needs grammar when a new constructor wants to be clever? Abbreviated answers are also supposed to be indicated via abbreviations in clues. Single elims? Zero indication in the clue that an abbreviated colloquialism will be the answer. Isms (which isn’t even a word) for credos? Come on. Ideology and creed aren’t even close to synonyms, even if “isms” is treated as a real word. And if the Mayo nonsense weren’t enough, we got to end with MENSA, yet another abbreviation/acronym answer that was never indicated in the clue. I could also TAKE A DIG AT that awful Saturday answer that has no business in a Thursday puzzle. The whole thing was a failed attempt at being clever. Just awful from beginning to end.