Katie

I love how the crossword in recent months is committed to the only significant meaning of ELON being a North Carolina college. That's true Southern shade.

Delighted to see DARKACADEMIA and GOSSIPGIRL in this one. Finally something for me! It can't always be golf and retirement accounts. More puzzles by women, please!

This was much brainier than I expected for a Wednesday, with clues and answers that felt fresh-- what a joy! The fellowship is giving us many of the paper's best puzzles. And grousing is the natural response to symphony puns, of course.

Loved the theme, completely original! This was a joy to do. Hope the creators contribute many more, either together or separately.

"The Thin Man terrier" should be a World Heritage crossword clue by now. I remember my grandma (who loved complaining about the crossword) pointing out what an old standby it was many decades ago.

Beautifully constructed, and made me hungry. Got to be one of the finest Sundays. (Though now I want to see a themed puzzle where LARCH appears as no. 1.)

I absolutely loved this one. And the little minesweeper bombs at the end! What a delight. My favorite this year.

That Xena clue made my day!

FURSONA in the NYT crossword. Truly, an historic day.

I had to resort to looking up the P in ADP/RIPSAW, but at least that's finally i. I'm bea.

Loved seeing all the OOs and SNORLAX. I can't be the only one who got stuck on "Hindu counterpart of Eros" because the capital-E suggested the god rather than the concept, right?

I'm always surprised that proper nouns seem to be unpopular-- if not for answers I knew like JEANRENOIR and LEHANE, I would've given up early on this one.

Absolutely loved this one, and was quite pleased with myself for filling in all the notable women right away. Seeing such a fine tribute to International Women's Day really brightened up my day. May the USA someday never need reminding to celebrate it.

I want to see LONELYISLAND more than I see DIGITALSHORTS. Make it happen, NYT.