Felix

I thought this was a good puzzle. It was hard but not because of too many trivias or arcane words but rather by clever clueing.

I usually look forward to Thursdays but didn't enjoy this one. I found many of the clues obscure (more obscure than Fri/Sat) and didn't get the theme until I read the column.

Had a lot of fun with this one. I'd say one of the funnest Sunday puzzles this year. Clever theme (or should I say themes?), smart clues, and pretty much no naticks. A masterpiece.

I usually like or love Sunday puzzles but this one really wasn't for me. On the one hand, some of these actors were unknown to me, on the other hand, not even all were actors (Matisse), so the theme was also lost on me.

We caught onto the theme after a few minutes which helped a lot. This puzzle was so elegant, kudos to finding all those words which include the numbers. And no naticks!

As a non-native speaker this was a bit more tricky but I enjoyed discovering the trick with the state abbreviations. For the bottom right corner I had to look some of the proper names.

Didn't enjoy this one. Too many trivia. I got the theme but there were too many names, and band names, brand names etc., most of which I didn't even know after revealing.

I felt the same. There were proper names crossing proper names. No way to get to it from either side. You can add that Kiribati island to your list...

I thought this was a good challenge for a Thursday. I found it more difficult than usual, even after getting the German city name I had no idea why the answer made sense. Upon getting the second theme answer, it clicked on me. The central "hint" to the theme was so weak that I actually used knowing what the theme is to backsolve that fill. I'm a bit surprised to see so much hate for this fun puzzle, especially as people have been decrying the decay of NYT crossword difficulty over and over.

Fun puzzle but also seemed particularly easy. I finished 30min under my average.

As a data professional, I've never heard of a DATA BANK... Base, lake, warehouse , storage, repository but not bank. I have a faint feeling that these first pocket databases from the 1990s were called like that?

This puzzle was of the kind that made me think I don't like Saturday puzzles. Obscure words and trivia instead of clever clues.

I don't get the theme. Is it a golf thing?

I was happy that I got everything except a few squares in the top left corner. I would've never been able to complete those. I still have no idea what a CSPOT is. Also Google doesn't seem to know the term. Cemetery?