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.

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.

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.

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?