CatsPaws

First time poster, but felt I had to share my joy of a 365 day streak! And to finish on a Saturday- with no lookups! Thanks to the Wordplay team- Caitlin, Deb and Sam- your enthusiasm and humor have provided the foundations to keep me plugging on. And a shout out to Will Shortz- as I think back, listening to the puzzle master on NPR, and being exposed to KenKen might have been the spark that got my puzzle juices flowing, (4-5 yrs ago)and allowed me to start trying those early week XWords.. then to boldly go to the Thursday trickery- rebuses & tongue twisters 🌪️. And thanks to the lively commenters in this forum- I thought Capt. Q and CLM would appreciate another voice from DownEast. On to the next leg of the journey! Nothing better than Sunday AM latte and croissant and the NYT Sunday puzz. Amiright? Cheers!

Funny how the brain works, sometimes. As I was filling in 59A I saw the western MA town and -ire, and wondered if it was a new version of St. Elmo’s. Of course, at the”fop” didn’t exactly work. DOH!