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I liked the puzzle because had me nervous that I’d never solve it but somehow it came together.
@Tony I disagree. The clue given was clear and you needed the “no” to complete the down clues. It’s annoying to have to fill in rebuses but it’s part of the challenge. Thought this was a fun puzzle.
Was surprised to see run appear twice. Is that not unusual?
@Lsm Hawaii has the highest average rainfall.
Never heard of yea big. I’ve heard of yay big.
Apparently tit is not the answer for jerk. I need to stop watching so much British tv.
Technically Bumble Bees sting but come on - the panda of the bee kingdom is too lovable to sting.
@Steve L seems I’m in the minority for not breezing through this one. I enjoyed it and thought it was fitting for a Saturday.
I haven’t been reading the comments section that long but hilarious how whiny it can be no matter what the puzzle is. I started thinking it was too easy in the beginning and then got really stuck in SE. I still think it was the good kind of hard and the clues and answers are pretty brilliant. What’s up with the emu references?
@Andrzej Google Bialy - apparently named from its city of origin. Mao is modus operandi and syn stands for synonym - what zest is to life. I loved this puzzle a lot. Felt impossible but then came together.
Incredibly clever and just the right amount of challenging. Loved it.
I really thought butt hurt was an offensive term - glad it means something different to most people according to Google.
@Helen Wright taking something in stride is a common expression on this side of the pond anyway. I also had never heard of rared. I guess Coke vs Pepsi was not a world war.
@Jerry came to say the same thing. So glad it wasn’t a pushover - it’s been a while.
I agree with people who don’t love I been had and DVR as answers but don’t agree with the whine otherwise. I thought it was challenging and fun.
Loved the difficulty for a Sunday! Way over my average.
@Rodzu had the same experience- really fun puzzle.
I wonder if puzzles creators measure success by the number of whiners in the comments. The puzzle was solveable without knowing all the trivia and was really challenging and fun. It took me forever to see the theme but it’s in the clue “phonetic”. Once I finally got it I saw my error on savor.
Really good Saturday- very challenging but not impossible. Loved it.
@Lake life For many of us, the slog is the point of the journey. Like life, perhaps the puzzle isn’t the problem, it’s one’s attitude about it.
Liked this puzzle a lot but felt like it perhaps was an advantage to be a New Yorker of some kind - RFK, Central Park, Acela, TKTS, Dolan - all things well known to many New Yorkers.
Great puzzle to end in - thanks Deb!
@sandi I think she addressed this twice. Did you not read her posts? Truthfully - I think even us Yanks run into this issue with the hard puzzles. One person's easy is another person's impossible based on age, location (outside of NY for example), education, etc. etc.
Restaurant order being “have” was something I had trouble wrapping my mind about but I guess it’s the order, as in what you’ll have vs what you’ll order from the server.
@acjones What a coincidence - I feel the same about this comment.
Complaints about puzzles are tedious but this wasn’t my favorite. 3/4ths was too easy and then the north west was pretty rough. Finally saw lap to be able to finish but I had never heard of many of those answers.
@Andree weird - I thought it was too easy for a Saturday but I guess that’s how it goes sometimes.
@Steve L well to be honest I’ve never spelled it before. Have I been pronouncing it wrong too?
@Barry Ancona Barely Friday difficulty I thought. Was hoping for more of a challenge.
@Ambrose ditto and now twice in one week.
Incredible design and fun, challenging puzzle. What I didn’t understand was INDIC. All the others doubled as words but is that referring to Indic languages?
@Mark Okay I take it back I didn’t know hart or aly and got stuck with on the house - but clues in north west seemed out of synch with the rest. I guess I’m proving my original point. Complaints about puzzles are tedious.
@Mark I play tons of sports and have never heard that.
@Tony That is fair - that some people might not know about how to enter a rebus (I can't remember how I originally figured it out), but if you click on the solving tips, it explains this up front with a link to it. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/crosswords/rebus-crossword-puzzle.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/08/crosswords/rebus-crossword-puzzle.html</a> Your original post seemed to be complaining about something else. If you do know about rebuses and still didn't get it, that's on you for not yet solving the puzzle, not an issue with mechanics.
@Mean Old Lady Weird - I thought this one was really easy aside from the southwest - perhaps having a kid helps with Disney and sitting styles.
@Tim V. Agree that Galbi is rare in English. With all the Ks- I was surprised by that one
@Robert Schwartz Google says it was a way to toast prior to the movie.
@Chris True and fair - I just find the criticisms of puzzles and not a taste issue of the puzzler somewhat tiresome.
@Chris Also fair - didn't meant to be snarky - meant to say all these harsh criticisms of puzzles seem self-centered to me.
@Laura Stratton Odd - it worked for me.
@M. Hogan what’s misleading? He explained where the idea came from. Fun puzzle - I found it more challenging than the average Wednesday.
@Barry Ancona What are you talking about? He said the "idea came from" - he didn't say all of the answers would be numbers.
@Larg agreed. Oh well can’t please everyone.
Love the mini theme of rotting rinds - it was well composed - but ultimately this puzzle was too easily de-composed for me.
@Jim I also was stuck on no nap but aurin didn’t make sense.
@Miri yes - but all the other answers were words when you removed the T. This one not so much.
@Vaer Yeah - not in the Scrabble dictionary. Thanks all for the responses.
@Barry Ancona Oos - my error - I misread this as the creator was misleading not the article. A ologies.