Richard E

Thank you, Mr. Werfel, for a DELIGHTful Tuesday romp.

I thoroughly enjoyed both the faux rebuses and the more challenging solves along the way. This is the rare Sunday puzzle where the given theme ("Double Duty") actually helped me figure out the gimmick early on, and what a delightful gimmick it was! Kudos for the fine construction.

Never have I ever seen "station" abbreviated to "STN". Looking online, I now see that that form is common in amateur radio, aviation (is there such a thing as an "airplane station"?), and armed forces--fields with which I have little to no intersection. Otherwise, a fairly challenging puzzle, somewhat fun, but a tad cutesy for my taste.

Must say, I GAT right BEFOGged by some of these solves. It seemed that someone was trying to BOGEY me. Nevertheless, I ATEOF the platter before me and am now off to ponder DOCOCK's tentacles at an OTB. Excellent puzzle!

In my Sunday fever dream, it all seemed to make sense: Wynton Marsalis, like so many musical stars, had succumbed to the corporate event bonanza and created the genre of CEOBOP. The cross--THICKPIECE--seemed to fit, too, being "oddly" descriptive of B-R-A-I-N in 99A--assuming the brain belonged to an OBTUSER type. There it was, wrapped up with a bow, except it brought me no music and added a couple of minutes to my completion time. In the end, though, I'm deeply relieved that Wynton has not invented CEOBOP! And thanks to Caitlin Lovinger's hints for changing my C to an N.

I found the surface on this one very tough to crack, but once I did, it ran like water. Somewhat annoyed that I've gone above my averages for three days in a row, but this one was probably more about me than the puzzle itself. Excellent, fun solve.

Very good puzzle, although the endless cross referencing was a bit tedious. Nevertheless, I got a kick out of it once I figured out the theme. Well done.

My streak seems to have taken a hike three days ago. I have all gold stars for the past week, but tonight I noticed that my former streak of 140-something has been reduced to 3. Can someone check/restore it?