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I agree with everyone today-a fun, challenging, clever puzzle. One quibble. Isn't "dagnabbit" an expression of irritation, while "by gum" is one more of resolve or determination?

A puzzle marred by tedious contemporary pop culture drivel and bland, vague cluing (lunge at = made a try?) Derriere rider derided is an example of Mr. Kugelman entertaining himself at our expense.

Network connections, digital work, subreddits, broadband connections, battletoads console, social posts, the grams--what poetic cluing.

Perfect Friday puzzle. Just challenging enough; fresh, clever ideas. Two quibbles. Don't we say "who knew" when we are surprised by some bit of information? I don't see it as a sarcastic response to the obvious. And I don't think "spicy" has the negative connotations that "salacious" does. Also, just one day without a gaming clue--please.

A too precious theme + the legally mandated Star Wars clues + annoying contemporary lingo (brodate) = blah.

Now that was fun.

I thought this was a great puzzle. Challenging for a Sunday but eminently fair. Nicely balanced in its references. Clever theme. Elegant structure.

Picture perfect Friday, I thought, with fresh cluing (Eroica aside) and clever misdirects (My Word!, Simpson younger daughter and Source of Schadenfreude.) Lots of fun.

I thought this was a pretty nifty puzzle and not as inconsistent with Wednesday standards as some have opined. It was a little mucky in the west central area of the puzzle, giving it a dash of Thursday flavor. I'll take a puzzle with both aperol and bugaboos in it.

Fun puzzle (despite the requisite gaming questions). One quibble: are Old Saws "tired"? I think of Old Saws as warm, folky, clever, enduring, imbued with common sense. Cliches are tired.

I know I'm supposed to want a more difficult puzzle on a Saturday but I didn't today. This was fun. I thought "grams," heat setting" and "way out" were all pretty clever. A lot of fresh, fun word play in this puzzle.

I thought this was a fun Saturday exercise. "Math teams" my favorite. With "I hate you," "love languages" and "galentines day," would have been an appropriate puzzle 8 days ago. '

Well Thursday was Saturday level and Friday is Wednesday level but I liked this puzzle. Not much clever cluing but I'll take a straight forward puzzle after yesterday. And "hot shot producer" was pretty sharp.

The theme wasn't hard to discover but was kind of annoying anyway and some Naticking going on in that Northwest corner.

Fun puzzle. Easy for a Friday. Refreshingly void of pop culture (it can be done) with the exception of the government mandated Star Wars clue. And a couple of sexy references to boot. What more could you ask for?

This was a fun puzzle. A little more challenging than the typical Sunday puzzle, at least for me or at least until I caught on to the gimmick. Even then the cluing wasn't as obvious as many Sundays. A cut above, I thought. Even if it does include "obvs."

Loved this puzzle. A little easier than a typical Saturday, but, at the same time, cluing that was more complex, clever and logical than many an arduous Saturday puzzle. Demanding but not a grind. So I call it a great Saturday puzzle. Some of my favorites: hose, glory, argyle, lied, thou-- really, too many to list. All of these clues provide a lovely experience of deft resolution.

At least 10 computer world-centric clues in this puzzle. And this after yesterday's computer-centric theme. A good number of NYT constructors need to step away from the keyboard and get some fresh air. There's a beautiful world out there, free of computerese and a preoccupation with prompts and commands.

Great puzzle for teenagers.

A puzzle with King Oliver, Voltaire and the Apu trilogy in it? (Sigh of relief.) Please, NYT, more of this and less computerese and cutesy slang.

Fun puzzle. Probably too easy for a Thursday but some fun cluing (made do, noodle nuggets.). I tire, though, of the constant references to gaming in puzzles.

Is "edgy" high strung? Isn't that more being "on edge."Doesn't edgy refer more to something novel and daring? I think "songs" for singles is pretty weak too. Otherwise I agree with several who have described this as a mostly easy Saturday with a couple of gnarly spots and a few clever ideas.

Some clever cluing here but that same recurrent experience of having dwelled in the bland referential world of the gen-x mind.

Top 11 lines a breeze. Bottom 4: abject failure.

A fun puzzle with a clever theme. Nice to see Horace make an appearance. Nicer still: no Marvel comics or gaming questions.

I thought everyone would be complaining about this being too easy for Friday. Instead I find a praise-fest for its aesthetics. I'm not complaining; I'll take a breezy Friday.

Excellent puzzle for all the reasons stated, except for rowr, which is a little too cute and the ubiquitous Star Wars clue. Could we have a year long freeze on the latter?