Hitch

Bit of a 'meh' puzzle. Unsatisfying in so many little ways, but I can't quite say exactly why.

Creators are getting way too lazy by using arcane trivia to make puzzles hard. It's OK when you can infer by other answers, but that wasn't the case today. All in all, a bit of a disappointment. Feel like I wasted my time today, with very little satisfaction when done.

A little too 'clever' for the creators own good. When I was done done didn't go 'aha', or 'that's clever'... I went 'meh'. Did of a waste of my Sunday.

As a non-US solver, I always struggle with how the clues 'dagnabbit', and 'bah', are used for any kind of backwater colloquialisms. Surely there are better clues to be had.

Thought it was oldie but goldie? And I agree, let's keep the 'creative' names out of the actor clues. On the whole too much random trivia, not enough actual clever clues. It seems to be a 'shortcut' too many puzzle creators are taking lately to create difficult crosswords.

Suppose everyone comes here to praise the puzzle(r), so I thought I'd give it some balance. Not the best! It's very hard to make small puzzles difficult, and I don't feel the author did a very good job here. If you have to rely on obscurantism in your questions to make it difficult, perhaps it means a puzzle of this level is beyond your perview...

Was about to have a rant about a stupid puzzle with tenuous clues... Until I got it 🤣.

Stop trying to make 'the olds' happen. It is a term old people think is common amongst the youth. It is not! I cringe everytime a creator uses it. Also, while I'm moaning, creators need to pick their lane, and that lane is 'amok', not 'amuck'.

Nice Sunday puzzle. Well done to the creator. As a non-American, I spent a bit too much time trying to figure out why the rebus was what is was. Penny dropped with Western Union, but a few too many 'americanisms' for me made me throw in the towel after I had to check hbcus. I'm a 'finish unhelped, or check the puzzle as soon as there is an answer you cannot get' kind of guy.

Clues too cryptic and obscure to enjoy. No balance in this puzzle. Every clue was so vague you couldn't get a foothold...

April fools! It's a Monday puzzle on Wednesday!

Great puzzle to start the week! Simple, but clever. Here's hoping for some real challenges come Thursday!

Not my favourite puzzle. Seems a bit all over the place. Clues and answers ranged from cryptic, to standard, to tenuous. I prefer a nice solid themed puzzle. But that's just me 😜

Great Friday puzzle. Challenging, but doable. Well done to the creator(s)!

A nice Tuesday or Wednesday puzzle, I think. I don't know if it's just me getting better, but the puzzles have seemed far less challenging recently. The only puzzles that stump are filled with random trivia or arcana. It's been a while since we had a difficult, and CLEVER, puzzle.

Great Tuesday puzzle! Still very solvable, but had to apply myself, as a non-American.

More puzzle than crossword...

Great puzzle for a Wednesday! Took me way too long to solve it because of the single rebus, and the fact I did it on the app and didn't connect the dots visually. All in all, not very difficult, but a little tricky. Well done.

Nice puzzle. Relatively easy, and maybe better suited to a Wednesday? That being said, easy Thursdays are usually followed by brutal Fridays 😩

The puzzles have, on the whole, been exceptionally easy lately. It's been a long time since we've had a truly challenging puzzle that isn't full of arcane trivia.

I started at the bottom, so ended up being easier than expected. Still tricky in parts. It also didn't count as a solve for me unfortunately, because I put the ts in as a rebus 😩. Would have been a worthy Thursday if the ts were randomly dispersed. All in all, a good puzzle. But I'm still waiting for a great one.

Feels like this week's crosswords are all one day ahead of schedule.