Redwoodtree

I see that this puzzle creator subscribes to the “kill them with proper nouns” school of puzzle making. Oh joy.

Extreme challenge. Fun factor was not quite zero, but pretty close. I'd just like to register my annoyance with the many obscure and misleading clues. Maybe someday I'll be good enough to solve a puzzle like this without looking things up. Thanks for reading my rant, I'm sure the constructor will take pleasure in knowing the pain that was inflicted.

Wow, that was seriously fun, thank you Spencer Leach! The Chocolate Retriever who ends up with a chocolate lab is one of the best clues I've seen in a long time. I'm still smiling over that one.

One of the best puzzles I’ve seen. So funny. So many misdirects. And the premise … just wow. Kudos. Kudos.

So perfect for a Thursday. Really great cluing, with seemingly every other answer requiring a twist of the old gray matter in a new direction. The theme took a minute to figure out, because I thought it meant to literally go "up" and that line of thinking sort of worked with the first answer, but not quite, and when I figured it out the AHA moment was wonderful. So fun and engaging. Kudos and thank you to the constructor.

What a blast! That's the kind of Sunday that I can get behind, fast and funny, enjoyable and a theme that actually helps you solve the puzzle. Plus I love anagrams. AWESOME.

Wow, so many hard to spell proper nouns all crossing each other and very random quoted clues that could be literally anything. I liked the theme but what a total slog. Ugh.

Wow, I'm on the same wavelength as Karen Steinberg. My fastest Friday ever and no lookups. Plus it was fun and I'm going to be going around all day saying J'accuse!!! Who could ask for anything more? ;)

Argh. I’ll just leave it at that.

Trivial pursuit: crossword edition.

Many laughs were had, thanks for a great Monday puzzle!

Mmmm , that was wonderful. That’s the kind of Thursday I can get behind. Took a while, but that ah-ha moment was a total rush. Finished without a single lookup. Feeling quite happy.

wow that was hard

Wonderful and amazing creation. Kudos. That was a joy to solve.

Some day when I’m in a nave watching a Red Sox replay and singing a hymn will think of this constructor ….

Delicious and fun. I loved this puzzle for its variety and the way it let me chip away at the full fill. Every pass I could get at least one more across or down. Fun and satisfying is super rare for a Saturday.

Pix. Eek. Overall, A struggle. But mostly fun.

A breezy Thursday! Fun! Yes! It was like Bang bang bang.

That was super fun. Thanks to the constructor and editors.

This unapproachable puzzle was the worst part of my Saturday.

Wonderful and fun puzzle with lots of great clues to engage the players on a Sunday. Tip of the hat to the constructor !

Increíble puzzle ! Kudos to the constructor.

Yay. Fun and funny. Loved it.

I quit the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

Wow, this was amazing. Bravo. Encore.

I loved this puzzle so much. It felt like it had something for everyone. Kudos.

Fun! Thank you !

I feel weird that I like this one a lot and thought it was fair. Have I cross(word)ed to the other side ?

The perfect Monday. Fun and relaxing, missed my best time by 3 seconds. Thanks to the crew for this one.

Okay, I have to admit that was a lot of fun even though it had a ton of proper names and random factoids, there was enough "help" in nearby clues to make it solvable. Well built puzzle.

Tough but fair ! Thanks Sam!

Best smack talk rap, throwing down. Nice!!

It needed more names throughout … /s brought on by frustration.

The "solve a Friday on easy mode" feature should really moved to Saturdays.

That’s an amazing construction. Fun and interesting.

Blushing at that puzzle … wooo :) On another note … Friday used to drive me insane as a new solver. Now it’s Saturday that drives me up the wall. I guess we get better over time. But now I wish there was an easy mode for Saturday instead of Friday. Oh well.

They definitely swapped Tuesday and Wednesday. This one 14 minutes under my average, yesterday 14 minutes above. Oh well. Good fun puzzles all around.

Wow, that’s really fun. And what a reveal in the end. It’s a really clever layout, congratulations!

Lived this puzzle. More of this ! Best Saturday in a long time

Fun-ish, but some real clunkers and too many proper nouns. Ethchant? Nittany. Sorry I’m not an ivy leaguer. Also yay for all the ways we have to spell Eenie. Eeny, eeneeee?

Bravo!!

Interestingly Girls5 Eva, a show on Netflix also had a tribute to the word set. Odd that I happened to run across that recently <a href="https://youtu.be/KsQaALIaNOk?si=LsaW5G8QYu77e6o_" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/KsQaALIaNOk?si=LsaW5G8QYu77e6o_</a>