Shaun

First time I completed a Wednesday without looking at the wordplay column or using any cheats!

You don’t want an ICEPOP to become SOUPY, best to consume it PRONTO.

I found that to be very hard. Needed to do auto check at the end. The ATALOWEBB, DOWSE, IMAN, LEVAR, VIEWAS area was especially tough for me. That area felt like a Friday for me.

Felt a need to redeem myself today after yesterday’s debacle, and this one felt good. It reaffirmed that yesterday was an anomaly. Not getting discouraged, just staying the course. Still got a little hung up in spots, but I finished without using auto-check or the wordplay column. ACK and the SHO “’nuff” clue slowed me down, but I got there in the end (32:37).

I think ANYHOO should not be a clue answer. LENTO and ETRE was a natick for me.

I had a more difficult time solving yesterday’s than today’s, interestingly.

Great puzzle. No complaints. 18:56! One of my best times for a Wednesday.

I really enjoyed this one - reading the comments it sounds like a lot of people found this easy. I struggled a bit with the northeast corner. GAUCHO, ANTEUP and POORME didn’t come easily for me.

I was on a roll and then I got tripped up at the end by REZ and MILLI. But cool puzzle!

For 29 Across, I’m stuck on “tree creature” but I have ENT in the circled boxes, which doesn’t make sense.

I think you mean 2D instead of 3D for Hold on to your hat.

Would anyone mind throwing me a bone in the bottom right hand corner? Thx!