Shaun
NY
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.
@K Barrett thanks! I was looking for a little help, appreciate it.
@Shaun it’s been a minute since I’ve seen the movies and I never read the books, so this wasn’t obvious to me and I figured I had something wrong. Thank you all for the assist.
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.
For 29 Across, I’m stuck on “tree creature” but I have ENT in the circled boxes, which doesn’t make sense.
@Barry Ancona thanks for your smugness!
I think you mean 2D instead of 3D for Hold on to your hat.
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