Kate J

15 years ago and before the age of smart phones for entertainment, my ex-military boyfriend (now husband) and I were stuck at the airport for what ended up being a 10 hour long flight delay. After finishing our books and us wondering around the terminal for hours, we ended up sitting down and he taught be the NATO alphabet to pass the time. Maybe its because that incredibly boring experience ended up being a happy memory in our courtship, and maybe because I have found this random knowledge to actually be pretty useful - but I really enjoyed today’s puzzle 😉

If you want to trigger a farmer, call them “OREO cows” They’re belted galloways! - Signed, an American who has on numerous occasions annoyed her farmer Kiwi husband with calling them OREO cows

Long time player, first time commenter. After several years of regular NYT cross wording I finally stumbled onto this blog a couple weeks ago. What a joy I was missing! Love the little hints and also background on the theme and note from the constructor. A great debut for the constructor, really enjoyed this puzzle!

I got an absolutely kick out of the “Call after last Call?” clue, a very fun Tuesday puzzle

A really fun puzzle! Also as a geriatric millennial I’m proud for knowing both the Beatles song (I walked down the aisle to this classic) and the modern lingo for shady.

Such a fun Monday puzzle and theme - I had to work to get those crosses because I definitely don’t know how to spell the revealer!

I absolutely loved 23A and thought it was very clever! I’m still a novice puzzler that has only recently tried my hand at Friday puzzles, but I loved this one and the not-so-obvious answers to many clues

I thoroughly enjoyed today’s puzzle, especially after living through the actual experience of picking up a partially and incorrectly filled on a flight back in the before smart phone Stone Ages. It’s so much easier to correct the wrong responses on the app!

The answer key is for Thursday’s puzzle. Wednesday - Cry after an accident? OOPSY

That was a fun Monday puzzle, great theme!

I really enjoyed this one and was very happy to get GALENTINESDAY and GREENANACONDA without too much help from the crosses. Although I had TOGS* for a while for “Down Under wear” and was wondering if the (incorrect) start of “Apple Corps?” was something slightly inappropriate with GENI(T)… *Togs = bathing suit (also know as “bathers” down here)