Jamie

Like many I was confident this would be a rebus but I liked the mechanic. Feels like a long time since the last rebus, no? Anyway, a good puzzle should make you feel clever when you inevitably solve it. This was a little on the easy side (10:01) but the “aha moment” was good.

8:31 and my fastest Thursday by far. I was definitely on the constructor’s wavelength, today. Good mix of fill, too. The high-brow content wasn’t obscure and the pop culture stuff was cleverly clued.

Today was close to my best time for a Thursday. Felt like a Friday to me.

10:44 today with about a minute hunting for a single mid-entered character. Almost definitely my fastest Friday. I think there were a few references I was able to recall immediately (LEELA, EYETESTS) but still perhaps a little easy. Yesterday stumped me.

11:07 so not my PB (which is 10:44) but I can see a lot of people setting new times today. This was a Friday layout with Wednesday difficulty, I’d say.