Michael

I never comment on these, but today I had to. This was a brilliant puzzle. The theme was spot on, the rebus was delightful, and the clues were punny and delightful. It was perhaps a tad too easy, but I still enjoyed it so very much. This is my favorite puzzle of this year.

I thought I needed to come on and say that I thought today was a fine puzzle. Clues were a bit tough, but very doable. The theme made sense and was helpful once you got the gimmick. A lot of people complained about today, so I thought I needed to counterbalance by saying I thought it was decent. Not spectacular, but certainly not deserving of all the flak it’s getting.