Wade H

I propose we call the crossword the Mici, so I can say I have done the ‘Mini, Midi, Mici’

Utterly impressive how one can construct a crossword under this constraint, while making it accessible enough for a Tuesday and not having overly difficult fill.

Always great to fill in the last square of a Sunday puzzle and instantly get the congratulations screen. Enjoyable solve. Here’s my contribution: S_ore, m_rt, e_change DUTY-FREE SHOPS

Nice Monday puzzle, had no problems with it. EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY!

51A being LIABILITIES is pretty neat. Lovely Thursday.

Oh my word, I never thought I'd see the day a fellow Singaporean construct the daily NYT crossword, let alone one still in secondary school. Congrats Bryan!

Speedy Friday for me, I’ve been doing the archives from 2021 and every single themeless puzzle stumps me. Feels good to get an ego boost once in a while.

Fantastic construction, mighty impressive for a high-schooler

Although the solve was quite a slog, I am impressed at how one can even construct this puzzle with (I would say) mostly acceptable fill.

Absolutely brilliant construction. I remember the last triple triple (January 18, 2025) like it was yesterday. These constructions remain in my memory for years to come, truly a work of art.

Thanks to this Saturday puzzle, I now have a new longest 6-day streak. ScatterPLOT and DepthCHARTS are a nice pair of longest answers in this puzzle. Giant Steps and Blue Cheese... something funky, perhaps. Hope everyone had an enjoyable solve.

I’ll be recommending this puzzle to my peers who can’t get into crosswords because of obscure references. Very fun.

My first Friday with no autocheck, in a nice time of 22:22! Though this probably says more about this puzzle’s accessibility than my skill. Also appreciate the punny clues strewn across the grid. Now SCALLIONS and ONIONRING have got me thinking about lunch. :)

Glad I could get the puzzle over quickly so I could rush to read the column today. I’m very glad to have picked up solving crosswords again and this column has helped me immensely. Many thanks to Deb and all other writers here, and well wishes :)

It's nice when a puzzle is just within my reach, giving me a proper challenge and enjoyable solve.

My mother and I had a blast working through this punny puzzle. Absolutely brilliant.

Mrs Hoody’s Saturdays this year have been an absolute blast to solve. Fantastic wordplay in the clues and great grid design allowing for two central spanners. This is what I look forward to after a week of toiling away at work. Bravo.

I’ve only started doing crosswords again this year after quitting when covid hit… and yet it feels like I’ve been reading Wordplay for the longest time. Many well wishes, Deb :)

That was a really speedy Friday. The only thing that slowed me down was a MOCHI DONUT, had me in a sticky situation.

Wicked sick puzzle!

I was able to break into this puzzle rather quickly, the top half fell into place quite easily then I took my time with the bottom half. Great fun this Saturday puzzle :)

Even after getting the theme early on, it took me way too long to realise that the grid design itself resembled a PHI. Very cool :)

It feels like they swapped yesterday’s and today’s difficulty, to me at least. Neat and simple Thursday.

What a fun weekend it has been. I loved all three puzzles from Friday onwards.

Definitely one of my favourite grid designs in some time (bar the excellent Saturday by Blake Slonecker in June this year). The edges of the puzzle are wrapped so nicely by combinations of tripled stacked 10- and 4-letter entries, with a small staircase in the middle. Just opening the crossword to see a satisfying design already makes me happy. :)

Every week, I fear what lies in Thursday’s crossword… I guess there’s not much to fear this week, I’ll enjoy my extra free time after solving this one :)

Pretty good puzzle. 41A can be the cherry on top :)

Quite a speedy solve for a Thursday today, and I only got the theme when the grid was almost filled. Fun :)

NW and SE filled within 10 minutes, 30 minutes to complete the whole puzzle. Thought I was gonna hit a new Friday PB. Still fun to do :)

Vertex and Digits were my favourite NYT games back then :(

Solving this was mighty fun!!!! While this was definitely on the easier side, I enjoyed the wordplay present in many clues. Thank you Mr. Moser for a great puzzle!

Had an absolute blast with this one. This puzzle was a breeze when I had the two neat horizontal spanners down quickly. Last entry to fall in was NUMERO, even though I learned what once in Spanish means from an archive crossword.

Also, if you guys think this Mario-themed puzzle shouldn’t be published, am I allowed to do the same for the Wile E. Coyote tribute puzzle (14/9/2025)?

I must be on the constructor’s wavelength today, as 49A for me. Fun solve with great wordplay. [Jazz aficionado, e.g.] is my favourite clue.

Such a whimsical puzzle that had me smiling all the way. I thought I was doomed when I barely got anything in the first pass then YOYOSTRING popped up and the awesome Down spanner appeared shortly after. Fun :)

Simple Thursday, had fun solving. True that.

Lovely puzzle and beautiful stacks in the top and bottom. The top third was exceptionally challenging to me, but otherwise a good solve.

Quite a bit of common crossword answers here and there. ASA, ALII, ORA, ALOHA, IRULE, EASEd, IDLEd, OLEs, REO, LEI, IONs… I suppose they’re common for a reason, understandable for a Tuesday.

Somewhat underwhelming Thursday. Nowadays I look forward to the themelesses for a more exciting solve.

Oh my word, I somehow got through most of it without many hiccups. The top half fell into place rather quickly and I learned CRASH BLOSSOM from a Tom Scott linguistics video. Anyone else watched Tom Scott years ago?

I braced myself for the worst seeing Mr Sam E's byline, but I could fill in a decent amount before getting truly stuck. Using more normal clues definitely helped.

Also, after thinking this Friday and Saturday’s puzzles were a breeze, I was quickly humbled by today’s stumper. At least themelesses are my favourite, and I got a super-sized one today.

Always a joy to see Mr. Slonecker’s beautiful constructions. I only get through half the puzzle (apparent from the ‘1/2 Done!’ pop-up) before l start looking up things, but I like appreciating the solved grid rather than the full solving experience (especially towards the end trying to pin down the pesky last few squares).

Some vaguely related contributions I have are: HANG TEN and XEPRESS TRAIN, XSE APPEAL, … HIGH FIVE and VQUICKSILER, VHAY FEER, … TOP ONE and IBRAN FREEZE, IAU REVOR, …

Filling in CRISSCROSS APPLESAUCE first was nice, and everything else falling into place was nicer, though I struggled with what a HASP is. Good puzzle :)

Lots of clever clues in this one, which had me stuck on a near empty grid for a while before everything fell into place swiftly. Fun :)

Great theme and execution. So many theme entries while maintaining pretty smooth fill. I loooooove it :)

Hoping for a challenging Friday and Saturday ahead