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Who was excited to see MENOPAUSE in a puzzle? MII! Let’s normalize normal.

I love that Stephen discovered that crosswords are “playful conversations between constructor and solver”. Especially when including answers such as Eloise (at the plaza), play doh, Girl Scout cookies, nana, Ronald (McDonald) .. A good reminder to approach a puzzle with a dose of whimsy. Bravo to the debut!

Tell me I’m not the only one who put EROTICA on 40a 🤭 Perhaps I was subliminaly misdirected with the 3 X’s in the puzzle.

Perfect crunchy Saturday with lots of X’s & K’s! FauxNaif & ArtsyFartsy were my favorites & I will work into casual conversation today. Still wondering - why are SAPS good marks?

Personally I appreciated a quick solve Thursday because I needed time to finish my (harder than usual) Wednesday! Also, I thought the focus on SIN was clever given that lent has just begun.

I saw REUNES & thought, ooh, a rebus! But, sadly the cross didn’t fit so I was stuck with a weird partial word. // Ironically, auto-correct tried at least 5 times to correct the R word above, which justifies our complaints. Otherwise thought it was a clever quick Tuesday puzzle. I always enjoy @Sam ‘s oped.

The numbers were a complete mystery to me (& I still don’t get them, actually) but I love a rebus puzzle so the pleasure was all *mine*

As an oenophile, I loved this quick & clever Friday - cheers! Also, may I suggest another name to add to the clue for 56A that would be more timely - Mikaela Shiffrin ⛷️.

Based on a quick review of the comments, I might be in the minority as to my familiarity with ‘Go ham’. And I’m a vegan fwiw.

Loved the puzzle - perfectly Tuesdayish. I’m also really enjoying Myk’s columns. Please keep them coming! Happy day solver community! As they say in the socials - I’m here for the comments. XW people are so witty & clever!

The puzzle in which Pants are pairs & Shoe is one. I like twists of logic almost as much as Cookie Monster likes his chocolate chip Cee’s.

Love love loved it! 🫶🏼 Got stuck on BATISHE / BATISTE because hehee rolls off the tongue easier than tehee but who’s to judge how someone laughs?

When the ‘you solved it’ bell rings & your response is ‘huh’??? The trick of the day was cute but I didn’t figure it out - thankful for the wordplay column to explainnnnnnnn it! Cheers to Kit for incredible endurance on the quest to publish!

I did a jiggety jig when I finished this one! Lots of fun & not overly complicated. Loved the theme entries & the construction collab. I could have done without the obscure (to me, I’m sure it’s a favorite of someone on here & I will hear about it) peter o’toole film & IN RUN is new to me (as a skier even!).

Today’s puzzle was a 🤦🏻‍♀️ I filled the entire grid, then came here to see what the trick was b/c the starred clues (mostly filled with crosses) just did not make sense. The revealer was an easy one due to the Hozier song (which will now be a day long earworm) . Ahh when the clouds parted … 🧊

To cuddle is to pamper, yes? My French bulldog thinks so. Urlon, orlon, it’s all plastic to me. A fun quickie tho I missed a pr due to my penchant to cuddle a frenchie.