Domenic

If the goal was to fit as many natticks as possible to meat an unsatisfactory theme, it was met wonderfully

My 2nd Saturday completion and it makes my first ever 6 day streak. I dont think ive ever felt so much glory before in my life (minus meeting my wife)

Another frustrating Monday with, in my opinion, far too many specific people names needed to be known. Least fun aspect of NYT crosswords is when they introduce too many. I dont mind a couple since you can easily context clue them but this one had 6 or 7 very specific names in pretty key spots. Doesn't quite feel as fair

Big Day today! I completed my first 4 day streak today. Monday through Thursday all gold stars. Came close three times before. So happy! We'll see if I can pull off the fabled work week sweep tomorrow. Fingers crossed

Not a fan of this one.

Delightful theme today. Enjoyed this one a bit

Few things more annoying and unsatisfying than specific drug names in puzzles. Especially on a Tuesday of all days. Thu/Fri maybe. A nattick filled slog today. Very disappointed after the great feeling and adequately challenging/easy Monday.

Who ever complained about last week definitely won't be complaining today lol. This was a doozy

FINALLY! Finally got the work week sweep. First ever 5 day in a road gold star. Feels good😄

Another Monday I take issues with. Too many overly specific clues tied together. To me these types feel less in the spirit of gamesmenship and fairness. Less solvable imo then any of last week's puzzles

Failed this one likes usually but I enjoy failing these hard ones that still feel fair. Well done!

Even when I looked up spoonerisms after solving that word, I did not get the theme. But boy did I feel that aha when I read the article. Its nice when a puzzle feels fair even when it defeats me soundly. Well done

Missed it today but it was fair. 5 streaked last week and 4 streaked this week so still a best two week performance

Solid puzzle. Though but fair with only one natick to me. Beat me tho so I will enjoy a legal alcohol beverage today as revenge to the younger constructor. He has beaten me today, but I can buy a drink he cannot.

Terrible Tuesday in my opinion. Not a fan today unfortunately.

Nothing more dejecting than failing it and struggling, but then seeing how many enjoyed it easily. Definitely need to continue improving vocabulary lol

Was happy to see my favorite dip, but a bit perturbed at the overabundance of obscure names. Monday is supposed to be the fun day but sometimes is more frustrating than Tuesday when there are too many names in key spots😅

I was mad when wonover was a word until I realized it was won over. I sometimes still forget the clues can be multiple words and get mind trapped lol. I enjoyed the theme a bunch even if I failed yet again for a 4 day streek

Since I complained last week at what I felt was an unfair Monday I will applaud today's perfect Monday. This one felt wonderfully fair and stimulating. Maybe I am a glutton and just enjoy food themes more. I did have to laugh at yet another Oreo sighting tho lol. Its certainly proving to be the clue of the summer

Liked the theme but lost on heaveho. Erat, kirov, and zork proved too random for me. Happy with that loss tho, given how hard it was. Not happy with that word tho in relation to the clue. Crazy combo for a stretch answer. At least the difficult retired faculty clue was solvable with surrounding answers

Lost my five Tuesday streak on this one but ill take the L here without complaint. I failed to try and look at the theme when stuck in the top left grid area. And I need to remember Ecru lol. That pops up all the time

Tough but rewarding. Cool theme!

Didn't like it much today

I liked the theme but didnt appreciate some of the clues approaching natick level. An overreliance on specific foreign words always annoys me a bit and feels cheaper. Enjoyed most of this tho

Cool, enjoyable, and challenging. Perfect Thursday

Omg this was hard as a Sunday some parts lol

Always a great feeling when I get the gold star on my first completion. Slowly feel like I'm improving a bit. Aron was tricky for me. "Privy to" had me second guessing a bit but it went through so I'm a happy camper. Stu was a complete guess so it would have been very hard if I didnt complete lol

Really enjoyed this one

Delightful and challenging!

Time to learn some new music and watch some old cartoons

Bravo. My friends and I enjoyed the puzzle. Well done.

Such a delight! Well done

Isn't the past tense of simulcast, just simulcast. I don't think simulcasted is proper

Funny enough it wasn't the orlon/inxs natick that delayed me but a misspelling of noggin. I should have picked up that "Maroo" makes much less sense as a name than "Mario" much sooner.

Incredible puzzle. And I failed! Missed enough on the left quad to lose out. But it FELT fair and I know why I failed. This is such a great feeling. Tuesday ans Wednesday this week should learn from Thursday. It was both more challenging but completely withing reasonable guidelines set but the NYT. Bravo

Nothing less fun then arbitrary proper names thrown in conjunction with odd words.

I enjoyed today

A really clever theme that I enjoyed a bunch. Broke my 4 Wednesday streak here. Middle left quad did me in. A rough week for me so far unfortunately.

I sure love it when its natick city in the crossword

Challenging but I managed. Felt tough but much more fair than yesterday's proper noun fest

Brilliantly done!

I liked this Thursday a lot. The nattick with yentas and nast was okay for me since it was really the only one and I was actually able to work it out in a way that felt fair. Plus its a Thursday and not a stinking Tuesday like a certain other puzzle that got my goat this week.

I sigh every time a random sound is selected for a clue. Always irritating those ones. More so than obscure historical figures, since they can be so at random

Not me deciding to stop complaining after seeing the author lol. But I was miffed at the left side nattick. Wouldn't have helped me tho. Today just wasn't my day. But I did think the theme was okay.

An almost really nice puzzle ruined by a right side nattick

Real challenge this one