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@Jacqueline M if you are looking to be offended, some people will find it everywhere they look. Terrible way to go through life.

@Nancy I agree with the comment about the beautiful and poignant word ladder….. but why are we forced to like the fill? I didn’t like it, as it felt more like a Jeopardy trivia contest than a crossword….. way too many proper names. Is it ok to hold that opinion?

@CaptainQuahog Congratulations on your record time. Since you found it easy, the NYT editors should definitely rush to make Tuesday puzzles harder and alienate all the people that aren’t yet crossword experts like you. Who cares if this is literally the whole purpose and strategy of the NYT and the early week easy vs later week hard approach to make sure people of all skill levels can fall in love with crosswords….. captainQuahog is smarter than everyone else and we should only cater to his needs! NYT editors, please make all puzzles even Monday with hard clues please because your puzzles need to cater only to CaptainQuahog.

@Barry Ancona All due respect Barry, but this is not the first time you’ve responded with the implication that I didn’t read the person’s post before commenting. In both cases you are wrong, I very carefully read the comment. I humbly request that in the future, you don’t jump to that simply because someone has a different opinion than you. I’ve read many of your comments, and you clearly are very intelligent, so I think that tactic is beneath you. 1) He may have liked the overall puzzle….I never said he didn’t 2) quibble is a polite way to say complaint, even if the word has a context of being a small compliant, it is still a complaint 3) were there some that posted about it being easy? Yes, but a bunch also said harder than normal. Knowledge and experience is individual, and he was saying that because it was easy for him, the NYT should make it harder. In addition, the comments section is dominated by expert players. The beginners representation in the comments is I’m sure lower than the overall percentage of people that do the crosswords. I know you are smart enough to acknowledge that. Mondays and tuesdays are not targeted to captainquahog’s skill level, just like saturdays are not targeted for my skill level. While my sarcastic and admittedly passive aggressive response was a cheap attempt at humor, i will own that….it was entirely accurate and had an important point embedded in it. Perhaps I’m not the one that needs to pause and reread before criticizing?

@Andrzej and your point is what?