Amanda

First time commenter, this was tough. Even after figuring out the theme and completing the puzzle, grade-A quality wouldn’t click. Also had to google evilest to see if it was a word. Surprised no one mentioned emend, that was a new one for me and I had changed it to ‘hi it’s ma’ from ‘me’ to make amend work. Took me a bit to find the error and I finished 14mins over average today.

POPE got a chuckle out of me!

Six minutes longer than usual, and a few lookups too. Harder than the average Tuesday!

Nice theme, not too hard. Finished 10 mins faster than my average time!

Easy one today, except for the gimmick that had me stumped! Had the whole thing filled except the numbers which I couldn’t make sense of. Had to peek at the column to figure out what was going on, then I was able to quickly complete. Now I wish I spent a few more minutes puzzling it out!

Haven’t had so many incorrect words on a Monday in a while! Took a couple of passes to catch ‘em all.

7:09 faster than average and not a lookup! Clues felt fresh and rewarding, plus my name was in there. All in all, perfect weds puzzle.