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This is extra refreshing after Sunday's puzzle.
My first Saturday without any look ups!!! What a fun puzzle this was. And the clue for 57A was just delightful.
Not very fun for me. The theming felt weak, and lots of unhelpful clues and obscure entries. I also found Wordplay a bit lacking - I feel it should have covered more tricky entries today. I was left feeling puzzled with some of the answers.
Easy but fun, great start to the week. Loved the clue for SANTA. What a great debut!
Found this very tough, I was not remotely on the same wavelength as the constructor. The top half was a sea of white after multiple lookups... Had to give up on the puzzle because it just wasn't an enjoyable solve for me. Hope others liked it more, onwards to Sunday!
Fun and straightforward! I solved PORKBARREL through crosses without knowing what it referred to - so I looked that up and learned something new today. Great start to the week!
@Cat Lady Margaret didn't even notice they were names until I was done solving! This was fun. It's great when the trick to the puzzle helps fill in other answers, as it did here.
I like the idea, although wasn’t expecting a rebus and that threw me off for a while! However, I take issue with the clue to 53A. ‘Titer’ (or to me, titre) is not a measure of solution strength. I would excuse concentration, but strength and concentration are not the same thing in Chemistry. If we consider acids, acid strength tells you how well an acid dissociates into ions in solution. Acid concentration tells you how many moles of acid are dissolved in a given volume of solution. So, they are very different properties. Sorry, as a Chemistry teacher I couldn’t let this one go!
See, I thought LOW RISES was referring to those low rise pants you have to keep pulling up as you walk (what a terrible invention they were). I guess buildings make more sense!
Please don't use TOE SHOE to refer to a pointe shoe. Nobody with any real understanding of ballet would ever call it that. The crossword favourite 'on toe' is lazy and wrong for the same reason, but this one annoyed me more. Also, it's a shame that LOTUS is the one theme entry that isnt a tree. Otherwise enjoyed the puzzle, but these two things irritated me personally.
This was a lot of fun! I did have to look up chac-chac (and it is what it sounds like - of course!), otherwise a pretty breezy puzzle. Thanks to the constructor!
The 'trick' was pretty satisfying! I got tripped up by ELHI (never heard the term before... and to think I work in a school!), but otherwise found this a really nice puzzle. I do think the clue for the revealer could have been phrased differently to minimise confusion, but with the phrase being so short, it's not really a big leap to figuring out that two of the words are individual letters.
What a cute puzzle! Loved the music references.
Had a lot of fun with this one, just the right mix of challenging and enjoyable. Thanks to the constructors! Also thanks for explaining 38D, that was the only one I couldn’t understand the answer for - I knew the cocktail, but didn’t clock that it had to do with the garnish.
@Steve L I did the same! Had no idea what the clue for 19A was referring to so this was the crossing that did me in.
@Graphic I know, but as its not an actual existing tree I don't think it belongs. I understand why it technically fits the theme, just think that it's inclusion in the themed answer set makes the whole thing less elegant.
@Vincent soju and jete were OK for me, but the eden/plebe/best combo was definitely tough.
@Edward I did too! I was baffled by what on earth a ZOgT suit was for ages...
@Ιασων I felt the same. This was too US centric for me, even after revealing the puzzle I just went 'huh?' rather then 'oh, I see!'. Looks like we're in the minority today, though.
@Eric Hougland thanks, that’s really helpful!
@Pani Korunova I’m the same! Still a fun puzzle, just couldn’t get the theming, unfortunately.
Great puzzle! Could some kind soul explain 42D to me? I filled it in with crosses, but don’t get what it’s referring to.
@Barry Ancona yes, I'm aware, and it's actually what pointe shoes are called in Korean, weirdly enough. Doesn't stop me from finding it egregious!
@Barry Ancona The main problem for me was definitely EMILY (I'm not familiar with US trains so the cross there didn't help at all, nor did the unusual name spelling for another cross). I did eventually pick up on the hidden capital, but it took me an embarrassingly long time for sure.
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