Ms. Billie M. Spaight

Will the editors please try to get rid of any answer that reads ICE? Every time I see that it makes my stomach turn. At first I thought it was not fair that we couldn't put the whole words in the rebi but then I saw the circled letters and it all made sense. Elegant construction.

ANKLE TAT and ATTACK AD clever, clever, very clever. Grateful to have a puzzle not asking me for celeb names.

Saw that message and I wondered if the constructor actually DID use a puzzle to come out to his parents. Kenneth, may you find the love of your life if you haven't already done so. And now you have come out to all of us who did your puzzle. HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!

Given today's political climate, I was happy to have a sanctuary puzzle with no ICE in it. The oreos and emus did get in. The triple trickery was fun. It was tough but I did enjoy myself.

More, more, more! This puzzle was innovative and fresh. NOSEHAIRS was delightfully disgusting! Made ORGASMS nearly ordinary. Clues were sparkly and, for the most part the answers just flowed. Unusual for a Saturday puzzle. So very enjoyable!

Nice breezy solve. Enjoyed every minute of it. One small tweak--ANTIFA is not a group. It is more of an idea.

Best clever clue and answer: 22 ACROSS.

OOPS--double-decker checker is a KING as in what happens when you reach the opposite end of the board and you say: "King me." Some clean expressions of pains could be: moan, groan, argh, bleh, yeek. When I broke my ankle in three places the first thing I said was: "I broke both of my feet." LOL.

Absolutely 100% DELIGHTFUL. When I saw the title, I was expecting things like Exodus or Revelations--weighty things like what were discussed in Saturday's Story program. I was so happy when the "books" turned out to be novels. I guess I could say this puzzle was novel. Thank you constructors for a marvelous puzzle. More, More, More, please.

HOLY CATS! A high-school JUNIOR. What an amazing puzzle!

I remember seeing the Ford Tells City Drop Dead headline. I was so furious. I remember doing a crossword puzzle (not in the Times) on April 1st and it drove me crazy. Each way the answers seemed easy but they did not cross with one another. So the next day I looked at the answers and I thought my brain took a hike. Everything looked so weird. Somehow, I looked at the date and realized that the puzzle was on April Fools Day--all the answers were backward! Finally, great stumper on 8 across. I swear I put in MNOP and that didn't cross with anything. LOL. Then I caught on. I loved it.

So glad that acceptance of this puzzle brought a lift of spirits to you, Nate. The puzzle was very enjoyable to solve. Best wishes for a better year in your new home.

Good for a Thursday. I want to put in a comment here about another NYT game. Connections. I have stopped playing it because it really has no logic and is only dependent on us guessing what's inside the mind of the constructor. It's fiendish and frustrating.

That "pride march" had me going in a queer direction. Excellent clue.

I'll admit that I didn't get them all, but this was a very refreshing puzzle. The viewpoint was delightfully skewed and so much fun to figure out. NB: The oreos are back. Second day in a row. Will the emus follow on?

I LOVED the trick! It gave 2 possibilities for getting the answer. Please, MORE, MORE, MORE puzzles with this trick. Even though I didn't get the entire puzzle, I had a grand time with this one. THANK YOU.

O that make like a hot dog one really got me. My mind stayed on frankfurters until almost the end. PANT, PANT....

This puzzle was so clever. I can believe that it took a long time to construct. Kudos for that. I didn't get it all, but I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.

13!!! OMG, do we have another Pete Buttigieg here? This kid's a genius. I loved this puzzle. It was so much fun to ace it. But I thought that a full-grown adult made it. Thanks for publishing it for our enjoyment. Kudos to the constructor.

Puzzle drove me crazy but once I figured out the trick, I was tickled pink. It was CHEEKY in the best possible way. So, Constructor, you are NTA.

I must be entering my second childhood at age 76 because, as I was solving this puzzle, I thought, "at last a constructor with my consciousness." Indeed, there was so much in the fill that came straight out of my culture back in the '60s. Whatever, thanks for a nice Monday morning romp through my nostagia.

Ouch, SAY IT, DON'T SPRAY IT gave me a bit of a wrench. I heard that in the 1950s! I know, I know, it's gross to be spat upon, but in defense of the spitters, I must say that they can't help it.

Loved the trick. It made solving so much fun. More of these kinds of puzzles, please.

Very playful. I had fun.

Simply LOVED the ASTERISKS [going in for cursing]. Delightful

Delightful solve on so many levels. I didn't see the Rebus but got the whole puzzle anyway. Reading the commentary brought me into the other levels. Well-done, well done. A perfect Thursday for thirsty puzzlers.

One can also WOLF down food.

The clue for 72 across is so clever and it was fun to solve. Kudos. Re the Aussie critters--the abbreviation indicator in the clue is the word "Aussie."

Man, Mr. Tambourine Better, I Shoulda Known A'Changin, the Times They Are Any More, I Ain't Marchin Have fun at it.

Very unusual and amusing. Great puzzle.

I didn't get them all, but this puzzle was delightful. I kept thinking that the revealer was "accents" and then nothing fit there. I kept trying to figure out where an accent would go in each of the words with the Us in them. What a merry romp I had around that puzzle! Would love to carry it in my Us.