Nancy

I’m still new to crosswords so I was proud of myself when I got past halfway before turning on Autocheck; usually Sundays I barely even get started before resorting to Autocheck for help! I really enjoyed today’s theme, there were so many fun clues. I originally had secretCITY but quickly realised my mistake from the crossing words, and then I nearly worked out the letter puzzle on that one all by myself (I first tried iseeEYETOEYE, which threw me right off for a while). My favourite letter puzzle was TEASETS, and on a related note I enjoyed today’s puzzle with a cup of French Earl Grey tea; a lovely way to spend a Sunday morning.

Darn it, I thought I might get a gold star today; I looked and looked and looked for what I had wrong… Alas, not being American has foiled me once more! I had an s instead of Z at the intersection of REs and STYLIsE - but had to ask the app to check my puzzle to find that error, so no gold star for me this week.