Jim in Forest Hills

Nope. Just Nope. Sometimes you can admire the cleverness and hard work of a puzzle constructor, even if the puzzle isn't your particular cup of tea, But this is just a pretty lame gimmick and not a lot more to say. I have tried going around (on my Android tablet) and opening and closing the REBUS function, but it's pretty boring and as or right now, has not achieved any closure. If you like it, well and good. As for me, I never could. See you tomorrow.

Had trouble with NENES - wanted it to be NINOS very much - but all right. Is anybody else old enough to remember the Bud Collyer Game show also called TO TELL THE TRUTH - of the "What's My Line", "I've Got a Secret generation? Or the Piet Hein little poem - he called them Grooks - "TTT" that ends with the words "Things Take Time" Fun Monday Puzzle Bravo!

If it's true that no one expects the Spanish Inquisition, then certainly nobody expects a puzzle with only ONE rebus square in it. Got the answer almost by accident and then came to enjoy what the setter had done. A Star is Born!

calls to mind the old joke about Macbeth in his castle secure in Act V "Fear not till Birnam Wood Do come to Dunsinane,” Of course in the end the wood does come and (in the old vaudeville version) someone runs out on stage and hollers "CHEESE IT - THE COPSE!"

Toughest Tuesday solve since I can't remember when. Totally missed the "typeface" clues in the theme entries. I had RENTER instead of tenant, TIMON instead of Titus, and am still scratching my head about ETCETERA. Got the famous sprinter from the crossings. WHATDISSAY looked wrong even though it was right. . Felt like a Wednesday. Felt like a HARD Wednesday. But got the music in the end. Whew!

Really did not like ABYSM Let's not look in there again

Really fun puzzle and i'm not usually a Thursday kind of guy. i got BEEFEATER from the crossing and then said "Ok now how does that connect with the clue?" and i got GIN and i got B and i was off to the races. You guys will make a Thursday solving kind of guy out of me yet.

Hardest puzzle in many a long day. Not sure how "fair" it was. Had a lot of things to scratch my head over even getting them from the crossings. May God Bless and Keep Sam Ezersky - - - Far away from me!

Got stuck with DAD JOKES for 1 down and couldn't bear to let go of it. Thought AM I RITE might have been clued different so indicate the slangy spelling of RIGHT? Happened that a couple of the long ones feel into my lap, and that moved things along. Fun Saturday puzzle. Hurrah!

If I have to read the blog to figure out the puzzle its not agood puzzle for me. Struggled with this. took too long to get it all A puzzle probably more fun to think up than it was to solve. On to Monday

Well. I had pillow CASE then pillow SLIP and finally came up with SHAM And tennis scoring will forever be a mystery to me. And happily so. The Revealer helped a lot but still had to stare at the theme clues for a while. Scratching my head at SEXER but OK -- its a dirty job but someone has to do it. Quite liked BEAR PAW and the clueing for it. Fun puzzle congrats and cheers to the debut setter.

Really too complicated by half. Even after reading the blog i didn't get it. Leaving puzzle unfinished. Moving on. I'm OK with a rebus puzzle but this one was over my head. Too hard for a Sunday. Hope people enjoy these more than I do. See you on Monday

Finished the grid without really getting the gimmick. The "Quote" just aint funny. or much or anything. Anticlimatic I guess. Best part of the puzzle was the shout out to Phil Ochs, who died too young and would have had a lot to say (and sing) about our modern day political situation

Sorrry to report my eyesight and thid puzzle wee not a good match Sort of got the tited squares but the lines and curves were too subtle for me. Even with the Android app in high magnifacation Hope everyoe enjoyed it. I promise i wont report you under the ADA act. Mr. MaGoo

Another Thursday puzzle that I solved without really understand ing it. Some of the cluing seemed a little strained. "I'm Flexible" comes out as ANY? "Stopover" is INN? But OK. Was fun when the music played and it showed on (on my computer) the squares with the word choices demonstrated. Happy to solve it without cheating and looking at the wordplay blog. and onward!

Lovely puzzle brings back memories of many hours laying Minesweeper when I should have been working. How many New Yorkers confidently filled in SOHO for the neighborhood? and had to go back again and redo? Very impressive! BOOM!

Remembering Stephan Sondheim's wonderful song "I'm Still Here" where the actress recounting her life story sings "So I career from career to career". Had that im mind when i got to that clue Took awhile to get the theme of the thing but then it wsd a quick happy solve. Well done!

Apple BROWN Betty was what my aunts made in Connecticut. Never heard them call it just BETTY. Fun to see HENRY KNOX, the Boston bookseller turned artillery genius, get a shout out here. And runway nine? Adding that to my file of interesting trivia. Maybe it will turn up on Jeopardy one night Fun puzzle. Loud Cheers. .

WAY over my poor feeble head - even after reading the explainer in the blog. Anybody who solved this without looking at the blog has my respect. Just made me feel stupid. And not crazy about some of the clueing -- ALLINEED? WAGER? not my kind of puzzle I guess. Leaving it unfinished. See you tomorrow.

Career in computer programming going back to FORTRAN and COBOL and on to Java and PYTHON and EVICT for expiring an entry in a queue was new for me. Live and learn. Fun puzzle easier than some Fridays, lots of tasty clever (Sneaky) clueing. Enjoyed it.

OHFERS was new for me -- glad i wasn't the only one.. I am getting used to seeing STAN in the puzzle grid. Had SAUCEPAN and hated to give it up, but so be it. Scratched my head a bit over GESTATE but all's well. For a change in a Thursday puzzle I got the theme right away. TUNNEL VISION and TAYLORS VERSION sealed the deal. Fun challenging puzzle. Well done

Fun to discover BEATNIK in the puzzle. The"beat" generation post WWII and a coinage perhaps influenced by SPUTNIK the Russian satellite of that era and immortalized by Bob Denver playing Maynard G Krebs on "Dobie Gillis" Like, Groovy, Man!

Too fussy too finicky too much running to and fro. Got a lot of it and wasn't having any fun so I quit. Might have been better as a Thursday puzzle? I'm outta here - see you tomorrow One note - BLUETOOTH isn't just for earbuds

Very tough puzzle even for Saturday. Had TENORS instead of BASSOS which slowed me down Didn't love PANLOAF or EBRAKE Still scratching my head over the cluing for RNA and ADHOC. Whew!

After a blistering hard Saturday puzzle where every square was a victory this nice fun easy solve was a blessing (Not just OK) Had a glimmering of the theme while solving but really didnt need it to get to the finish lne. Happy Sunday to all!

I had BONE for the dogs red rubber toy and hated to give it up. KONG? Is this an Aussie thing? PUKING is common in the first trimester but rare in a NYT puzzle - i had it and stared at it not sure? Got a few of the long ones right away including SHERLOCK and his Cap so this was a fast solve for me. probably my personal best for a Saturday. Welcome to a new puzzle creator!

STEEPLECHASE is an Olympic event? Things you learn at the crosswords. Friendly cluing and this one was my best Friday time in a long while Nice Job!

Of course being a Warner Brothers cartoon Kid i knew right away who Petunia Pig was stepping out with. And I got PLUM TUCKERED OUT in a burst of inspiration. AWNS was new to me and I had to look twice. LAGER and PORTER are not alternatives to beer they are alternate Names for kinds of beer. But the crossings were kind. ("I have always depended on the kindness of crossings") I wanted the chess octet to be PAWNS and hated to give it up. and Supercalifi - etc etc etc means A ONE, well it means whatever you want it to mean. So OK Fun solve for a Saturday. Congrats to the setter hope to see more from him

Had me going for a while. Thought this must be a rebus puzzle and did that and no happy music. The ANGELS are fallen instead. Clever. Agree this was a pretty easy Thursday but i enjoyed it. Fun cluing. Well done

Sorry to take issue.We had door to door salesmen in my town who sold Fuller Brush and cleaning supplies door to door ringing doorbells (which is what the clue is going for) That's WAY different from a jobber like Willy who sold wholesale to department stores and other outlets. (Though I don;t think the play ever says exactly WHAT Willy sells). Willy a door-to-door salesman? It's a bit of a stretch

STENOG??????? Really? I might have swallowed that it if was in a office but a court reporter? Delicate shiver. Let's just agree never to do this again Thank you

Easy solve for a Thursday. More of a theme puzzle than a Thursday stumper, sezs me. But A treat to see the Jeopardy theme clues and smile and smile and smile. What is "A Terrific Thursday". This.

first time since i don't know when when i figured out a Thursday without referring to the Blog. Fun. MACS as Buds????? PERT? Minor quibbles. Many happy smiles

Didn't like this puzzle. Forward loop? Backward Loop? Too hard, no fun. Didn't finish. Sorry Admire the skill of the people who built it but its not for me. Moving on

With so many Rockers and Rappers in the puzzle these days it was a treat to see good old DINAH Shore in the grid. Enjoyed the wordplay once I got the hang of it. SUS was a new one for me even after i filled it in from the crossings? Can I get a little background here?

Not totally happy with WWIIVET but otherwise a puzzle with lots of fun stuff and not too much "crosswordese. INRUN was new for me and ANTEGG - do they really? Hard for a Wednesday but I enjoyed every square of it. Nice work

Fun puzzle took me a while. Loved the stairway of Q's Didn't know my old friend Ratty was a VOLE - is that the meaning of Water Rat? Got a lot of half answer - had ALES before i figured out SPICED and WATER before I figured out VOLE. Tatsy stuff her. Good one!

Typing a V over the V in Van Gogh got me to completed. The T and the C still did not let me overtype in the square. Tech problems take a lot of the fun out of puzzle solving

You know a lot of people who solve online like to click on a clue and have the squares be highlighted on the grid. This puzzle it's just hard to know where the heck you are. And it's a BIG grid. I'm sure the many colors have some clever meaning. Right now for me they're just a pain. See you tomorrow.

I so wanted the multiple horns to be horns of a DILEMMA, which curiously fit in the squares. Perhaps another tine. Fun puzzle my best time for a friday in a while. Good Job

Another Thursday puzzle where i filled the grid and got the music before really understanding the theme. But an easy solve and it was fun going back and "reading" the theme answers with my new understanding. On to Friday!

Fun Puzzle. Anyone with a smattering of history will get the long ones pretty quickly as I did. A few years ago i tried to work out when the time was that a big city newspaper actually put aa "EXTRA" edition on the stands to cover a breaking story. The Moon landing? The JFK assassination? PORCH as a place to lay out mats and RIPAT as an aid to hearing had me scratching my head though. Any help on those?s

Wow. My personal best for a Friday. Everything fell into place. Loved the grid spaners loved the shorter fill too. Applauding wildly

NO BRA DAY was news for me but apparently a thing One of the VERY rare Thursday where I got the gag without having to look at the Blog post - which makes it a good day. Clever puzzle - enjoyed working it

Fun Puzzle took longer than i should have on some of the fill. And the Rebus for Seth Meyers was the frosting on the cake. Haven't heard ROADSTER since my days reading Nancy Drew books - are they all convertibles?

Took a LONG while to wrap my head around the idea that it was OK to have duplicate answers - still not crazy about it. As a computer programmer of long experience i was willing to go along with C SHARP, Microsoft's try at a proprietary programming language , but F SHARP? Never heard of it. A little too out there for me. Didn't like SINTER, didn't get AIT for a British isle, and got most of the puzzle through the crossing, bless them. Not a fan of this one. Moving on

One of those Thursday puzzles where i solved the grid and heard the music before i figured out the gimmick. Nice to see a shout out to the wonderful Mel TORME Had CSILAB at first and hated to change it. Easy puzzle for a Thursday. Enjoyed it

Once i had the theme of the puzzle (pretty early) it became a sort of "Where's Waldo" looking for MONICA, looking for JOEY, checking them all off. Scratching my head at REDOUND and also IRAIL - (Remembering my O Gauge childhood - Isn't an IRAIL just a straight piece of track?) but got it in the end. Still watch the show on streaming - still wish i could go down to the coffee shop and hang out with Phoebe and Monica and the gang.

I had I WON crossing with IM ON which sort of satisfies the cluing even though not what the setter was going for . Took me a while to get it sorted My worse score for a Monday in years. Go Liberty!

My New personal buest for a Thursday got the gimmick right away just was not sure how to enter the letters. Fun puzzle enjoyed it