Robco

Too much arcane trivia and proper names made me almost quit. Never a fan of see another answer for two clues. And done twice. Long answer of amuse bouche and home run trot almost saved it for me. I came very close to thinking why bother and quitting with so many proper names.

I had no idea of the theme. Too clever by half. Did it as a theme less got long words from crosses but had no clue why the answers were what they were. Thanks for the write up

it amazes me how many different ways the dreaded oreo and snl are clued. enough with them already. other than that, puzzle was interesting. I had hoped for more than 3 themed rebus type answers. I,too, was confused about the tv over the fireplace reference. I guess it s ok if the fireplace is just for show and not actually used.

I got the theme but was stumped by the Rey, rpg cross. And the eel over there didn't help.

Took me a "long" time to figure out the joke

Finished puzzle. I expected double letters in the themes, but they were not consistent. I didn't see the fingers imbedded in the answers in order no less until I read the write up. Very impressive

i found it more annoying than clever. i did slog thru it though.

Took me a while to figure out the rebus. I was stumped by Wario.. And had no idea how to spell nadiya.. Of course snl and emu were here. As well as Mr eno.

i thought the theme was very contrived trying to be amusing. The cross of uracil // danae was impossible .

I had trouble in northeast with sparge and its crossings. I thought theme was fun.

I did it as a themeless. I sort of got the joke when I was done. Probably too clever by half . Not one of my favorites

Gamgee Paseo... No idea that "e" was the missing letter. Liked the wiley coyote clue the best. Whether this puzzle was someone's first or thirty eighth one doesnt matter to me, as such a fact neither adds or subtracts from the solving experience. But the other puns were pretty funny too.

Wildly easy. No idea of the theme. Did it as theme less. Didn't know the ric dude of the cars, but got it from the crosses. He s usually clued for his first name.

A total pleasure. Well done with no obscure proper nouns or rap references. The cluing for the ubiquitous oreo was interesting. How many different ways has oreo been clued, I wonder??

Never heard of luchadora. That made me question whether it was Erie or cree. I wondered if MIT had a gala

took a long time to get the joke. but i dont think 32 across atop is well - edited. a to p would fit the scheme but it is just a random fill.

I think this is one of the most clever Thursday puzzles in quite some time.

I still don't really understand the theme even after the write up. I knew there were b s all over. I solved it as a themeless.

I had noticed the trite oreo hadn't appeared for a few days, well that s over. But I did like the puzzle with its long answers. You had to suss out different ways of saying the sane things in quotes which is somewhat challenging.

Never got the theme.too abstruse for me. Solved as a theme less. Spume was new to me

Cmon oxfam crossing a fortioi is ridiculous. Rest of puzzle was fine. No idea who is Diego Luna but it can be gotten from crosses.

The clue for set is an interesting way of defining the word, which by the way has the most pages devoted to it of any word in the oed I believe

I don't really see how the mma answer fits the theme. It's a big stretch. The others make sense

I figured it out from crosses but had no idea what acunit is.. Air conditioning unit I guess??

I printed the puzzle. No bolds here so I did it as themeless came here to see the joke

I was sure that my crosses were correct but I had no idea about telugu .needle drop and smash cut were new to me but inferable

initially , i did a double take on the first three prime number clue. could it be, as simple as one, two, three?? but one is not a prime number, so the clue and answer worked. I, too, liked the Tony Orlando answer the best.

Cute. But I printed the puzzle and none of the marquis clues were in italics. I has to go to my phone to find which clues were such. Then all made sense. A few somewhat proper names, but they could be deduced by the crosses

We are not amused. May be one of the worst Sunday puzzles so far this year. Why mock how Mr Connery talks. Brutal.

easiest and fastest saturday puzzle that i can ever remember. when i got 1 across immediately , I had a nice foothold.