Zack

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ZackChicago, ILNov 26, 2025, 5:14 PM2025-11-26positive98%

A great puzzle and theme! Today, incidentally, is the 50th Anniversary of the debut of Siskel & Ebert on public television. Great job, editors!

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ZackChicago, ILJun 7, 2026, 6:03 PM2026-06-07negative85%

I, like others, apparently, am usually a little annoyed by themed fills that have nothing to do with any clues, but especially when the fill is something like GATECH. How on earth are you supposed to recognize that word isn't gibberish unless you've completed the whole row?

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ZackChicago, ILJun 7, 2026, 5:58 PM2026-06-07neutral77%

@ThatPeterG SPRY is a synonym for SPRITELY

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ZackChicago, ILJan 3, 2026, 4:10 PM2026-01-03positive97%

I really enjoyed 19A. LIKE-LIKED. Is that not a debut?

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ZackChicago, ILJun 19, 2026, 7:46 PM2026-06-19negative65%

Not a complaint, but I found 49A very tricky. Plenty of potential four-letter words work with Ball/Board -- I tried ROOM and GAME, which tripped me up for several minutes each before I even thought of SNOW.

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ZackChicago, ILJun 28, 2026, 10:32 PM2026-06-28positive91%

I originally had 47A filled in as CIRCLEDLIKEAHAWK, which would still work for the theme (‘circling’ a hawk on your list of birds). Fun theme.

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ZackChicago, ILJun 8, 2026, 12:14 AM2026-06-07neutral52%

@CB Yes, but if GATECH were clued, it would have a hint like “Atl. college” — when the answers are “acceptable” on their own but don’t have a corresponding clue, one with abbreviations might as well be gibberish.

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