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Click and Clack would have loved this puzzle!!

Lovely puzzle. Enjoyed the rebus on an unusual day! Finding one on a Thursday feels like just doing my job, finding one, unlooked for, on Wednesday is a little more satisfying. Otherwise, never run across “voluntold” before. Funny word, I guess it does kinda make sense

Wow! I didn’t solve using the theme (didn’t even read the revealer) so when I finished and looked to see what was afoot: BOOM! Very impressive. What a nice puzzle. Well executed, a double take for me, indeed.

I let a two month streak go and checked the puzzle to correct the spelling of a few of the many, many, many names in the puzzle. Not my favorite puzzle, but an unusual challenge, which I do appreciate!

Great puzzle, I really enjoyed that. Does anyone else cringe every time LITE comes up in a puzzle? I suppose the puzzles are filled with slang, acronyms, abbreviations, foreign words, etc, so it shouldn’t bother me. But whenever I realize LITE is the answer I think “that’s not a word! How dare they!”

For those who complain about the theme: yes, it’s fair game. I don’t like musicals and don’t know anything about them and it makes solving difficult ALL THE TIME. my partner doesn’t care for sports and it makes solving difficult for her ALL THE TIME. Having to negotiate puzzles with information outside one’s interests is part of the whole deal, it’s how the game works. One single Nintendo puzzle breaks your spirit? 😂 Don’t worry, it’ll be another 55 years before there is another Mario-themed puzzle!

Rare Saturday puzzle perfectly synched to my brain! PB time, the answers flowed like water, barely a misstep along the way! A real pleasure when everything clicks into place. BALLERS, DAP and STEEVE were the last pieces to fall, and they didn’t put up much of a fight.

That was a real bear for me! Great cluing. If I’m quibbling: a few more proper nouns than a perfect puzzle might have, but still really excellent!

Loved this puzzle!! Also a big fan of the NATO phonetic alphabet. Win-win.

Very enjoyable! I’ve never heard OUT GAS, only OFF GAS, in that context. Logical enough, either way

Yea, I enjoyed the puns. Also, since I started doing the puzzle regularly I’ve been thinking about Oreos a lot more than I used to! I buy snacks for my employees sometimes, and I’m pretty sure I’m also buying more Oreos than I used to! Oreo LLC should be paying the NYT for a product placement fee, and we could all pay less for our crossword subscriptions! 😂

Loved the shadows! Nicely done.

I liked this! I don’t get the extreme negativity. It was hard for sure, well over my average time, but I enjoyed it.

Tough but fair! Things I still don’t understand: 1) Elks? 2) Obeli? 3) Cot?

Really clever, loved the coriolis effect clues. The cross with Devore and the chess ranking acronym was too much for me tho 😂

That was a tricky theme, but nicely done by the constructor. A fun, challenging Thursday. Maybe I’m just not awake yet, but probably the toughest Thursday for me in a few weeks!

Wow it’s like the Friday and the Saturday puzzles did a switcheroo

RATSO (never heard of this character) CROSSED WITH NIP/SIP. I had NIP and had no reason to doubt it. Never would have got it. Had to check puzzle. Frustrating! Fair play to the puzzle masters, but, ahem — humbug!

Never heard of a yodel snack cake, guess you learn something every day. I assume if some kind of Ricola, throat soothing confectionery treat?