Charlie

I did this whole puzzle thinking it was the Thursday puzzle. I kept thinking this really feels more like a Friday puzzle. Nice construction and an enjoyable solve.

An unusually intense Wednesday puzzle. Couldn't decide if I loved it or hated it. Some of it was a stretch. It all fell into place, though.

Really enjoyed this puzzle. Well constructed. Challenging.

This is pretty easy for a Friday. It was fun though. Good way to start the weekend.

I loved this puzzle. It's rare for me to really enjoy a Sunday. More of this, please.

I really liked that RE RE sounds like an alarm in my head. So I'm imagining these things alarms blazing letting everyone know they're broken.

Crossword answers, like punchlines of jokes, are great when they are unexpected but fit perfectly the lead-in. Too many of these answers strained to fulfill the clues. This was surprisingly a quick solve for me. I really dug today's trick. I did not have fun with the rest of the puzzle.

Overall enjoyable puzzle. The theme was nice. Sometimes it's obvious when you start with bad fill and then try to come up with an excusable clue. Kayo and minor team fit that description.

This puzzle had some really good clues, and I think it was cleverly built. I think the difficulty was fair, and there was some well done misdirection. It did seem that some of the answers were forced, like that's what needed to go there but it wasn't a great fill.

I've been solving for decades and this was my least favorite puzzle yet. I know a lot of work is put into these and some of it was a good challenge. Too many stretches. Imagine telling a CPA their job is to work on columns. So often great puzzles are ruined by the excesses of the puzzlers.

A relatively quick but less satisfying solve today. The trick was clever but not part of the solve. It was obvious what I was supposed to do long before it was obvious why. This was just one of those where a lot of the clues seemed like stretches. None of them seem particularly bad or unfair. Just not my wavelength.