Kincaid

This is one of the most boring crosswords I've ever started. So many obtuse and uninteresting answers that I'm gonna go do something else more interesting....like defrost my freezer.

I get that this one was supposed to be clever and all, but somehow that didn't make it very enjoyable.

Ok, this is probably my favorite of the often troublesome Thursday puzzles - more smiles than frowns in working thru it. It was, dare I say, fun!

I had to let Sam Brody know just how delightful I found his puzzle! Lots of tricky clues, but they all produced smiles and head nods - not a groaner or an eyeroll in the bunch. Great job and hope to see more from you soon!

"Snarf?" Is that really a real word? In terms of scavengers, I had never heard that lions scavenge about 40% of their meals, but I figure it must be leftovers from other lions.

I give up. This one no longer feels worth the trouble.

A fun fill, and the UP ARTISTS were a clever reveal!

1A sums up my sentiments: NOPE

G.uess I'm too old for some of these clues. Never heard of at least 4 of them, and I'm around high schoolers every day. Maybe it's an East Coast thing...

Loved today's puzzle, and I learned some things: had never heard of the "Singing Revolution" or the word "ambivert" and found out a lot more about Grant Wood: <a href="https://www.christies.com/en/stories/american-gothic-a-midwestern-mystery-37605e6e8e7d4499847f7cf08a09b9fc" target="_blank">https://www.christies.com/en/stories/american-gothic-a-midwestern-mystery-37605e6e8e7d4499847f7cf08a09b9fc</a> Thanks for the Sunday fun!

Um, what? if I can't even understand the explanation, then this one is not for me. "As I progressed, though, the crossing entries here conflicted until “rebate” had transformed into MAILI_, which I deduced as MAIL-IN; I could only guess its last letter, because the crossing entry there is 14-Down, one of the theme entries. At this point I had two letters in place at 14-Down, so it looked like _ER_, and three letters at 14-Across, _ATE. Because my mind was searching for “rebate,” one long entry clicked here. 28-Across, MAIL-IN, ends at the bottom of 14-Down, BERN; 14-Across is BATE. If you start at 28-Across, then, and turn two corners by reading across, upward and across, you get MAIL-IN REBATE. Note that the clue whose entry starts the longer phrase — 28-Across, in this case — looks completely ordinary; also note that you must deduce those corner letters, which are the first and last letters of 14-Down, because of their placement in the unclued theme entries. What do you notice when you read 14-Down in the ordinary, downward direction? BERN, the capital of Switzerland; it’s being raised by the long entry, and there’s the title’s wordplay." Clear as mud.

Really fun!

I *loved* this puzzle! I got just enough of the crossings pretty easily to keep me at it and even though I had to look up some of the trivia clues (Star Trek, Muppet character, s****), I was tickled to figure out all the paired anagrams myself. Really fun and a delightful Sunday puzzle!

Well, I really wish I'd read this before solving because I had zero idea with those asterisked words signified.

Ok, this one was fun! Although I did feel bad for the vegetarians....

Really fun! After my first pass, I didn't have much fill, but little by little I started getting it. The time that's an artist name backwards stumped me for the longest time and I had to look up the female pro baseballer, but very glad to learn about her.

What a fun fill! Laughed out loud not once but twice. Alex Murphy, can't wait for the next one!

Thanks, Colin, for the fun fill!

I got a lot of the themed entries pretty quickly but I'm embarrassed how long some of the fill took me. The cluing brought several "oohhh" moments - all in all, a fun Sunday. Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

A lot of fun! The rhymes made me smile -- esp. after Sunday's super un-fun slog

What a slog. Wish I could get my 53 minutes back.

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