Jen

Agree with others that the balance of "huh?" clues to "oh wow that was clever" clues was off on this one. I don't mind a difficult Saturday, but this wasn't one of my favorites.

What a fun puzzle!!! I don't comment often, but I just wanted to give kudos to the creator for such a great idea, well-executed. I loved it!!!

Loved this one! Fun, challenging, but also relatively swift with a lot of entries that made me smile. I entered "girl, same" instead of SAMESIES which messed me up for a bit. Same era, different phrase. Oops!

Loved the theme, hated the multiple obscure clues on a Tuesday.

Great puzzle today. It took me far, far longer than my Saturday average, but it was the best kind of difficult with a lot of smiles on the "aha" moments.

Absolutely loved the long fill today. Great clues too. Challenging for me, but just easy enough to get through it. Nowhere near a PR but lots of smiles as I figured it out. Thank you to the constructor!

Great puzzle! A really clever take on the obvious theme for today.

Kate Hawkins is one of my favorite bylines to see pop up, and today was as fun as usual. Got stuck a few times, but enjoyed it immensely.

Fun and appropriately challenging Friday puzzle. I got the NW corner really easily, but then the other areas were harder. Lots of sly chuckles as I figured some of these out. Congrats on a fun debut to this constructor!

This one was right in my wheelhouse. I really enjoyed it. I was surprised to see some of the comments here about the obscure clues - I guess I'm just the right demographic. GenX Midwesterner. Of COURSE there's Chex in puppy chow - that was an easy fill for me. I guess that is a regional treat, but it was a sleepover staple of my childhood.

I came in here expecting lots of "that one was too easy" comments, and I'm a little surprised not to see that this time! I found it extremely fun, but also close to a PR for a Saturday. Delightfully done in one go, which is very rare for me on a Saturday. Sometimes one is just on the wavelength of the constructor - thanks for the great puzzle today!

Fun and clever. Great Monday puzzle!

Loved this one! Fun word play, and I loved to see THRASHER in the puzzle.

This was above my average time, and I loved it. Very clever idea, and the execution was quite good without too much junk fill.

Cute theme. Difficult for me for a Wednesday, but in a fun way.

Tough one, but when revealed I found myself chuckling with a big face palm. Nice debut! Hope to see more from this creator.

What a fun puzzle! I loved it! Clever and fun - tripped me up just enough to get the satisfaction of a few great "aha" moments.