marty

I've been doing these puzzles for over 30 years....this was one of the least enjoyable I've ever encountered. Please, stop with the gimmicks and just provide a challenging, but "fair" Thursday puzzle. Perhaps a puzzle like this can be provided as an "extra" somehow with a proviso as to its weirdness.

I finished and didn't get the "congrats"..I checked and double-checked, then went to the NYT answer key, which had all the circles spelled out just as I had on my puzzle. In essence, my answers were exactly the same as the answer key....still no congrats...maybe someone can explain what I'm missing. Thanks for any help...I'm on a very long streak!