Jeremy

Not really that hard - only a few minutes slower than my normal Monday time - but it's highly unpleasant to do that many proper nouns in a Monday.

Just have to say that I loved the 24A "Person in hot pants"

11:30, and to everyone here who has not had Mapo Tofu: you are absolutely missing out. Truly one of the best dishes in the entire world.

Difficult but fair! Especially fun reveal once I finally got it

The most fun I've had on a Thursday in a while!

Fun puzzle! I "solved" it in 4:37, but I misspelled Yousafzai as Yousefzai... which crossed over with Anne/Anna Karenina so I didn't catch it for ages as I tried for seven minutes to figure out what I screwed up. Final score: 11:31

Like many others, my solve time was on par with my normal Thursday but I did not understand the theme at all while solving. Had to come here to get what it.

New personal Friday best of 10:30, even with getting stuck for a solid 2 minutes while I figured out that 34A was UPLIT and not UNLIT - I'm a little too young to know Barry Manilow lyrics so I didn't know the cross. Fun puzzle even with the ease though!

I audibly groaned when I got the pun, like a true dad joke should. Fun puzzle!

A little on the easy side for a Friday but still required some effort. That was a fun one!

Please don't change the NYT Crossword into a cryptic. I could subscribe to the Times of London if I wanted that.

Stop with the cryptics! Read the Times of London if you want to do cryptics!