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Looking forward to puzzles authored by you on pop and rap hits from the 2000s, the “Columbo” detective series and styles of pants. Make them Sun-Wed. I don't do Thu -Sat. Too hard.

Perhaps, a Tuesday puzzle

Crosswords are a great learning tool. Did not know about jug band before

Peter. we need you to re peat, three peat, again and again writing these columns.

Absolutely love the theme here. Hope that they have puzzles with themes everyday of the week

I love this theme.

Sometimes I feel that themeless clues are more for puzzle creaters with all the cute clues, than for solvers. Personally, I prefer puzzles with themes everyday,

Sam, looking forward to a puzzle constructed by you. Hopefully it is a Sunday - Wednesday puzzle. Thursday - Saturday are too hard for me.

I usually have hard time figuring rebuses out. But this one was a piece of cake. So nicely done.

Sundays don't deserve themeless puzzles. Themeless puzzles are a bore on any day. On Sundays, they are the worst. Breaking a record of number of clues doesn't work for me.

OMG. What a wonderful theme.

Cool theme, is spite of frozen polar chill of December.

Btw, in Olympics parlance, Field Hockey is Hockey, and Hockey is Ice Hockey.

Please tell me the exact date of "Previous such puzzles include a 1996 crossword by Jeremiah Farrell that predicted either outcome of the U.S. presidential election." When I click on the link, it takes me to the whole archive, not the exact puzzle.

I know very little about Star Wars or Yoda. So, I really did not enjoy solving this puzzle. But I am glad that the puzzle constructor was aware of existence of people like me.

Like you, I too did a lot of sudoku. Now I do crosswords and (killer) sudoku.

Agreed, 11D is definitely not gourmet

With "easy mode" clues handy, Friday puzzles are easier than Manadays'

The theme in this Wednesday puzzle is as good as a Sunday's

Themeless puzzles are for constructors to show cute clues. For solvers like me, they are boring. We should have themes everyday.

Sam, hopefully we will see you soon at the themed puzzles.

What a wonderful theme for a Monday puzzle. Not one of those routine and boring ones.

Two comments. 1. Friday puzzles are too difficult for me. So I use the easy mode clues. But then the puzzle is often easier than a Monday puzzle. 2. Themeless puzzles, in general, are boring to solve.

I like Thursday puzzles if they are themed.

Prefer puzzles with themes even on Thursaydays -Saturdays. Themeless puzzles are boring.

I don't think history will repeat this time :)

I am sorry, but nice patterns do not make up for puzzles with themes.

Some of these states are not "swing states" like UT, HI, and AK. But I guess the word "swing" is punny here.

Could have been a Monday puzzle. It often takes mo more time for Tuesday puzzles.