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I thought this one was well-constructed and a lot of fun! I think an opportunity was missed to have an animation revealing the rebus following a solution in the app. Come back soon, Rena!

I really enjoyed this one! It was a nice change to have a relatively easy Sunday plus a really difficult (to me) puzzle at the end. And all very satisfying. Well done!

Per the OED and other dictionaries, the proper form is “YAY big,” though the probable etymon is YEA.

A nice Sunday puzzle, but, once again, I challenge editors and contributors to reflect upon if they’d use EUROPE in lieu of ASIA for an analogous clue.

Technically a square is a specific type of diamond, a diamond being a shape with four equal sides in geometry.

I got distracted by the “Andy” in the first two theme answers when trying to parse the clue and had to consult this column, but now I see it and think it’s cute!

A little thought exercise for the creators and editors: Every time you use the clue “Asian [something],” think if you’d use “European [something]” analogously or be more specific. Almost sixty percent of the world population lives in Asia.

Every dictionary I’ve consulted this morning says that religious title comes from Aramaic! Fun puzzle.

Nice Friday! I think 42D should have indicated an abbreviation or informal usage, as the preposition properly is spelled “till.”

Fun puzzle! The pedant in me notes the dusk-dawn connector should really have its terminal letter doubled.

The pedant in me wants 25D to be “indifference” or “uninterestedness” to avoid the anrgument about what disinterest is.

Fun puzzle, but 51 DOWN reminds me of clues that are women’s names hidden a given word: Surely a fact could be found about a whole country other than its name sort of sounding like a given random phrase.