Adam

Loved the puzzle — smooth and perfect for a Monday! But what kind of monster puts KALE in a Caesar salad?

Had to brute force the cross of CAYS and LAYETTE. Probably old hat answers to crossword veterans but dramatically higher difficulty to this newbie.

Streak marked safe from the hardest puzzle in a while. UH-OH is two words (sounds?) in my book, so I may have said OOPS and OUCH for a couple of hours on this one!

I couldn’t quite place it, but anyone else feel like they’d seen 13D somewhere before?

Fun puzzle and a great debut, Mr. Walden! Only one question-mark clue (do these clues have a name?), but it was worth every EURO! Park Rangers in the NW got me thinking… has there ever been a NYT quadrant themed puzzle? Especially one where geographically knowledge helped solve each of the quadrants?

My first Ezersky without a lookup! I was so pleased. I don’t know all the constructors by any means, but after struggling for a while, I had a hunch and looked at the info page — saw the constructor’s name and then Wil’s credit and vowed to resist. And 12 hours after starting it, a real feeling of accomplishment! Definitely a challenge, so thanks, you two.

WELL WELL, that was a nice diversion from all the expensive commercials this evening.

It was a tough one, but that didn’t PHASE me. Fun idea and great execution, even if SONORITY doesn’t really roll off the tongue. So I’m the only one who saw a cute dog with big ears on the grid, right?

Don’t need black coffee or to stay up until three. This puzzle’s too sweet for me 🎶

Thought I was on my way to a record, but after insisting on DOGPOSES I was indeed bringing up the rear. Time to get on my SPYSHIP and put this one ONICE. All for the LOLS, right?