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Congrats on your debut, Collin! A fun romp and some challenging answers for me (e.g., EOIN). Yikes. But I enjoyed the wordplay. Been doing the NYT puzzle for 50+ years. Just wanted to applaud your efforts!

Congrats, Kate, on a marvelous NYT debut! Very clever and satisfying. You and your puzzle-loving family should be proud today. (And, yipes stripes, don't listen to the whiners!)

Loved it. BLUEDENIM/DATAMINED happened right away, accompanied by a big "AH! This is going to be fun." And it was. Thanks, Paul!

Following up on my Caitlin-directed "vintage" comment re: old comics, what about this for a clue? Perhaps the comic MUTT and _______________ the gap between vintage and contemporary??

Fun! The first rebus I got was LUCA from the crosses. I'd never heard of it, so I figured it must connect to the S that follows and have something to do with George LUCAS. That tripped me up for a while until I found SOUL and UP, which I knew. So...all in all, very clever, and congrats to you, Avery Gee Katz!

Brilliant. Fun. Mind-boggling construction. THANK YOU, Jesse Goldberg (and the editorial team). It was WOW after WOW.

Wonderful challenge this week--not too easy, not impossible to solve in one sitting! First time in a few weeks. Kudos to Peter Gorman for the idea and the execution. Loved 65A especially.

What a great Saturday-night workout. Perfect, challenging, fun! I struggled with the NW corner but eventually found my way in. Whew! Best Sunday in a long time. Thank you, Erik!

Love the premise and the 10-4 construction on 10-4 (which I didn't know was 110A) but I finished it waaaay too quickly! It's so disappointing to basically look at a clue and fill in the answer. Now what am I supposed to do with the rest of my evening? ;) But kudos, Kathryn, on pulling off the structure!

I wish it could've lasted longer but I enjoyed the levels of "aha" throughout. Fun, clever. Thank you, Brandon! NB: For a moment I thought we were in chemistry land with AU for GOLD or something.

Fun puzzle! Congratulations to Zachary and John on their first partnership, hopefully the first of many.

Clever, fun, a tad on the easy side but satisfying all around. Love the multiple portmanteaux! Thanks, John! @SamCorbin: It guess it helps to be old...I loved Peter Sellers in "A Shot in the Dark" (I was 10) and I used to have a gorgeous turquoise cashmere twinset (short-sleeve crew-neck top with matching cardigan). Wonder what happened to it...

Thank you, Kareem for your hard work! Super fun and no hair pulling involved, just trusting I'd get there. I print it out and solve in pen, so I didn't get the animation part that others have mentioned but I still "spun" the wheels in my mind. Loved the entire "course correction" concept and the multiple payoffs all along the way.

Daniel, as far as I'm concerned, your entire family can raise a toast to you for this super clever and zig-zagging delight. Yes, it went faster than I would've liked for a Sunday, but, never having heard of a letter bank, I marveled at the combinations! Hard to choose a favorite, but because I just watched the video yesterday of the 1970 cast album recording of COMPANY, which includes Elaine Stritch's inimitable version of "Ladies Who Lunch," her combo with Christian Slater wins the day for me. Bravo and thank you!

Loved it. Just the right amount of challenge without being TOO frustrating. Thanks, Adam!

Fun, clever theme. Thanks, John! Keep 'em coming.

Loved the theme, the halving. Very clever! Fave = Groucho. Did not love IM/DM in the same puzzle (ugh) and, as others have said, too many rap/pop culture references (not Boomer friendly) but I solved via the crosses anyway.

Loved it. Thanks, Brandon. I print it out from the website and even though I could really use a magnifying glass for the ones that default to a one-page PDF, I stuck with it. Super satisfying to catch all the levels of cleverness! MENSCH/O/IRS?! Brilliant. Ditto DECO/D/ERRING. Well, all of them. I have never heard of IMGUR or ERHU, so those hung me up but, all in all, A+!!

Very enjoyable and more challenging than some recent Sundays. I filled the entire grid (I print it out) but had only noticed three of the "base pairs" so I hunted around for the other two (OSIRIS/SET and MUFAS/SCAR)--how could I have not registered those duplications the way I did when I came across the two BRUTUSES (Bruti?). Anyway, even without italics (printed and ink saver mode), I dug down and got there with my pink highlighter to show the double crosses. Bravo, Gene!

I didn't know it was because I print it out under "ink saver" that I never see italics in my NYT puzzles so I didn't even know which ones were italicized. I'm imagining the perks, yes? I suppose that would've helped me catch the "intersections," but I enjoyed solving it nevertheless. I watched "Friends" and the whole theme and the title were very clever. Thanks, Rich!

So fun and satisfying! Still smiling as I type. Brilliant theme, impossibly complex construction (bravo on all the hard work, Jeffrey and Jeff), and ultra-clever cluing. The only downside for me was how tiny the print is on the "special puzzle" PDF, which is the only option for those of us who do it via old-fashioned pen and paper. But, it was worth it to move my glasses up and down and back and forth!

Oh wow. I'm inordinately proud of myself right now. SO MUCH FUN to persist and succeed without help. Bravo and much gratitude, Dylan! Brilliant concept and construction.

Great job! Loved the challenge. I print it out and do it in pen so it was easier to find the four letters than I imagine it would be online. 93A blew me away. I startled my cat when I shouted out, "ONE C in the whole puzzle?! Are you $&#@-ing kidding me?! How did they do that?!" I'm actually curious, Zhou and Kevin, when you decided to do that, how much of a burden/challenge was it to pull it off? Hope you see this!

Had to work at it, which is my favorite kind of Sunday puzzle. Loved 43A and 39D the best. Thanks, John. Ignore the naysayers. They missed out on the fun.

Loved it! Haven't given one thought to math since 11th grade (a looong time ago), so I'm grateful I remembered what X to the Yth power even meant. Great job, Tracy!

Like Patrick, I never had any conflicts in 69A and settled in with SOUTHEAST. So I was puzzled...so to speak. I did appreciate the geographically appropriate placement of the theme clues, but I had no idea why SOUTHEAST "really" fit all 8 answers, and then came here. Really brilliant, Simeon! Thank you for this treat. Now I've printed out the 2014 puzzle and will tackle that tomorrow as a bonus.

Sheesh. Tough one, but very clever and satisfying. Lots of talking out loud to myself, e.g., "The downs are always correct. The stray letter is always in the across...," like that. I print it out to do in pen, so there were no italics in the print version. I had to slog through the list and circle every pair after a while because I kept going around and around--I can't imagine having to do that on a phone or on the electronic version. Will look up the Kwong's archived puzzles, though. Challenges ahead!

Clever and easy-peasy. I print it out so I missed the graphic fun (just found out about it here). When that happens, I click on "reveal puzzle" to see. Very cute. Good job, guys!

Great fun. Thanks for all the hard work, Joel!

Do not fear, Adrianne--this was a delight to solve! Thank you. However, now I've got that tune in my head and a chocolate craving...

Delightful puzzle with the theme layers revealing themselves over time. I print it out in large print, which, apparently, strips out any formatting, so I didn't see those italicized clues, but it all made sense anyway. Fun! Looking forward to Natan's appearance at Harvard Bookstore on the 10th!

Not too hard but lots of great clues, too many to list. A delightful Saturday-night diversion. Thanks!

I was confused about the theme until I finally got 86A, then it was a fun ride after that. I agree with others that 102A was a strrretch. Loved 28A, 80A, and appreciated a new take on 120A. Didn't outright know 7D and cross with 27A didn't help (another math reference?) forced me to guess. But major congrats to Ginny (and her dad, by proxy). Great job!

Congrats on landing a themeless Sunday, Adrian! It was a pleasurable jaunt though I prefer more of a challenge. Now what am I going to do with the rest of my evening? ;)

LOVED it. Thank you, Chandi and Adam!

Fabulous puzzle. Missed the o-mission of o's in the clues. Unbelievable. I print it out, so 65 down read "[Three dark squares]" -- no image of black boxes and no animation upon solving, obviously! But I still got where I needed to go. Great job!

I, like, appreciated the premise but solving it was, like, too easy.

Very clever! But I finished it in just a few minutes so what do I do with the rest of my Saturday night? ;)

Loved it, super clever! Got tied up on 35D for a while, thinking it was SCARLE T/A but finally figured it out. My only teeny complaint is that HOLLAND is a noun and DUTCH is an adjective. I wanted the parts of speech to match, but it didn't interfere with the solve. Also, I still don't understand NONE OF for 70A? Haven't looked through all the comments. Anyone?

Easy and fun solve. Clever! Thanks, Daniel and Rafael. Loved the 30A clue, which instantly came to mind before I even looked at the grid. Agree with CLM re: 46A & 56A, sadly. Not a fan of 84A. Too much of a stretch for my taste. Finally, we still have the 45 for 64A. Ha!

U of M alum here. Fun and clever premise. Too easy, though. The only place I even had to pause was the intersection of 118A and 109D. No idea on the latter. Eventually guessed on Mother of Perseus, which I should've known. Thanks for an entertaining jaunt, though, Victor and Tracy, and, of course, Go Blue!

Enjoyable to solve and the themed answers were very clever. Loved 46A and 63A especially. Great job, Mike!

Fun one! I print it out so I didn't see any dividing line but it wasn't necessary. Got stuck on SIGIL and PROG, but I got there eventually, grumbling along the way. Brilliant anagramming and cluing. Thank you, John Kugelman.

Fun, super clever! I smiled the whole time and enjoyed the anticipation of each NAME reveal. (Note to Caitlin: "Vintage" is quite the euphemism for OLD. I'll have to start using that.) Loved 51A, 45D, and laughed out loud at the clue for 50D. Perfection. Thanks, Derrick! Question (if you're reading the comments): Can Tosswords be played with three or four people?

Delightful! Thank you, Randolph! Now I'm off to find your previous puzzles.

Cute premise. Very easy. I enjoyed seeing the constructors' rejected clues!