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@jes it’s really incredible to me that someone could even “read” all the clues in 15 minutes while also typing more than a character per second!

@Marshall Walthew I love when he’s talking to the guys in the bar and asks them “What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was the same and nothing you did mattered?” 😂

@NYC Traveler Buddy Holly??

@Brendan either my brain is is slow to start today, or the trivia was just not for me. I finished the Thursday and Friday this week, and found the NE corner pretty easy today, but then had to give up on this one. I *never* would have gotten: Naiad Nemean Curly braces Nerfs Neopets Smeagol And remain confused by “eraser pen”, “air horn”, and others.

@Amy K “ta ta” for “good bye”

@Chuck Berger yes 100% - gasoline is NOT a fuel source.

@Ιασων I was completely ok with those. Had to throw in the towel on ski planes, tetromino, anil, and menu. Im still not sure what those last three mean :) had no errors on the rest of the puzzle.

@DJ I agree about “no end”. Does that clue actually work?

@Anthony took me 5 minutes longer :)

@SBK I don’t know… the Gemini overview gives ten (!) different definitions of “pip” and none of them is this.

@Steve L for me, yesterday was 30 minutes and today was 16.

Thanks! I realized the first and second clue as soon as I posted the comment :) could not for the life of me think of “door mat”

@Steve L for some reason “courses” never clicked for me 😂 I maintain there is no such thing as tetromino :)

@Julia You are 100% correct on both counts. I love the Oxford comma and I have never heard of a “serial” comma.

@Barry Ancona Does it not? I had just googled “how many characters are in a NYT Sunday crossword” and got something like “1200”. 15 minutes x 60 seconds = 900 seconds…