Jeff B MD

Thank you Deb for all the years you have helped me with the tough puzzles with your humor and crosswordese expertise. I have always enjoyed when you shared personal anecdotes. You felt like a secret friend. And thank you for your most important crossword lesson: the puzzle is for my enjoyment to complete however I need. I can look up an obscure actor's name or the 3rd high prince of Egypt if I need one less stressor on an already stressful day. I retired one year ago and love it. Can read 2 books at a time now and have more time foall my NYT puzzles. So thank you Deb and good luck with the next stage of your life!😊

I enjoyed today's puzzle and it's word play (Boot out of Italy). Theme was clever for a Tuesday. I was amused by constructor's attempt to compare crossword construction with musical composition!😊

Per the guard in Hamlet. "something is noisome in the state of Denmark." Difficult Wednesday puzzle but still enjoyable. Perhaps there needs to be a "themed" Friday puzzle day.

This had to be my favorite Monday. Every pun made me smile as I figured it out. And the fill was nice.😊 (not lame at all)

Days are getting longer! Can't wait for Sweater Weather! Enjoyed the puzzle. 😊 And like anything else, the more we do puzzles, the better we get at them and faster we complete them. Plus, gives me time to work on the other Games.

I loved 🥰 this puzzle. Once I figured out the XO trick it was great fun. Great fill (no look ups needed).

Great fun. Clever rebus. Loved the aha moment connecting the revealer with the rebus circles. And it was ok that the rest of the puzzle was so accessible.

Enjoyable solve. It was fun to see these great books slowly appear as crossings filled them in like invisible ink. I didn't realize that The Great Escape , a favorite movie of mine growing up, was based on a book.