Steve

I love puzzles like these. On my first run through, I know hardly any words and consider going to the dictionary. Then, I stick with it and get a few clues close to each other, and the game is on! Great puzzle, Adrian!

"Take as a pointer" is a fabulous clue for DOGNAP! I love the kind of clue that is a total mystery until you solve it, and then you say to yourself, "Of Course!"

This was a great puzzle, worthy of a Friday. I love it when the first couple of words you think of when you read a clue don't fit, so you have to work around that word and maybe snag a couple of letters on intersecting clues, and then the answer reveals itself and it makes total sense.

I loved it, especially after I found out what the trick was. I looked back at the earlier puzzle cited and found that one to be very clever as well.

Great puzzle. Rarely does it happen that I solve a puzzle, but I'm surprised I got it right and never even got the "trick" until I read the backstory. Very enjoyable solve!

One of those where I never figured it out until after I solved the puzzle. Then, I said, "Duh! Gimme a break!"