Dakota

I am under 35 and found this puzzle impossible. I hope some of the older solvers had fun today, but I had absolutely no idea any of the celebrities and ended up just googling for answers. David Bowie is the only one I have even heard of.

Pretty easy for a Wednesday, really enjoyed it though!

I hate having to look stuff up, but I had never heard of Anita Hill, Moesha, or Pls... and they crossed. Other than the bottom right, I had a blast with todays puzzle.

One that stumped me at first was "71A Annual presidential speech, in brief" - Because State of The Unions are not required to be annual, nor are they required to be speeches. Pretty easy to get what you were going for, but the constitutional-nerd in me did grumble when I first saw it.

I do have to say, thank you for helping me set my best time for a Thursday puzzle!

For some reason this crossword was released yesterday... I was a little confused to the size and kept thinking "wow, this is incredibly easy for a Sunday!" When I went to check the comments they were not available and I realized (duh) that NYT just released todays puzzle early.