Elaine Wilson

31D DIANE Warren doesn’t have an Oscar, despite this clue’s wishful thinking. She’s been nominated fifteen times and never won. If she did have an Oscar, maybe she’d stop. Those of us who watch all the nominated films every year have a term, “a Diane Warren movie,” for one that is nominated for her song and for nothing else, and we dread having to watch them!

LOVE this puzzle. One of my favorites in a long time. It helps that it’s my favorite ride. While I’m in line I hand out stickers to nearby kids.

Can anyone point me to the “1,800 days later” Peter Gordon puzzle? I found one of his from November 2019, but (although great) it doesn’t fit this description. As for this one, I’m amazed skimming through the comments that I am in a tiny minority for seeing THE SOUTHWEST first!

I’ve been over and over and over my grid, and I can’t figure out why it won’t trigger as solved. I tried PHI, Φ, and IO for the gimmick squares. I checked every single other letter. It’s still “Keep trying.” ARGH.

I liked this one, especially the “another description of this puzzle” puns. But I just noticed that last Sunday my solved puzzle didn’t register for some reason, and I lost a 994-day streak. I’m heartbroken. 💔