Mary Hudson

I like a challenge, but this wasn't enjoyable. A calling card is a talisman left behind, not an idea. Guards keep order, but they are not "order." It is not, as some commenters suggest, that I wish to have easier puzzles. I used to be able to depend on precision in the cluing and I am disappointed.

I was disappointed with this puzzle. I love good punny clues, but these weren't. Mare are not sides of the moon. "the 1%" is something no one ever says about a battery. I could go on, but I already wasted too much time on this puzzle.

I'd never heard of "nob" as another word for head. A nob is a rich person I thought. Googling told me that it's used for the head of a penis, but....is that really what NYT meant?