Willy

Yesterday I cleared the puzzle because I was one letter off somewhere (and I thought I might have accidentally had an errant rebus or something, plus this site was down, which made me think there was a glitch--turned out I had STAGGER instead of SWAGGER). The second go around, I caught my mistake and filled the puzzle out perfectly. However, my streak reset, and I got blue instead of yellow. I never knew that clearing a puzzle would reset a streak! Just a little PSA, I guess, for those who care about streaks.

Deliciously crunchy, my favorite kind of solve: A first pass left me nearly a blank grid, like a field in fog, but then things began to reveal themselves slowly, one by one.

Very crunchy. I almost gave up hope in both the NW and SW corners, but a second cup of coffee did the trick. This is the exact kind of puzzle I like on a Saturday...one in which I teeter on the RAGGEDEDGE of failure.