Suzanne

A nice Sunday morning wakeup activity. Enjoyed this, for the most part. It appears I'm not the only one who didn't care for the SISI/ORRIS/IOLANI crossing. Never heard of any of them, so I couldn't finish without a lookup. But hey, now I've learned something for the next time we're clued those.

Was great until SE... saved by my teenage son, who threw me SAMESIES. (I was trying hard to make SAME HERE fit). That opened it all up and I had a great laugh at IT'S HOT. Didn't see the Aurora last night, but my other kiddo works in Northern Ontario and was treated to the show of her life.

I really liked this! I've been blitzing cryptograms all week while I had the flu, so I didn't have any problem 'imagining' letters where there weren't any. 'Alee' put one of my fav Tragically Hip songs in my head and made me wonder if that's where I first learned the word, decades ago. A nice way to spend a cozy hour on a bleak ol' Sunday.

I enjoyed this a lot. Started with WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW, which fit perfectly as a 'starter'... having never heard the other, I spent a long time convinced it must be this. When I finally erased it, it all came together nicely.

I liked this. A stress-free and relaxing but satisfying Sunday puzzle. Didn't see the title until the end and then I had a good smile while I read all the themed clues out loud.

A much quicker finish than usual on a Saturday. Nothing was too challenging here, but if I didn't know that rascal Waluigi, I would have had a much harder time. I can thank my kids for making me play lots of Mariokart... without ever actually getting good at it.