Julie

I don’t comment very often but this was the hardest puzzle I can remember in ages. Some clues I should have known but didn’t (OLEANNA) and others there’s no way I could have guessed: GILLNET, TIMREID, ECUADOR, PYE). Usually the only clues I have to look up are rap stars and hockey teams. But the truth is I had to Google all the above and now I’m feeling as if I cheated somehow. Perhaps I should just have been more patient? Just wondering what the more experienced puzzlers think.

I don’t often comment here but I absolutely loved today’s puzzle. I was laughing out loud through most of it. Giddyup indeed! Thank you, Joe O’Neill! I look forward to more snarky reimaginings—perhaps Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium” for a fun Sunday challenge!

I loved this puzzle! From the nose boops to an actual phrase in (grammatical) Scottish Gaelic, this puzzle could have been customised for me. It was also my fastest ever Sunday. Tha mi sona gu leòr an-diugh!

Is there a trick to entering the rebuses? I solved it correctly but the clock is still ticking away. I’m solving in an iPad, if that makes a difference.