Nathan

Having been to many a Waffle House in my time, when I saw [Biggest restaurant size that nevertheless is often topped?] I confidently entered TRIPLE HASHBROWN. Still a bit disappointed that wasn't the answer, but a fun puzzle nonetheless.

Theme answers were very fun but the crosses were very much not. As others have noted, the PEKOE/AIKIDO area felt simply unfair. A bizarre amount of the trivia was music-related too. Overall this one was not a good experience.

What a great puzzle! Each of the theme answers brought out a chuckle.q

What a great puzzle, I loved it! Tons of "theme" clues and three revealers; very clever!

Maybe this is a petty grievance, but it was the last to fall for me so it stuck out: the clue "Any of the UCs" ending up as SCH was very lame in my opinion. Sad!

Ironically, as a Portlander who frequents Powell's, I didn't think it was the answer at first because I didn't realize it was an entire city block. It doesn't feel that big when you're in it. It's about the same size atls a typical big box store (shout-out to last Thursday!), but downtown Portland has some pretty small blocks.