Dave

Well done. Fairly challenging, but there was a path to victory. Zero obscure cop outs. That's how they should all be done. Thank you for your integrity.

I liked it. Well done avoiding intersections of ultra-niche trivia. That's rare these days. The trick is pretty slick, too. Thanks!

Nice one. Theme is cute and not too much random trivia. Thanks!

Nice one. Thanks.

Please don't do that again.

"Paper view" was pretty nice. "Recipient of many dad jokes" should have included ", perhaps". As always, common phrases do not belong in a NYT puzzle, so shame on you there. Good puzzle overall, though, imho. Thanks.

Didn't find that difficult or fun, I'm afraid. Felt cheap tbh.