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I enjoyed this puzzle, and solved it pretty quickly - except for the embarrassing amount of time I spent trying to figure out why an iPad was wearing a dress.

I don’t have a specific comment, but I want to add my vote to the thumbs up column. I thought this puzzle was great fun.

Ah yes, the satisfaction of completing a puzzle when you start by not knowing a single answer. Excellent exercise for a Saturday morning.

Every time I think I might try my hand at crossword construction I get wowed by a brilliant offering like this, and I scurry back to reality.

*ravo!

I would’ve done better time-wise if I hadn’t misread etymologist as entomologist, causing me to create a logjam in the NW corner with the word “insects” instead of “origins”. But aside from that, fun puzzle!

Put me down as a fan. Solve time was 50% slower than my average, but I enjoyed the challenge and seeing something new. Hats off to the clever creators.

Saturday difficulty in Sunday form. Fun for a change, but let’s not make it a habit, ok?

Phew! Took double my average time. NW corner was a killer. Think I’ll take a nap,

Oof. That was painful.

Excellent puzzle, if a bit difficult for a Tuesday, and congrats on your acceptance after so many rejections! Your perseverance is admirable. Keep it up!

Based on time to complete, shoulda been a Tuesday. Fun though.

A thing of beauty! Thanks for a very fun puzzle.

It’s fun to have something thrown out of left field every once in a while. C’mon everyone, it’s just a puzzle! It took me significantly longer to complete than average. Which is a good thing.

Nice job, young man! I have a feeling you’re going to go far in life.

A thing of beauty. Bravo.

Friday was double my average time. Today was less than half. A Saturday puzzle completed in 8 minutes?? Thanks for the break, I guess.

Wow, what a fantastic puzzle! I have not seen such amusing clues in a while. Great job!!

Loved it.

A masterpiece! Took me six minutes over my average time, but wow.

Ok, this one made me laugh out loud. Well done!

At a senior center? Ouch!

My exclamation on completing this puzzle…or what you wear when jumping out of an airplane?

Whew, tough one! But super satisfying when finally done, even if it was twice my average time.

Wow, talk about groaners! Fun puzzle, though.

Came here to comment on the Mini. Please stop calling “jumbo shrimp” an oxymoron. It’s not. Shrimp is the name of the animal, obviously, not a reference to size. Words can have two meanings.

Nice to know there was a good reason I couldn’t understand the theme - no underlining or parentheses on the app. Kind of surprised the Times couldn’t do better though.

Beautiful puzzle. Thank you!

All I can say is, wowza!

Groan. (In a good way)

Because this is a nitpicky group, allow me to point out the correct use of the word “factoid” would be to indicate a statement which is fact-like (hence the suffix -oid, meaning “resembling”). An example might be, “it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert.” In other words, a statement that seems true but can’t be substantiated, I believe you were using factoid to mean “trivia” or small fact. Perhaps we should start using factlet for that?