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A bit of a kick in the teeth for us non-US solvers (I'm sure Andrzej will agree), and a reminder that we are not the intended audience. I'm glad the crossword introduced me to the poem (heard of Frost, never read any of his poems), but a bit disappointed that I basically had a Friday on my Thursday, as even with just a few letters left to fill, I didn't have any "Seeing sound?" moments during my solve. Ah well, there's always next week.

Dear Deb, After deliberation, I think the whoopee cushion could be considered to play the roll of the artificial butt of the target of the joke. Therefore, butt of the joke. A bit convoluted, but I think it works!

Lovely Sunday! I'm always a fan of rebuses (rebusi?) because it is one of those rare puzzle theme types where you can't really "accidentally" solve it without getting the theme. This one actually felt tricky for some reason, as I kept putting in answers that slightly fit (AMPED instead of HYPER, DON instead of LON). In the end if flowed nicely though, and I solved well under my average time!

Wonderful puzzle, I really enjoyed the "Needle on a thread" clue. Unfortunately didn't know the other definition of cameo before today (or at least that knowledge was buried deep), and the west slowed me down considerably, so my time was pretty poor. Made a lovely train journey from Bath to Southampton even more enjoyable.

What a neat puzzle, the theme was very elegant and the fill didn't have any awkward entries that I could spot. I always love a grid where solving it comes with a visual reward beyond the gold star! My favourite so far is still the mini Evel Knievel landing the stunt jump though, that one really pleased the child in me, and was a useful reminder that this whole activity is supposed to be FUN!

My new favourite Tuesday I think! Also an excellent example of what a theme should be for me: an element of the crossword that makes it possible to answer clues that would be super tough if they were by themselves.