Joel

Really enjoyed this one, loved figuring out the Theme and how each entry utilised a different crossword 'trick' to solve! I part solved it on my commute to the office in Canary Wharf then returned to it over my lunch break - as ever, it seems like my brain had been contemplating it in the background so it came together relatively quickly after cracking (pardon the egg-related pun) the first Theme. So for anyone who struggled with this one, great advice is to take breaks and return to the puzzle later instead of giving up

Absolutely loved solving this on my morning commute, pondering the mysteries of our universe on the Tube - great way to start the day! Very clever construction and agree re: nice touch to have the starts of the wormholes stand on their own as not just words but astronomical objects

I didn't think it was super challenging, solved in under 10 mins and thought the theme was ok but not hugely compelling - certainly a bit different and unique. I did enjoy quite a lot of the clues, on their own I wouldn't have been able to solve a few but was able to with crossings

This was loads of fun to solve on my commute into Canary Wharf this morning, while a bit tricky I thought it was accessible to experienced solvers given some relatively easy clues pointing to the rebus element, e.g. even if you don't know right away you could look up the first name of a Marvel hero shared by 3 actors. Bravo to the constructors for their delicious and creative puzzle!

I was so hoping that the answer to 40A would be a slight variant on twit but didn't think that would be appropriate for the NYT!

I struggled with this one more than a usual Tuesday, while I have heard of the author I did not know any of her works - thank goodness for crossings!

I loved solving this puzzle over a pint waiting for my flight at the Singapore airport 1100 a.m. local time (reminder that time does not exist when you're in an airport!). Impressed that this is a debut by a university student and, if anything, I imagine complaints will be about the spelling of the answer to 'intractable situation'

Hate olives on my pizza, despite the fact one of my favourite local pizzerias in Southwest London is called Olive 3, and they make a delicious ham & pineapple pizza!

Loved this breezy Friday puzzle, my solving times have increasingly improved ever since I've taken the approach of doing a first pass of the across entries then downs, and once stuck look at a short Easy Mode clue and go from there. Don't need to use any Googling like I do on a Saturday, or as my wife says - cheating!

I also found this a tricky solve and needed to rely on the Easy Mode clues quite a bit to solve without checking (which I am loathe to do when on a long streak!) I also found my first correct entries were the same here, Obi, Estee and Issa in particular were slam dunks

Thankfully due to my 2-year stint on the East Coast and a fair share of 7 downs in the East Village, I got the revealer straightaway and the rest solved relatively seamlessly after a brief stumble with Rev instead of Amp but still managed to solve in 12.5 mins well under my 20 min average. Fun one solving on the commute today!

For me the northwest corner solved breezily once I cracked the Bucketlist, it was the southwest that came together last - the 300 clue racked my brain as I couldn't get the film out of my head!

As a somewhat experienced solver, I would feel great shame in solving a Monday, Tuesday or even Wednesday by looking up anything! On a Saturday it's most certainly not cheating despite what my other half thinks - and on a Friday I only go to Easy Mode when I've had a first pass of the grid and get stuck

Loved solving this relatively breezy Sunday puzzle (did it on the app in under a half hour), have to say that I didn't even clock the palindrome element while solving! Another gem from Jeff Chen