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Absolutely hated this--what kind of modern reimagining is this? I guess I see how it lines up on surface level, but I didn't care for its glibness. But hey, it's a puzzle, it doesn't have to contain the same emotion and message of the lovely original, and to each their own on their interpretation of the poem and their enjoyment of the puzzle! (Plus lately I think the point of literary reimaginings is to miss the message of the original anyway, for better or for worse, and in this way perhaps Joe's rendering achieves that goal.... but that's a different conversation.) Aside from disliking the theme (and the run-on clues), 30D/34A felt like a particularly unfair cross to me, but perhaps I just dated myself--both of those people are before my time. Would other commenters call these household names?

I liked today's, I always enjoy when there's a theme to an early-in-the-week puzzle. To me, BABE is gender neutral, but all of these words for women seemed a little dated (26 and don't hear them very often in modern parlance), so okay. I learned something new from 71A--I spin yarn, and have always called that tool a bobbin in reference to spinning because that's what the maker of my wheel sells them as, not a SPOOL, but it seems they are used pretty interchangeably. Fun puzzle! Overall, I liked it.

I loved today's puzzle! I am always fond of an early week puzzle with a theme--I remember when I was a new solver and the Monday/Tuesdays were the only puzzles I could routinely solve without assistance, but I felt rather left out by never having a theme like the Thursday and onward puzzles, so it's always nice to see these. I've enjoyed reading others' comments on the impressive construction of the grid! I especially liked the cross of 25A and 28D, and also 64D. One thing--does anybody else solving on desktop have a banner at the top of the screen offering a family subscription? It makes it so I cannot see the last row of the grid, and the puzzle jumps when I get to the final clues so that I can't see the top where the clue is written solo, only the side lists. It's a little thing, but it's driving me absolutely bananas. I'd hoped it would go away after a week!

Anyone else find themselves correcting their posture with 32D? I liked today's puzzle a lot--I love when early week puzzles have a theme/trick, I remember when I was a new crossword solver and Monday/Tuesday were the only puzzles I could routinely solve without help or checking the answers, and it was always nice to get to figure out a theme!

Definitely tricky! I got the central clue early and understood what the theme was going for, but didn't quite get it how it was being executed, not even with the animation at the end (it was moving just a little too fast for me to track--I just watched several more times now it's been explained, and I see now!). I solved with the crosses for most of the clues with the missing letters, and there were definitely some tricky clues in there, but it woke my brain up for sure! A harder Thursday, but those are good sometimes, right?