Dave S

Never been happier to go way over my average time. This puzzle was a masterful creation, and a pleasure to solve.

Thanks Jeff! What a brilliant piece of puzzle-making! Sometimes I'm amazed by the cleverness of the creators here and forget to say how much I appreciate the work that goes into giving us an enjoyable diversion.

What a hoot! This must be some kind of record for rebuses!

I stubbed my toe, badly, when I misspelled 59A as AUNATURAL and it took me ages to find it. The cross was no help, what do I know about models? Super puzzle, btw.

I just flew through this and have absolutely no idea what the theme is.

I solved this without any idea what the theme was, just from the crosses. The spoiler had me parsing the answers every which way trying to make sense of them, and I still didn't see it. Not til I read Deb's comments did it make sense, and the face palm could be heard across the kitchen. What an excellent puzzle, thanks so much!

Pretty cool puzzle!

This was a blast! And I grinned to see both see Manet and Monet.

So at first glance I had 36D as HAVE A TRY, then HAVE A SIP. The correct answer is HAVE A wait, what? Oh, HAVE AT IT.

I had VAX for "shots" and spent forever on that SW corner. Gah. But what an excellent puzzle!

This is the first time I've ever had to spell JODHPURS, and I got it wrong. I've read it multiple times, I'm sure we all have, but I've never written it down before. Not often I get many firsts at my age. Oh, and fun puzzle too. Love the graphics, they nicely revealed the theme which I had entirely missed. (I've had better days...)

This puzzle is like my favourite Sunday dinner, pot roast. Not difficult to do, but oh so comforting and delicious.

I immediately entered HIGHLANDCOO as that's what Scots call them, and coo is also what most of us do when we see a video of one of the wee ones running up for a scritch.

Learned a few new terms today -- UBERIZE and GAMIFY. Also didn't know horseshoes had innings. Nice puzzle!

I have so much admiration for crossword creators. To craft a thing like this seems so incredibly difficult, I have no idea how they do it. Hours and hours of work, all to give us a brief spell of enjoyment! Thank you Mr. Chalfin, this is a real treat.

I absolutely love the ends of a loaf of bread. There's nothing better for ripping into chunks and dropping in your soup, or chili.

Thanks Rena, that was fun! I always enjoy a good rebus.

I think this is a perfect example of Wednesday puzzle.

My poor brain needed an breezy puzzle after that gauntlet yesterday. I'm still reeling.

Crosswords are like peanut butter; some are crunchy and some are soft and smooth. This was definitely the latter. I love all peanut butter.

I don't know about you, but I've had some pretty deep power naps. It's always a gamble though; will I wake refreshed and bright, or feel like I've been drugged, wondering where I am.

Anybody else find the crossing of SEITAN and COLON mildly amusing, or is just my adolescent humour?

This was a really satisfying puzzle. Nice and chewy, lots of answers I've never heard of.

Got the theme fairly quickly, but I entered SNOTTILY and spent an annoying amount of time finding that. It should have been easier, as I had TOTT, which makes no sense, but I'm tired. Cool puzzle. Love me some rebuses.

Constitutional in my house has an entirely different meaning, and it usually involves a coffee and a newspaper.

I just noticed the editor. If I missed your earlier return, allow me to say welcome back Will Shortz!

I have so much admiration for folks who can make these incredible puzzles. I hope you pay them well!😁

I thought this was a gem! I love the theme.

I'm still chuckling at MOTHER IN LAWN.

I spent several minutes looking for my typo, which of course was on the bottom row. I had left myself a note, it seems. DONT HO.

Holy smokes, I thought I'd met my match with this puzzle. But I worked on crosses until the theme FINALLY came to me, and I thought I was home free. Until I put parole for pardon and went sideways for a spell. Some terrific clues here. Nice puzzle!

I'm so sorry for your loss Deb. My heart goes out to you.

Oof, what a beast. Nice puzzle Blake. I had a typo that took a while to find, turns out SETLUSTS aren't a thing.

Good Tuesday level puzzle. Today I learned what a tucket is.

Well done Mr. Boroughs, well done. I picked up the theme quickly, but stumbled a bit over ODIC. I'd plugged ODES in, and raced through the puzzle, but had to backtrack to find my booboo. Still beat my average tho.

Great puzzle! 1A jumped off the page at me and I breezed through the top half, humming to myself. Then I fell flat on my face in the lower half, seemingly forgetting what language I was reading. Nothing made sense. A couple of crosses in the SW finally emerged, and the rest slowly percolated through. Whew. This is what a Saturday should be.

Well that was a fun debut. We've been charmed by two in two days now!

I stared at this one in dismay for 5 minutes, thinking my streak was in real danger. The northeast finally broke for me and things began to click into place, and I actually lopped 2 minutes off my average. Good clues, fun puzzle!

Sunday is the puzzle I look forward to all week, and today was an excellent example. Thanks for a beaut!

This seemed awfully smooth & easy. Seems like the trend to make Fridays more accessible for newcomers is continuing. I get that, but please please the old pros too.

Sorry, I meant to say what the heck are i ching coins?

This is a lovely little gem of a Wednesday. Catchy theme & great fill.