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@B I used the index & middle to figure out the other 4, so my experience with the theme was very different than yours! And I thought it was a great puzzle!

@Kristin Although I suppose one could argue it’s not really a mnemonic if I have to look up the mnemonic 😬

@Mike I thought I saw on some forum that they get ~150 submissions per week. So at 7 puzzles published per week, that’s ~4.7%. But defer to those who have more accurate sources!

@B it’s not for a one-off puzzle; I’ve seen it in multiple puzzles over the past year!

@Isabeau I had the same issue

@Andrzej I took 2 months off and found renewed enjoyment upon my return (and the comments section seemed less acerbic as well)!

@Beth in Greenbelt must be regional - sure rhymes with sir for me! (Raised in Wisconsin, now live in California)

@Cat Lady Margaret BEAR THE LION - a hibernating beast with an identity crisis HOSPITAL WAR - doctors and nurses duke it out IMMINENT ANGER - reaching boiling point

@Mean Old Lady origami got me as well, despite a conversation in my head about “Why would a Japanese word have a Greek origin?”

@Stephen I went through & checked all my acrosses & downs 3 times before giving up & checking puzzle to reveal the incorrect C for N. CCO was a military acronym when I googled it, so it never occurred to me that SCARF was incorrect!

@Barry Ancona I solved Haiku before I had figured out the die/pip theme, so I also thought “illustrated here” referred to the puzzle as a whole. I feel like I’ve seen that phrasing for themes in the past.

@DIVAS IVLIVS I took [can be “dominant”] to mean “can be inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion”

@Andrzej If a musical was 1/3 ads, would that make it better or worse for you?

@Jake G Yeah, that really annoys me, too! I used to love popping back and forth between the comments and the puzzle to see what clues people were referring to. Extra cumbersome to go find the article on the Times app to be able to do that.

@Nancy J. I agree! It always makes me sad when I see the constructor’s favorite clues that were edited - often I like the originals better :)

@HeathieJ I did the exact same thing 😄

@Ellen Agree - seems like change for the sake of change, rather than for betterment!

@tricia Thank you - good to know!

@Barry Ancona Might be if the Saybrook Strip at “The Game” every year counts…

@Andrzej And yet you rail against musical theater??

@NYC Traveler The dictionary is under “more” in the lower left-hand corner on the app. As mentioned above, it seems to use the NASPA dictionary.

@Amy I second the Smitten Kitchen gingerbread yule log - a yearly favorite for us! (And meet’s Deb’s easy to roll request.)

@David I was sure it was income, until I put in EGGWHITES. Then I was convinced it was effect. Finally removed it when I couldn’t get any downs from that.

@Francis DeBernardo Right! How else do you have clean clothes to wear to work on Monday?

@Cat Lady Margaret Just did it after reading your comment - what a great puzzle!

@Laura It became outdated as soon as I learned what it meant.

@Ash I had all those as well! 😄

@Steven M. Interesting article, and congratulations on all fronts! 😊

@YooperJake I also had OUST initially and thought it was very clever! What better way to “clean house” than to OUST the president, for instance? 😄

@Nora It is what it is… ;) Found the difficulty mostly on par with current Thursdays, though the last square was a Natick for me. Loved the trick once I finally (very late in the puzzle) figured it out!

@Bill same!

@Kelsey I also enjoyed it! Especially satisfying to fill in such an expansive grid. Lots of stretches, but in a good way.

@AG Are you keeping track of your puzzle times, and you’ve seen the same time on 2 different occasions, or are you looking at your stats in the app, and the “today’s time” and “best time” are the same (because you set your record on that day)?