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TomIllinoisMay 25, 2025, 3:53 AM2025-05-25positive99%

The best Sunday puzzles are the ones that make you smile when you realize the theme. This puzzle gave me a big smile. Well done!

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TomIllinoisFeb 9, 2024, 5:15 AM2024-02-09positive97%

Loved the clue for 10D so much. What a fun variety of possibilities that teenagers and pasta could share! Allowed myself some time to explore ideas without the aid of crossing answers. First thought was CURLY. Then BAKED.

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TomIllinoisMar 7, 2025, 6:02 AM2025-03-07negative48%

@Tom S. This was my issue as well. Real recognize real.

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TomIllinoisJun 22, 2024, 4:35 AM2024-06-22positive97%

@Ann I do hope you came across videos of the wonderful Red Panda basketball halftime act - a living legend among college and professional basketball devotees.

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TomIllinoisOct 24, 2025, 3:57 AM2025-10-24positive35%

All these wonderful debuts and I fall for 11D’s cluing (“Throw, maybe”). I had R_G and still got it wrong despite my high confidence. Sometimes the trickiest clues are the sneaky ones that only apply to some solvers depending on what other letters they’re already working with. As 60A famously said, “Sheeeeeeeeee…”

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