Kevin D

Big day here in Puyallup. My eight year old grandson got his first fill when I casually asked him, “William, where do bad guys hang out?”

This took longer than usual, and it could have been a lot worse. There were so many places where I just put in my best guess and moved on. Had I not gotten the happy music on my final letter, I’d have been flyspecking until Monday. So, doubly pleased. A challenging puzzle and a happy ending.

I really liked the puzzle. It took a little longer than my average Thursday because I had to abandon tons of early fill. The kind of fill where two or three crossings told me I was on the right track before it collapsed like a house of cards. On to Friday.

Perfect Friday. Very little on the first pass. Got a handful of gimmes and it fell like a house of cards.

Not much to add. I shared many of the both the positive and negative feelings already provided. But, after circling and checking and circling some more, it was done! Very satisfied customer.

This just took me forever. All along I was enjoying the clueing and loved the theme answers. But, I never got on a roll. The saving grace, time wise, was zero flyspecking. Truly puzzled!

AEIOU was in a blind spot for me. I fiddled with the correct answer for way too long before getting the joke and finding a typo in ALLEGIANCE immediately below.

My favorite Wednesday puzzle. I really stumbled out of the gate and did not get my footing for a long time. I had a typo and some gimmes that were just wrong. I read the revealer to mean that OH was left out of the theme answers. I started thinking this is way too hard for a Wednesday puzzle. I just had to laugh when I figured it out. Delightful!