Andy G

Just made my longest streak of a lowly 29.

Loathed

The brilliance required to create a grid like this makes me want to hide under a rock.

I'm wide awake, so no excuses, but maybe it's the lack of coffee, or 18 hours on the road yesterday, but I struggled with this one. More than doubled my Monday average. Very nice puzzle and congrats on your first!

I will not make a comment just to help you win. That's cheating!

Too much thinking required before coffee or getting out of bed. My dog urged me to use autocheck on this one so he could get breakfast and a walk. I liked the theme and think this type of puzzle should come up more often, just with a warning to let the dog out first and to caffeinate.

This was a great Saturday solve and I loved the grid. Great job constructor. Earl Sweatshirt...really? Will Duke Pajama be next?

Wow. Yesterday, I hoped that today would be harder for me and give me more chew. So many terms I didn't know! (And a candle I've been calling by the wrong name for my entire life.) I love vocabulary expansion days!

Not what I want for a Sunday puzzle. This was not my favorite week in general. Other than the magnets pulling the words in, what's the connection between the animals in those clues? I feel like something clever could have been used to connect them.

Cheery way to spend my Monday morning time while the coffee is brewing.

Nope.

I really enjoyed today's puzzle and was very proud to crush my best Saturday crossword time. Realizing today is Friday was a bit of a let down. I think I'll go back to bed now, it's only 4:40am here.

This was a very tough one for me, even after a cup of coffee. I got my gold star but it should really be bronze. I had to do a little research, twice, after getting hopelessly stuck. For me, this was a Saturday plus puzzle but a fun little chew before sunrise nonetheless.

My fill time was about my average to complete a Friday puzzle. I'm not going to mention the 10 extra minutes it took me to find one typo. A cood sort may have pointed it out to me sooner, or at least told me to put my glasses on. Goodnight all.

Fun little way to start my Wednesday. My dog is thankful this was a fast solve, he gets to go out now.

Excellent and quick Thursday puzzle. Really fun. OLAJUWON??? Had to Google who/what that was! (And I confused the name in the clue with Abdul-Jabbar.) Sports trivia, I'll lose every time.

My best time for a Friday. Fun puzzle to do before bed.

I thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle and give lots of credit to the creators. I understood the theme at 36 across. Creating a puzzle like this has to be a labor of love. I also love that java/mud was tied in to today's connections game.

A lot of hate for this puzzle? Really? I never read anything about a crossword before I solve it, fear of spoilers. When I saw the bonus answers and clues, I found it to be really clever. Well done. This took my average time to fill the puzzle then an absurd amount of time (15 extra minutes) to find my typos. I was getting so frustrated I almost used the check feature. It's really unfortunate when your typo creates two properly spelled and common crossword words.

Not a fun Sunday morning for me. I'm already at my average time and not even close to a solve. I'm feeling particularly dense.

This was a tough one for me. I didn't earn the gold star. Best streak ended at 39. Tomorrow is a new day.

Took twice my regular time. Fun puzzle.

This is one of my favorite Thursday solves in a long time and it took considerably less time than my typical Thursday. I had to look up some of the names after to see who they were!

Nw corner...ARGh!!!

I finished this about 10% faster than normal. Pretty normal Tuesday solve time. I think this one had a little more chew than Monday's solve.

Well, I didn't wait for lunch to tackle it again. I canceled my first appointment of the day to continue on. Coming in at 125% over my average time, gold star acquired. I feel beaten, betrayed, and duapplemb. (I know that doesn't work but my brain is broken.) Canceling my next few appointments, pouring a stiff drink, then curling up under a blanket until I recuperate.

Normally, Friday solves takes me about 15 minutes. I'm already going on 15 and only about halfway done. Loving this.

Fun and quick 1 cup of coffee puzzle for a Wednesday. Nice. Now for the slog, finding my typo. Argh...

Fun solve before bed. I didn't get the "tease up" either until after the solve and after I read commentary. Still, faster than my normal Thursday. Night all.

Today was a struggle for me. 30 minutes and I had to use autocheck at the end to find a wrong letter(s)! It shouldn't have been so hard for me, I'm an expert bridge player after all.

Fun solve before coffee (or getting out of bed). Monday, Tuesday, and today have all been well below my average times. I'm hoping tomorrow will be a bit tougher.

Did a sleepy solve tonight. So sleepy that I kept reading 55A as one word and had to Google it to realize it was two. Goodnight.

I was flying through this thinking I was going to get a pb, then I got distracted by a scene in the movie Nonnas (Netflix) and left my phone on. Oops. Still finished 25% faster than my average Wednesday. I recommend the movie. Fun, lighthearted.

Back to my old tricks. After losing my streak yesterday, I used autocheck in frustration after only 10 minutes. Well, at least I can go to bed earlier now. Sigh.

Good puzzle. I was breezing through it until the southeast corner stumped me. I spent half my time there.

Fun Tuesday solve. Question, Mount Megiddo is the site of the final battle. The answer is what the battle is called. Right?

This puzzle defeated me. The trick to the puzzle was fine amd the revealer clue was easy enough but I just didn't know enough of the terms for the other clues. Oh well. Looking forward to tomorrow.

After every solved puzzle I do two things, I clear the board and solve it again then I look at how long it took Rex to solve it. I do the first to reinforce answers with clues. I do the latter to torture myself.

Only a little over my average time. The southeast corner tripped me up a little. After yesterday's solve taking over twice as long as normal for me, today was fun. General question, is it normal for Thursday/Friday/Saturday solve times to be about the same? Those days each average about 21 minutes for me.

I noticed a lot of people thought this was super easy for a Monday. Using no look ups, not reading the intro, all I have to say is "CeeLo Green hit?" _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Cuz when? Nope. I enjoyed today's puzzle, but cuz I enjoy them all, that's redundant. Nope, just nope. Clue maker must be a nOOb.