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WayneAlbertaDec 15, 2024, 8:54 AM2024-12-15neutral42%

Yikes. I see at least one silver lining here: the next time a puzzle has a 59-word note explaining how it works, I’ll move along right away and save myself a lot of time and frustration.

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WayneAlbertaFeb 2, 2025, 1:33 AM2025-02-02negative71%

I can see it’s brilliant, but I’m giving up about halfway through, which rarely happens. I would need way too many lookups. Maybe it’s just my mood today. Looks like I’m very much in the minority. Ah well.

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WayneAlbertaFeb 23, 2025, 12:43 AM2025-02-23positive99%

Very nice (and unforced) theme entries, and it all hangs together happily. Good one!

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WayneAlbertaFeb 3, 2025, 1:46 AM2025-02-03positive99%

Good fun, and I really enjoyed the fill and openness. Thanks!

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WayneAlbertaFeb 17, 2025, 1:28 AM2025-02-17positive80%

@Barry Ancona I must agree with you, and going much staler yet, it’s all better than “Jackie’s love”…

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WayneAlbertaJan 12, 2025, 1:03 AM2025-01-12positive60%

Definitely knot going to break any records for number of comments…knot that there’s anything wrong with that. Thanks for the puzzle!

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WayneAlbertaJan 29, 2025, 4:12 AM2025-01-29neutral47%

Bizarrely, while waiting for an appointment this afternoon the last puzzle I solved was from May 1/2017. Then this comes out tonight. A small feeling of deja vu. Thanks for an interesting construction.

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WayneAlbertaDec 28, 2024, 7:38 PM2024-12-28positive99%

A corker of a debut puzzle, indeed. Loved it, and somehow I also finished in just over 18 minutes. Many thumbs up!

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WayneAlbertaDec 22, 2024, 4:38 AM2024-12-21positive73%

Was getting nowhere fast (only ROB and ERE), but eventually got there unaided in only 6 minutes above average. A 26-black-square beauty.

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WayneAlbertaMay 11, 2025, 7:05 PM2025-05-11negative38%

This took me almost an hour (way slower than average) but after a very meh personal week I’m mostly glad I kept going on it. Unsurprisingly, the grid is a construction-and-a-half. In the end I was only stymied by ARIE…funny how “Luyendyk of racing” would have made that a complete gimme for me. Onward :)

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WayneAlbertaJul 22, 2026, 4:39 AM2026-07-22neutral59%

@Weak I solved it 51 seconds faster than my average, but I guess my Wed average isn’t that hot (about 9 minutes).

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WayneAlbertaJan 17, 2025, 6:12 AM2025-01-17positive64%

@Wendy Laubach Me too, also :) and almost to the second. Today’s flew by in 7:59, whereas 5 minutes into yesterday’s I wasn’t even sure I’d be finishing.

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WayneAlbertaMay 16, 2026, 3:14 PM2026-05-16neutral58%

@Margot (@jenesaiswha) I’m 53. Managed to solve just a couple minutes over my average but it was a battle. Also had to run letters at the start of _ISS but I allow myself that in my mental rules. ANDYKIM was almost the only gimme for me even though that song came out when I was 2. At a certain point in my life I listened to a lot of 70s music.

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WayneAlbertaMay 11, 2026, 5:27 AM2026-05-10positive79%

Didn’t enjoy it much, but I guess it was a fair enough construction because I somehow finished in under 20 minutes while not even knowing what was going on and never having heard of a bunch of stuff. Yeah, I have no idea how. Amazing construction but looking forward to Monday tbh.

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