AJ

Kevin did not oversell it -- this was amazing! A true Schrodinger, beautifully built and clued. These two puzzles back to back are something really to be proud of. Thanks so much!

So satisfying to complete. Took me four different sittings, starting last night. Southeast took me the longest. I'll never understand people complaining about it being so hard they had to give up at, like, 9am. You have all day! Put it down and come back to it. It's so satisfying when it finally clicks!

Really good puzzle! I have no idea what people want who complain about a puzzle like this. It took me a long time and a few different leave-it-and-come-backs, but I solved it with zero lookups, and so could you. Honestly, the people complaining about lookups before 9am Eastern time... like, why did you give up so soon? You have all day to come back to it and see the clue in a new light! And then it all falls into place. This was a challenging, weird, and fair puzzle. If you couldn't solve it, well, cool, that means you have an opportunity to grow your skills.

I mean, doable with some guessing, but way too many proper names and no real clever clue. Felt like a Tuesday. Whatever.

Wow, a good hard one, took me over an hour, and I still don't know what a "Massif" is but I got the music so it must be right. This felt like a bit of a vocab quiz in various European languages... but still well-clued and well-crossed enough to be fair. Very nice!

Hard one, for sure, needed to come back to it many times. Every clue finally clicked for me, but required really twisting my mind up and thinking of words outside my normal usage. To ask the detractors: isn't that the point, especially for a Saturday puzzle? Isn't it fun to struggle, to leave and come back, to have to work for it? And enough with the boomers complaining about words they don't know. Yes, language has changed. Guess what, it changed a lot from 1900 to 1960, too. Get over it, or get with it. Wonderful, challenging puzzle.

This puzzle was skibidi Ohio!

Oof! A hard one! But doable. I barely got started last night, then in my first run through this morning couldn't get anything in the Northern section. But it came together. I think it was hard because the theme didn't "help" much -- even after getting the idea, I had to get a lot of crossing letters to even begin to guess what the theme entries were. And stacking two on top of each other seems a bit unfair! But again, to those who complained and "gave up" before 9am.... whyyyyyy? There is so much more day left! Don't give up -- put it down and come back to it! There is no greater pleasure than delayed gratification, my friends.

15 minutes, way too easy. Cute theme, but really, a big Tuesday. Didn't have to go back and think about anything. Meh.