Rebecca

I don't usually comment but there are so many haters out today that I feel compelled to express my appreciation. What a fun and chewy Sunday puzzle! I'm always disappointed when then Sundays are too easy because I love a nice long crossword sesh with my Sunday coffee, and this one was just tricky enough that I got to spend some real quality time with it. The theme was simple enough once it clicked to make hunting for the rest of the rebuses (rebi?) fun. Got into one sticky spot with what felt like a particularly naticky cross but I worked it out with some good old-fashioned educated guessing. The best kind of crossword puzzle: it made me feel smart AND it taught me some stuff!

This was a fun fill, but it would have been way more fun if the squares weren't so small on my phone that I got a headache from squinting, and had trouble tapping the correct squares! I know there have been a lot of complaints about this already, but I'm adding my voice to the chorus. Even just being able to reliably zoom in on different segments of the puzzle would have been helpful, but the zoom function was really wonky. Still some fun clues though, and the final animation was very cute. Also, please don't put QTIPs in your ears!