![]() " PUZZLE'S OVER" works (and I guess it's supposed to be a kind of self-referential final themer, cute). ![]() ![]() you'd definitely need the "my." " FALL'S OUT OF FAVOR" is on the money. You'd have to have some specific bear in mind, and even then there'd be a "THE" before the "BEAR" and you'd probably actually say "on my mind" or something. And " BEAR'S IN MIND." I mean, in the wackiest scenario, you cannot imagine that as an actual phrase one might say. I really (really) thought COUNT was going to be in that answer, somehow, but no. No one just calls him "BAT." Maybe (maybe?) "The Bat," but that's more Batman. At best, what you get is "oh yeah, that works." Like, with " FALL'S OUT OF FAVOR"-solid verb phrase to start, and then there's the cute little apostrophic switcheroo, very natural to say, OK. there's just not enough juice to squeeze in any of these "jokes." The first time you see the gimmick, you get a little "oh, I see." But unfortunately you then have to "see" that same "joke" seven more times. Leaving aside the fact that I don't know why these answers are all clued as *spoken* phrases, or why every one of the clues is shouted! ("!"). Sometimes simple gimmicks yield big results you can get big laughs from little changes. I truly don't understand how a puzzle with a theme this thin, with wordplay this basic and weak, could sustain even a 15x15 puzzle, let alone a 21x21. I'm like Charlie Brown and the NYTXW editor is Lucy and the puzzle is the damn football. I yearn for a Sunday puzzle that even modestly tips the scale in the direction of "Enjoyment." And every week, no dice. Every week I want to come bearing good news about the Sunday puzzle.
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