ONCD tripped me up but after revealing I love it! 😂 - Great puzzle!

the stacks are nice, liked the helpful nudge for the clue on pharaoh ants... unable to parse "on cd"... so ran the alphabet on the oncd/torrid crossing... i've never tried making long stacks before as it seems intimidating, but could be fun to try - thanks for the wordlist tip

Most people will say they much prefer more blocks and better fill. But I don't believe them --- I think they want less blocks and better fill. Still working on getting both at the same time :/

Cheap Stacks

Great puzzle - the long stacks were all very nice! Clue for SLYSTALLONE was so good.

Canals

Nice one Ben! I like the TOQUE/NIQAB mini theme 😊. And this puzzle has hopefully inspired me to finally commit to memory how both of those words are spelled 😂

You'll be pleased to know both have multiple spellings. :P

Head Cover

Fun one Ben! Oh man I should've been able to get CROSSLY 😂😂

Haha! Man there's another good website name.

only one black square - mad impressive! not a clunker in sight either

One Block 2

NATTY and YOKED went totally over my head.

Heh same! I managed to get it down to the Y and took a stab

Interesting, might be more niche than I thought!

That was the LUCKIEST guess I've ever had with NATTY and TIDAL

I'm this context it's a lifter or bodybuilder who got where they are without using steroids.

5x5 2

8x8 3

Gotta be the first puzzle with STIMMY in it 😂 - loved it!

Haha! Gotta give Urban Dictionary its due.

Nice one!  I immediately thought of STIMMY, then thought "No, it couldn't be" and moved onto other clues.

Six Pack 2

Heh I almost gave up on NYSE - fun clue! Really enjoyed this puzzle

Heh it's funny how sometimes they click and sometimes they don't!

Not sure on how sitcoms lead to SOAPS, but that may just be my ignorance. Really loved the puzzle overall, I thought the fill was very smooth without anything clunky!

Not a bad point, after looking it up, sitcoms and soap operas are not exactly the same.

Ben Zoon

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