Beaten at Love

Comments

• Clayton Tyler Henry 🤓5:14 · 2022-02-14T15:24:02.907Z

  Well played, Mike! Good execution on the theme.

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-14T18:31:33.550Z

    Thank you!
• Hoyt Arcane 🤓4:14 · 2022-02-14T15:20:31.408Z

  Clever and fun!

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-14T18:31:41.367Z

    Thanks
• jasonwestley 🤓10:45 · 2022-02-14T16:14:53.122Z

  Nicely done. Was about 75% done when I worked out the theme, which is just right I think

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-14T18:31:56.554Z

    Heh that's just what I was aiming for!
  • kieranjboyd 5:33 · 2022-02-14T21:14:30.197Z

    Same! "Gee, there's a lot of Z's in this grid, maybe I should finally check th- oh! Clever."
  • Duncan Lyle 🤓7:01 · 2022-02-18T18:03:01.664Z

    Same, it took almost til the end for me! At first I was rebus-ing ZERO into all the Z boxes, but it still wasn't quite adding up until I looked at the rest of the acrosses and saw that ERO was already there! Very fun and well-executed.
• Frisco17 🤓2:31 · 2022-02-14T17:25:31.152Z

  Very cute!

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-14T18:32:04.229Z

    Thank you
• Ben Zoon 9:36 · 2022-02-14T21:49:32.846Z

  Clever theme!

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-15T02:42:35.987Z

    Thanks Ben!
• Maxish 🤓4:56 · 2022-02-14T22:27:16.918Z

  Awesome! Loved it!
• Maxish 🤓4:56 · 2022-02-14T22:29:28.197Z

  I mean, "ZEROD it!"

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-15T02:42:43.234Z

    
• fancyshrew 🤓3:16 · 2022-02-14T22:16:31.559Z

  Guess what music genre I was listening to as i solved this puzzle...

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-15T02:42:56.472Z

    ?
• bice 🤓7:19 · 2022-02-14T23:49:59.447Z

  That theme took be an embarrassingly long time to figure out. Very cool!

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-15T02:43:08.023Z

    Thank you!
• Wally 4:32 · 2022-02-15T00:25:39.585Z

  Very tricky! Awesome puzzle.

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-15T02:43:15.415Z

    Thanks!
• dplass 4:32 · 2022-02-15T01:47:58.893Z

  I don't get 16D16DRock genre for sneakerheads?[--------]

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-15T02:44:23.132Z

    The joke was supposed to be that sneakerheads (folks into collecting sneakers) are into "gazing at shoes", hence they'd be into SHOEGAZE16DRock genre for sneakerheads?[--------]

    • dplass 4:32 · 2022-02-15T12:35:40.482Z

      Whoosh. Never heard of shoegaze, didn't even register as a word in my brain!
• Abide 🤓9:31 · 2022-02-15T04:39:53.471Z

  Very enjoyable! Penny didn’t drop until the last 10 squares filled in.

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-15T14:04:37.809Z

    Perfect! Thank you

    • Abide 🤓9:31 · 2022-02-15T23:39:32.338Z

      Listened to my first shoegaze playlist today. Not bad!
• Capn Rick 🤓4:32 · 2022-02-15T22:52:02.045Z

  Nice job, Mike! I enjoyed the solve.

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-16T00:57:51.088Z

    Thank you!
• Aaron 3:41 · 2022-02-19T01:05:56.607Z

  Challenging and clever. Amazing clue for 16D16DRock genre for sneakerheads?[--------] too.

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-02-19T02:45:08.850Z

    Thank you!
• M4 🤓9:28 · 2022-02-21T23:00:05.090Z

  Oh I see what you did there...
• Joah 🤓7:08 · 2022-06-14T19:24:40.259Z

  Just getting to this now, but really fun! Liked the variety in the theme answers!

  • Mike D constructor · 2022-06-14T20:51:13.687Z

    Thanks! I remember it taking some time to find themers that weren’t duplicative