I See It!!

Lovely grid and meta; thanks Chris and Rick!

A modest suggestion: clue HILLARY as something like "Member of the first team to summit Everest."

Loved it...thanks Rick and Chris!

I had to use an online thesaurus to find a synonym for “migrating” .. was there a way to find it using the grid? (In retrospect that should have been easy to think of, but my brain this morning! cataton-ic!)

Very fun. Thanks folks. Originally I thought the 1A clue was worded to hide the number 40, so played with that for a bit. Also thought SEA SALTs and SEA G(U)ALL and SEA M[I]ST before I finally decided that was too messy. Then tried putting C places, and finally decided to use the whole title. :)

Very nice!

Very impressive construction!

Just as enjoyable the second time around!

So I figured it out, kinda… Found the list of words you could append IC to, which spelt MIGR-TING, so there was NO-A.. and I guessed NOMADIC - what elegance am I missing?! Nice puzzle tho. Had me perplexed for a while!

Very nice! Took a few once overs to finally see it. As Dr. Tom always says -- when in doubt, read the title literally. Thanks for the challenge!

fun meta

What a fun puzzle! I looked for IC's in the grid before realizing I had to add them myself.

Very nice! Liked the nudge in the 1A clue.

Arctic (Very cool!!)

I actually applied the title a little too literally at first. I turned 18A-LEGAL into L-IC-IT. Didn't get any further with that approach. Might be an idea for a future meta. Nice job, Chris and Rick! Thank you!

The light finally went on - thanks for the puzzle, gents!

Fun one (once I caught on)!

doh!! needed the nudges but not sure why - my meta brain seems to be AWOL this week. Fantastic construction and fun solve. Love the title, too, in hindsight. Thanks guys!

Chris and Rick: There’s a pair to draw to! Almost “iconic”. NEVER would have “seen” this one without the nudges.

Great meta - thanks, enjoyed it!

Nice diversion with all those ICs in the clues. Intentional? (Basic, Thick, Brick, Classic, Clickable, graphic, Germanic, picture, Munich, electronic - did I miss any? lol.) Got a little manic, didn't panic, now time for some loud music and a gin & tonic.
Thanks IChris and ICap'n!

Needed the judges but a 1000% clear solve with them. Nice puzzle… thanks!

The title was straight forward enough and today's Wordle sealed the deal for me. Fun and, you know, I dig the symmetry! Thank you for sharing!

I kept looking for synonyms -- legendary, acerbic, French, bucolic, etc. Is that what they mean by overthinking?

I absolutely did not see it without the nudges, I was mainly stuck on trying to add C to the beginning of words (notably 12D, 30D, 32D, 36D). I thought I was getting the hang of what you geniuses were laying down, maybe one day I'll learn my proper place.

Thanks for the hint! I seem to be needing them lately.

Hmmm.... the I Cs that were in the grid prevented me from thinking about looking for I Cs not in the grid.

Good puzzle and fun. I should have been able to get it with nudge (the first three could have made into just one) but... I didn't.

First hint did it for me. Thanks great puzzles, both of you.

took me long enough! didn't see "acrobatic" for a long while! ugh!