Sudden Impact

Awesome grid and meta -- thank you!

Great puzzle - thanks!

Great puzzle/meta!

Fun start to the meta week! Thank you!

Very fun!

I liked this meta. The grid was doable without having to use Mr. G. Thanks for this creation, Capn Rick.

That was fun! More steps than I thought I would need.

Fun... I'm embarrassed to confess how long I stared looking for step 2.

Well-constructed puzzle and fun to solve. Thanks!

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but some of the constructors on the forum could take a lesson from Capn Rick on how to construct a grid with no bizarre made-up entries. Just actual words we’ve heard of. It was a joy to fill in the squares!

Another enjoyable Cap'n Rick, lucky for me I know REVERIE is another name for DREAM. In French to dream is rêver and la rêverie means "daydream". Merci pour l'énigme mon Capitan!

Spent way too long this morning thinking that 18D was the key entry, somehow missing 61D entirely. Came back tonight and went "15A!" Very nicely constructed, and challenging without being anywhere near as hard as I made it :-)

That was a fun one, thanks!

Needed a nudge to get started on the meta (shouldn't have), but very doable and fun. Thanks!

This was my first time attempting a Monday puzzle! Both the grid and the meta were a lot of fun. I had my answer yesterday but didn't submit until this morning because I couldn't find the middle letter in the grid. I decided that it couldn't be anything else and took a chance. Thanks for a great puzzle!

I totally agree with Meg and Dow Jones (re: Capn Rick's grids)! So fantastic to fill in a puzzle without consulting Mr. G. Thank you!

Great puzzle. I needed nudge because, as often happens, I was looking in all the wrong places.

Phew! Needed the first few nudges. Fun

Thank you Cap'n! Very well played.
And the aha nicely captured the sound of egg on my face.

Enjoyed the grid and the meta was fun.

We really enjoyed this one! Grid was lovely... Probably wouldn't have gotten far without nudges.

Very nice! Fun puzzle. My first time playing one of yours.

Super puzzle! Thanks!

Finally got to the puzzle as WSJ turned out to be rather easy and the MGWCC is delayed until tomorrow. Took some nudging (3rd) to rev up my meta brain. Nicely constructed.