There is nothing in the world that makes me giggle as much as watching that ONEAL gif on endless loop 😂

I was stuck on "why is this five letters? I know the answer is SHAQ!" for the longest time.

ok so many great things here. love seeing DOWNBAD in a grid. can never remember how to spell Shaq's last name. the clue for RAWDATA is going on my all-time favorite clue list. idk what i was doing in 2011 but somehow i missed this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4EZHGFK-1c????

Good one! That was fun. Almost wrote Lebron before I realized it was Shaq... lol

nice puzzle with great clues! loved the reference to sporcle and the raw data clue was very clever... i got stuck because i spelled shaq's last name as ONEIL by mistake...

April 22

First time I've heard the word copaganda 😂

My family won’t play Catan with me anymore since I blocked my wife’s potential longest road and she threw a sheep at me.

so true about ONESIZE and love WASHDAY. ngl, ibiza flag isn't really doing it for me? your cluewriting looks more like how i text than anyone else's and i always feel very ~at home~ with your puzzles which also happen to always be wonderful

vex-illology is fun! love everything about this puz

I know what the answer is but I'm still gonna start saying "SO LID!!!"

April 17

Nice one! Fun fact about STLUCIA - I had to get practically every letter before it came to me 😂

[theyreeeee great!] (this clues MALAIKAS PUZZLES in a grid i have coming up)

These may take me longer even with autocheck but I love getting opportunities to expand my word list! Wonderful puzzle :D

love these clues! especially 10A and 18A were really fun when they finally clicked for me. And learned something new about bonobos!

definitely had some trouble with this but damn that was fun! i particularly liked APPLETINIS

themeless 7: !

Dang. Just ... dang. This was a beautiful puzzle.

this was just SO good argh. taking a long break half way through solving definitely helped. loved DTF, ITSUCKS and CRABS especially

themeless 6: ????

Nice puzzle! I didn't know OLAM (but I'm glad to learn it!) and had ODDER for OLDER 😂

Huzzah for being Jewish and knowing about Tikkun OLAM immediately

that was FUN(dip)!... i also didn't know olam, but love doing crosswords to learn new things

That was an awesome puzzle! I also had no idea about OLAM - love learning from crossword puzzles!

March 18

*sad honk*

March 13

Nice one! I have played SET before with a colorblind person who insisted they were not colorblind... it didn't go especially well. (PS I think you have a small typo in "Dolce.")

6D brought a smile to my face twice — when I immediately filled in UNO, and then when I had to go back and correct it!

When I opened 4-D, I felt the frigid air. Frigidaire. I'll go now.

February 27

Fun puzzle Malaika! The clue for SALAMI tripped me up - uptown? 😂

Great Subway misdirection, and best SOA clue ever.

Love the NBA/NFL intersection and the clue for SOA

Just getting caught up on solving, so late to the party, but I loved The Princess Diaries clues!

When I take the Subway, I'm always sandwiched in-between people.

February 26

Very fun puzzle! Thanks Evan and Malaika! I just re-looked at EIDERS which was one that had me stumped for a while 😂😂

Is it bad I immediately realized it was SETTLERSOFCATAN, despite having rarely played it?

Top-notch, NYT+ quality puzzle!  The theme is great, and too many clever, unique clues to count.  Especially loved the chocolatier reference, I had completely forgotten that game existed!

That was fun!  Though I am embarrassed at how long I stared at 17-across missing one letter, even having 33-across.

Malaika Handa

@malihanda