Puzzle 171 – “Different Folks”
puz here / pdf here / solution here
The seed entry here was 41-Across, which obviously gets us to the title of this themeless. Same time, this grid is a touch name-heavy, I suppose, so we could also say there’s a bunch of different folks represented here.
Favorite clue: probably 19-Across, honestly, though I can already hear many of you groaning at the remembrance. I like the misdirect at 4-Down. And y’know, it’s been a while since I got a Muppet reference in a grid, so I was glad for a new angle on 21-Down as well.
This one feels to me pretty straightforward in the cluing, though I’ll acknowledge that some of the short fill could maybe be a little cleaner. Still, I like the long entries here and hope you do also.
As ever, comments welcome. Hope you enjoy. Happy solving, friends.
TY for another quality puzzle! (And I’m glad that you don’t “cheat” like most creators nowadays who rely on internet/cellphone initialism to make a puzzle work.)
The occasional texting abbreviation sneaks in, but I do try to keep that sort of thing to a minimum…
I put on 5A just before solving, so imagine my surprise at the synchronicity!
That’s great! That record has aged so well.