On my first pass through, I also tend to enter only the things I'm absolutely certain of, because I always forget about the pencil tool. I typically solve on my iPad, which means that I generally am working sequentially through the clues. I also would have liked to see more than one reversal, or no reversals at all, since it's the odd one out here. I'm a little bothered that of the sliced answers, one has the cut between two words ( TO/SHREDS) whereas the others are all cut in the middle of a word ( S/ECOND, M/E/AT, DRIF/T, U/N). If you're keeping score, that's one reversal, five slices, and five anagrams. F AS T SHU FFLE (105A: Card sharp's deception).IN TE RM INGL ED (90A: Like 0's and 1's in binary).DRIFT APAR T (54A: Lose that loving feeling).CA LLB ACK (20A: Result of a successful audition).
But the puzzle does contain a whopping 11 theme answers, ranging in length from 8 to 13 characters and nicely positioned symmetrically in the grid. I also felt like the puzzle was overloaded with proper names. I found this puzzle on the meh side: I feel like I've seen this sort of theme somewhere in the not-too-distant past, but I can't dredge up exactly where it was. Rex, I hope you're enjoying your vacation! I, too, live in New York State, but that might be about all I have in common with our illustrious absent host. Hello! I'm Melissa, and I'm pinch-hitting for Rex today.
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