Wow! Two Saturdays in a row! And this Saturday puzzle was substantially faster than yesterday’s Friday was. And it’s a new PR for a Saturday.
I pulled out 16A “You caught me”: I LIED because it took me a long time to get there. It’s not what I had expected that answer to be. It’s kinda lame? I think that a better clue would be Busted!
The theme of this puzzle was not-as-hard-as-Friday?
There were a lot of long answers.
1A Take pregame shots?: TRASHTALK.
15A Person who will do anything for you, in modern slang: RIDEORDIE. Calah got this one immediately.
17A Cold, caramel-colored concoction: ICEDLATTE.
61A Firewall target: ADULTSITE.
65A Leave space for someone running late, say: SAVEASEAT. Saving seats soon will be a thing again. And then immediately outlawed again.
67A 2004 comedy written by Tina Fey: MEANGIRLS. I hadn’t realized that was her thing!
12D It goes for a short run: MINISERIES. Or the show Pitch. I hate Joe Buck. And the show was terrible.
13D “Can’t argue that”: SEEMSLEGIT. Checks out.
14D Something released while skydiving: ADRENALINE. This one was difficult for me. EXTRALINE? PARACHUTE?
26D Nintendo offering with more than 10 installments: MARIOPARTY. I am terrible at Smash Bros. Always have been. Mario Party has a lot of different games.
27D “Lemme see!”: IWANNALOOK.
28D Del Monte or Green Giant product: CANNEDCORN. I had CANNEDPEAS for a while.
Finished this one in a record-setting 27:43.
| Day | This Wk | Best | Average |
| Monday | 4:06 | 3:49 | 9:30 |
| Tuesday | 7:36 | 5:52 | 13:44 |
| Wednesday | 18:32 | 7:38 | 17:43 |
| Thursday | 16:41 | 13:09 | 29:42 |
| Friday | 56:13 | 16:23 | 36:24 |
| Saturday | 27:43 | 27:43 | 32:43 |
| Sunday | 15:11 | 56:30 |