I pulled out 8A Bright night lights: NOVAS because my friends Cat and Nick have a dog named Nova. Nova is very big and very friendly. If Nova ever sees this blog post, hiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
Honorable mention clue: 15A “Sorry if you were offended,” e.g.: NONAPOLOGY because Calah and I were talking today about nonapology apologies and how annoying they are.
No theme for this Saturday puzzle, but the time was something exciting for me. I bested my personal record of 20:12 on July 24, 2021 with a new record of 20:11. I had to scramble to find when the prior record was, but I got there. So it bears mentioning again:
Finished this one in 20:11.
| Day | This Wk | Best | Average | 4-Wk Avg | Streak |
| Monday | 4:41 | 3:49 | 9:23 | 5:15 | 78 |
| Tuesday | 9:11 | 5:22 | 13:13 | 9:53 | 2 |
| Wednesday | 15:34 | 7:38 | 17:03 | 15:57 | 19 |
| Thursday | 12:21 | 12:12 | 28:20 | 26:54 | 5 |
| Friday | 17:33 | 10:29 | 30:58 | 17:30 | 19 |
| Saturday | 20:11 | 20:11 | 32:48 | 31:59 | 19 |
| Sunday | 15:11 | 53:28 | 43:22 | 5 |