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Crossword	Date	Comment
Sun	1 August 2022, 2:07	Think of it as the Jack Nicholson of our corner of the universe.
Ninja	30 July 2022, 6:22	Holding ... ?
Fly	30 July 2022, 5:49	I had it pegged early on, but the unusual cropping made me doubt myself.
Symbol	30 July 2022, 1:27	Couldn't be anybody else.
Hollow	29 July 2022, 22:16	The eyes are certainly the most distinctive feature. Spooky.
Sushi	29 July 2022, 6:18	Considering that it's fish it's not bad. And there's all that lovely wasabi I can OD on.
Automobile	28 July 2022, 6:41	Ina metal box by the back door. You hoped to get there soon in he winter so the milk didn't freeze and push the paper cap off. (And then you'd have to let it thaw so you could shake it up so all the cream wasn't at the top any more.)
Automobile	28 July 2022, 6:39	To my sorrow. Jerry Van Dyke and a Gabor. I think it was Zsa Zsa since Eva did Green Acres.
Fat Rat	28 July 2022, 1:44	I could've gone for skull or alien too. But I like it much better as what it is.
Sneaker	26 July 2022, 21:56	Thanks. I always solve in full-screen mode, so "the box under the puzzle" took me a moment to understand. (At my age, those dang numbers need to be as big as I can make them.)
Fishes	19 July 2022, 0:18	You won't take me in with a line like that.
Nonograms.org Flag	18 July 2022, 23:06	Thanks! I had no problem with the flag, but I didn't catch on to the design until reading your comment.
Squirrel	18 July 2022, 19:07	Yes!
Bike	18 July 2022, 18:22	I'd forgotten mercurochrome. Was it orange or more red-orange? (Or plain red, or pink... Well, it has been a long time.) My brother was coasting down a long hill and didn't manage to stop at the bottom. Not before he broadsided a passing police car, that is. No damage to him or the police, but I don't remember the state of the bike or the police car.
Man Holding Boxes	18 July 2022, 5:38	... standing on a shrinking ice floe. Damn that global warming!
Sneaker	18 July 2022, 0:30	I didn't know there was an undo function?
Masked	17 July 2022, 2:57	At first I thought it was a person. Then clearly not a person, so a monkey. But it wasn't a very good monkey, certainly not up to mindscrub's standards. With the title though it's excellent.
Masked	17 July 2022, 2:54	Not for an old fart with a heart condition like me.
Skeletal Baby	17 July 2022, 2:37	I was thinking one of those prehistoric Venus figures. Some of the details didn't work very well, but the overall shape fits.
Giraffe	16 July 2022, 22:01	Stunning and elegant!
Good dog	14 July 2022, 1:07	Tedious--I can't see that the very dark brown is different enough from the black to make any difference, unless you're so close that you see pixels instead of a picture.
Professor McGonagall	22 June 2022, 22:14	Recognized the hat even before knowing there was a face. Wonderful work!
The ball	22 June 2022, 16:56	Yeah, I thought, looks fine. But then I saw the thumbnail and WOW.
Winnie the Pooh	20 June 2022, 18:02	But Disney, and E. H. Shepard before (and better than) them, weren't drawing a bear. They were drawing a teddy bear--and teddies never look very bear-like.
Cat	20 June 2022, 1:05	Very handsome.
Ear of corn	20 June 2022, 0:39	Generally speaking, "cob" is used for what is left after the kernels are removed, whereas "ear" is what's on the plant. So, if we find an ear of corn on our plate, we call it "corn on the cob".
Birdie	17 June 2022, 5:46	It is, fortunately, not a real conspiracy theory, but a satire on conspiracy theories. (At least that's what They told me.)
Day of the Tentacle	14 June 2022, 23:08	Not too bad, considering the resolution. Never heard of the game, but here's what I got on image search. https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/pkzgZIaEPkB4j_oyN0jGKr2HUNc=/0x0:1920x1080/1600x900/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/49352057/day-of-the-tentacle-remastered-screenshot-01_1920.0.0.jpg
Rose	14 June 2022, 21:32	I saw the colors. But strangely the what-else-could-it-be watermelon never emerged.
Lamp	14 June 2022, 17:58	When the two sand colors were adjacent I had no problem. But as soon as an orange came between them I was lost. I thought I'd have the same trouble with the greys, but they were fine. Anyway, now it's done I can appreciate the shading. Nice!
Bull	14 June 2022, 5:55	I suppose they must have belly buttons of some sort, but it looks out of place nonetheless.
Under the neighbor's fence	13 June 2022, 1:01	Very sneaky, hiding the trademark 4-5 in amongst all those 1's.
Hiker	13 June 2022, 0:46	Just click on "answer" when you get there.
Expectation	11 June 2022, 21:31	I had to stare at it for several minutes to rediscover the answer. (It's been over a year, and my mind is not what it was.) The thing on the left is not a clock: it's an alligator/crocodile egg, and the parent (who's "expecting") is waiting for the crack to widen and the baby to emerge.
Dump her! no more adventures!	11 June 2022, 21:26	And somehow, after 2 1/2 years, I have no recollection of what this is.
Bear	11 June 2022, 18:38	From the palette I was expecting a different subject, and I was getting close to halfway done before I realized my mistake.
Elephant	8 June 2022, 20:48	I was maybe halfway through, and it was looking not much like anything. Then I did the four black squares and it was unmistakably what it is.
Girl	7 June 2022, 17:29	Yes! Until the whole thing was finished that's what I thought I was working on.
Asok (Dilbert)	7 June 2022, 17:16	Not as instantly recognizable as the previous one, but then I haven't actually seen the originals for many years.
Wally (Dilbert)	7 June 2022, 6:31	Stuffed? STUFFED??? You mean he's not really alive??? Oh, my shattered dreams!
Strawberry	6 June 2022, 16:58	I have no problem with symmetrical puzzles, but a symmetrical strawberry is a little much even for my credulous nature. Still, fun to do.
First ride	2 June 2022, 4:47	Did Grandma ask for the wheelie?
Rose	1 June 2022, 21:45	I always love the puzzles yec72 gives us, but I'm having to cry uncle on this one. I cannot get a magnification that will allow me to get the bottom of the monogram on the screen at the same time as the numbers and still have the numbers large enough to see. Perhaps it can be solved by row only, but if so, not by me. (I looked at the solution, and it is certainly lovely.)
Eye	30 May 2022, 16:24	Hey, Ma, she's looking at me! Make her stop.
Car	30 May 2022, 16:11	I had the direction of movement reversed until I was about 2/3 finished.
Fire-extinguisher	29 May 2022, 17:12	The first two colors are totally indistinguishable if you're more than three inches from the screen. I will now go and tend to my headache.
Edvard Munch - The Scream	29 May 2022, 0:22	I don't think this was really meant for a canvas this small. Either a larger puzzle or a more restrained palette--I find the final result too pixellated to be effective. Nonetheless, I am definitely impressed by the skill that got this quite recognizable.
Tipper	27 May 2022, 6:53	Is it an old truck from the Soviet Union? 'Cause it looks like CCCP on the side. (Actually, like CCCCP, but I'm willing to overlook an extra Cyrillic S.)
Blondie Bumstead	26 May 2022, 6:13	I learned that originally Blondie was a flapper and Dagwood was the scion of a wealthy family. (I don't remember whether he was chasing her or she was chasing him, and if the latter whether she had a heart of gold or was a gold-digger.) But the Great Depression came and his family lost their money, which is why I grew up thinking the Bumsteads were just your average middle class family.
Daisy Bumstead	24 May 2022, 16:16	Immediately recognizable (especially after the last puzzle).