Monday by Jess Shulman and Amie Walker
Time: circa 4 minutes (messed up a letter and didn't have the patience to try and figure out where my typo was but ballpark) Hello Card Nation! (cringe) Back at it again with a fairly easy and pleasant Monday puzzle. Theme for today is short and sweet, solid Monday fare that's reasonably inspired—two-word phrases that mean "[Get my innuendo?]". Nice themed answers, and only quibble is that I've personally only ever heard 17A "NUDGENUDGE" and 37A "WINKWINK" uttered in one breath, not as their own individual phrases as this puzzle implies. In principle, I don't think they belong apart, but there's definitely plausible deniability. As I finished this puzzle, I was reminded why I find Monday puzzles, which are meant to be the easiest, a little stressful. I've had a handful of really lucky Monday times that have been sub-4 minutes which have (sillily) made me feel pretty good about myself. Though that's nice and good, it's had th...