Monday, September 18, 2023 - Move along, move along, nothing ATOLL to see here 🙄

There was lot of color in today's grid, thanks to a colorful theme -- and we mean that literally. Beyond our cutting edge analysis, in today's episode we have a heartfelt apology to the good people of Fond du Lac, as well as the origin story of the PARSNIP! Deets within! Remember that doing the NYTimes Crossword is a great way to preserve those hard working grey cells, and it's cheap ... maybe not as cheap as borscht, but definitely as cheap as PARSNIP. Just wander over to nytime...