My time: 12:33, four minutes faster than average.
Theme: a rebus with circle-type words in circled squares. DOESN'T [RING] TRUE crossed with SPY [RING], and FROOT [LOOP] crossed with THREW FOR A [LOOP], for example. I was a little held up at first because for "network of secret agents" I had put *RING before I was thinking about any theme or special fill. So when I saw DOESN'T ____ TRUE fitting across it, I assumed it was to be read with the intersecting down word in the middle. Soon, however, it became clear this wasn't the case.
"THIS [ROUND] IS ON ME," the robot shouted at the bar, hoping his inflection made him sound human. It did not.
Never heard of the Solheim cup. The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional
women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United
States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer
Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation. Most of its competitors come from the LPGA tour.
I was a bit unsure as to whether a Lipizzaner was a STEED or a dog.
Some of the clues were challengingly vague, as befits a Thursday. "Effort" turns out to be DOING, as in, "that took some doing." "Be routed" plays with multiple meanings. Its answer is LOSE BIG. "Travel tirelessly?" is SLED.
Lawn care (and snow-blower!) brand TORO has come up before.
This was no TWO-BIT puzzle, HOMIE. It was a good one! Well, gotta JET.
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