I'd tear that whole section out and rebuild it with real words. spelling, isn't it? Really feels like it. HEH is never not bad, ATIE, same, and SHLEP is a var. The bottom of the grid is particularly substandard. well, any puzzle, but especially in an easy-to-fill Monday. "Retro" would be a very, very polite way of describing it. Basically, CHATTERBOX is the only themer that I fully and whole-heartedly accept. The dictionary sometimes has someone who talks indiscreetly *or* incessantly, but common usage (and certainly the only usage I've ever heard) relates primarily to indiscretion of the speech, not the mere volume. A BLABBERMOUTH is someone who talks when they shouldn't, who reveals too much, exposes secrets, etc. And BLABBERMOUTH? That too simply does not mean someone who yak yak yaks. it doesn't mean someone who yak yak yaks. it is not a Monday word in the slightest, and b. I mean, it's a cool word, but two things: a. Super-excited to record a legit fast (for me) time in what feels like forever (not actually forever), and super-excited to see puzzles constructed by solo women on back to back days in what also feels like forever (and is probably fairly close to forever), but not very excited by this theme, or the fill.
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