I’m sensing a theme this week of very strong themes.
Today we have another novel idea of using the beginning
lines of “Blue Suede Shoes” as clues for actual answers. In the song, they’re
just – well, I guess I’ve never considered them to refer to anything specific.
But now I’ll probably think back to this puzzle every time I hear it from now
on. “One for the money” becomes a casual description of a LEATHERWALLET, and BROADWAYTICKETS
are a plausible equivalent of “Two for the show.” STOPDROPANDROLL (Three to get ready) is probably the biggest
stretch, as that doesn’t happen all that often, but ALLWHEELDRIVE is perfectly acceptable for “Four to go.” (It's close enough to "Go, cat, go" right?)
No revealer today, but it’s not necessary. What would it
even be?
There are no non-theme Across entries longer than five
letters, but in the Downs we have some sixes, sevens, and even two OCTANT entries: CANTLOSE and MAKESWAR (Launches
an offensive). I like any mention of OPHELIA
and Hamlet, and TIDAL and WAVESKI are a good excuse to mention
that Frannie and I are at the beach today, having taken a rare day off
mid-week. It’s not all fun and games, though – we’re meeting some upholsterers
for a pick-up/drop-off and then heading straight back home.
Funny to have RUBE and
BOOBS in the same puzzle, and wasn’t
RERUNS, in the singular, a side
character in some cartoon? Was that Linus’s little brother? Or someone on Fat
Albert? All those things seem to be blurring together.
Anyway, I APPLAUD
the theme, and look OVER the KETT, ETS, and LAI type
material.
One last thing, remaining FIDELIS to our local musicians, I will say that BROADWAYTICKETS may now be purchased for ANAIS Mitchell’s show Hadestown at the
Walter Kerr Theatre. That is all.
- Horace
12:20
ReplyDeleteI didn't consider Elvis with the across theme answers, and probably won't think of this puzzle if I ever hear that song again. I don't remember the last time that I heard it; decades, probably. I was a little worried about RIIS, but the crosses left no wiggle room, and I was happy to see the smiling pencil once I finished. Thank goodness for BOOBS, or BAHAI would have been trouble for me, too. KIRIN, however, was no problem, nor was KAUAI. Somewhat challenging for a Wednesday, IMO, but far from unpleasantly so.