Rabbit! Rabbit! Readers! And happy MARDIGRAS to one and all!
Now, let's get down to brass tacks - what on earth do the shaded squares suggest? Is it a BIGEASY chair? A crown? A king with a crown and three arms? Oh, no, wait, I get it. We're not supposed to make something out of all the theme answers, but just the blocks of Es and Zs in the SW and SE. Maybe in the print version those are each just one big square. That's much better. Still, I'm going to always see a three-armed king wearing clogs.
We were in N'awlins many years ago for a conference, and the parade season was just starting (it goes on for a while leading up to today). (Have I told you this story before?...) We asked at the tourist office if there would be any parades we could see while we were there, and they said, a little reluctantly, that there was one, but they added that it wasn't really appropriate for children. What parade, we thought, wasn't appropriate for children? Well, it turns out that the Krewe de Vieux parade is. Still, we didn't have any kids with us, and we enjoyed the parade quite a bit.
So anyway, this puzzle is ETOUFFEE with theme material. Laying BOURBONSTREET directly on top of MARDIGRAS is a neat trick, and I love that "[Wrong answer!]" (BZZT) at the end. Fun! Sure, you've got that UTERI, and the stalwart ALOU family, but I still give it a solid YES.
- Horace
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