Well, darn it. Our constructors today are making it very difficult for me to refer to my recent vacation. The best I can do is say I saw several excellent examples of an APSE. I mean, truly massive ones at St. Paul's in London and at the cathedral in Canterbury. Ah, gothic and baroque architecture.
But it's a fun puzzle nonetheless, referencing that great game of my childhood, PACMAN. We used to play the second version, Ms. Pacman, endlessly on our Atari home computer. I had no idea what was coming until the revealer at 68A. I love the theme answers and how they disguise the aha moment so well. Particularly WAKAFLOCKAFLAME. That's some great stuff!
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Fun clues today include:
19D: Last thing to go in a pocket, one hopes (EIGHTBALL) - unexpected shift to pool.
23A: One who is one, e.g. (BABY). Took me a bit to parse that.
30D: Bat an eye, say (FLIRT).
I also liked the symmetry of SUNTEA and ICEAXE. A good Summer-Winter axis there.
I had a slight challenge with the SE corner, where MYB didn't come into focus for a while. Otherwise the puzzle flew by in 4:12. A fun and expectedly odd Wednesday.
- Colum
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