A good old-fashioned rebus theme today. Fun with letters.
Sandwich with wild rice (MONTECRISTO) is a good example. The answer is a sandwich, and the letters of "rice" are scrambled - "wild" - in the middle of it. And WESTERNOMELETTE (Egg dish with a lemon turnover) has the word "lemon" spelled backwards in the middle(ISH). It's a classic theme, well done.
My favorite clue today is "Ones with chiseled jawlines, often" (STATUES). Now that's clever. The clue for ROOK (Chess piece with the second-highest value), however, seems a little off. I mean, the mind goes to the queen as the piece with the next highest value, but both queen and rook are subordinate to the king, surely, since without it, the game is over. I have seen phrasing that puts the king as the most important piece, and the queen (then rook) as the most powerful. "Second-highest value" doesn't really work, as the king has infinite value. Anywayyyy... I'm just doing my duty as a reviewer, right?
Someday I'd like to see the clue "Mardi Gras follower" (LENT) lead to "mercredi." Heh.
Also, TAN M&Ms were the best. Who wants to eat a blue one? No one.
Two more things: SALTINES (Square snack items) are underrated. I had some the other day for the first time in years, and they are delicious. And the clue for ADAM (First lady's husband) is cute, but were they really married? Was there a ceremony? Who officiated, God? Or is it just that any two people having sex can be called married?
OK, that's probably enough out of me. No one wants to hear these RANTS.
- Horace
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