Happy Monday all! Circumstances dictated that I do today's crossword at my desk at work, with a colleague looking over my shoulder, which slowed me down considerably. And those same circumstances constrain me to keep this review short, so let's get to it! Okay. At first I thought there was something wrong with my browser today, as just about the entire grid was greyed out, as though the whole thing had been "selected" or something. But no - turns out it's part of the theme - three clues have the word IDEA buried in them, with the revealer ("Stroke of genius...") being BRIGHTIDEA - and those embedded IDEAs are the only non-greyed squares so they stand out, in a BRIGHT sort of way. Each theme answer is multi-word, with its IDEA spanning two words, which is cleverer than having it being part of a single larger word, which would have been NONIDEAL (heh heh). Two IDEAs are split between the E and A, and one in the middle. Posing the question - can you think of a phrase where it's split between the I and D? I cannot. (SEMI DEAR?)
Notables along the way ... I entered COCOA instead of MOCHA for 5A "Chocolaty coffee drink" - that'll teach me to not read the entire clue... I'd never heard that telling a ladybug's AGE by its spots was a thing. Live and learn! I lived in a MANSE ("Cleric's house") once upon a time, so that one was easy.
Not much else to report. Gentle Monday puzzle and now I have a colleague who's seen me in crosswording action!
Ta ta till Tues
-phil
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