I haven't heard anyone say WHATSCRACKING for ages, so that was nice to see. And it reveals the theme today - things that can be cracked, found in the beginning of the longest Across answers:
CODEOFCONDUCT - Rules on how to behave
EGGPLANTDIP - Baba ghanouj, e.g.
KNUCKLEHEAD - Goofball
Lotta Monday-ish stuff in here. "Roller coaster exclamation" (WHEE), "Hockey scores" (GOALS), "More whitish" (PALER). And sure, "Fuzzy Wuzzy ____ a bear ..." seems easy, but I actually wondered about whether it would be "wuz" or WAS. Hah.
I think I had heard that Geena Davis was in MENSA, but I didn't know about Steve Martin. And I've always liked the word MOLT (from Latin mutare, to change) although not the word "Slough." And speaking of Latin, it was a little surprising to see LACUNA (Gap) in a Monday grid. And finally, I much prefer a GIN and TONIC to a MOSCOWMULE. No special glass needed.
- Horace
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