FORCE PLAY
The "play" on "force" is the habit among Star Wars nerds fans to say MAYTHEFOURTHBEWITHYOU on May fourth, which is today. The "play" in the puzzle is to have that saying apply to the theme answers such that the fourth letter of each be "with U." As in:
GIN[SU]KNIFE - Product that "can cut a slice of bread so thin you can almost see through it!," in old ads
BEG[RU]DGING - Given reluctantly
and
BLO[WU]PDOLL - Companion who might take your breath away?
The rebuses work in the Downs as well, but they are not in the fourth spot. That, I think, would have been nearly impossible.
I was eleven when Star Wars came out. Two of my brothers went, and when they came home they were so excited about it they convinced the rest of my family to go. So the next day we all went down to White City together to see it. I remember loving it, and I eagerly awaited and then saw the rest of the trilogy. I even saw some of the prequels, but I think it was "Attack of the Clones" that marked the end of my interest in the franchise.
Was it my "Au REVOIR les Enfants" moment?
- Horace
Horace, did you notice that the first letters of the Rebus squares spell out S T A R W A R S?
ReplyDeleteOMG! I did not. Thank you for pointing that out. It makes it so much better! I'm sorry to have missed it.
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