This is one of those tricks where it looks like the puzzle is "wrong," in that there is a complete disconnect between East and West, but then, of course, answers are revealed at the end by revealing hidden letters under the black squares. And these letters, as luck would have it, spell out "the doors."
While the eight "bonus clues" seem anti-climactic, the hiding of the hidden words is pretty clever in some spots. BEET and OVEN turning into "Beethoven" is nice, and DISHON as two words, combining with RING to make "dishonoring" is pretty good too. The change from HONE and TWOMAN to "honest woman" is marred by the very clue and answer themselves. "New bride, quaintly." Ick.
The other two pieces of theme material are the Doors song BREAKONTHROUGH TOTHEOTHERSIDE and the phrase HOLESIN THEWALL.
Overall, not a bad theme, I just had a few issues with it. But maybe that's just me.
What else? HADLUNCH (Took an hour off mid-day, say) seemed a bit random. INPAWN (Traded for cash) - I am familiar with pawn shops, of course, but "in pawn" isn't something I hear. On the other hand, SCHISM, ECHELON, TADPOLE, TUSHIE, SCOURED, and ATELOCAL - all strong.
- Horace
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