I was disappointed early in this one when my initial guess at 1-Down (Kind of pants worn on a rainy day, perhaps) "floods," turned out to be incorrect (PAJAMA), but things quickly picked up, and I smiled at each and every one of the theme answers. And what was that theme? WALKIETALKIES!
"Sleigh's loaded and ready! How are you feeling, Santa?" JOLLYROGER
"I'm at the bakery - what kind of doughnut do you want?" GLAZEDOVER
"What's tomorrow's chemistry exam about again?" CARBONCOPY
"Before you go, what animal crosses the road in that old joke?" CHICKENOUT
You know, I often say that I prefer themeless puzzles, but that's a pretty funny set, and as usual, I marvel that people keep coming up with these clever ideas!
GMOS (Pinkglow pineapples and GloFish, for short) and SPUN (Like cotton candy) made me think of the "cotton candy" grapes I had recently. They were green grapes, but they really tasted like cotton candy! And so, ok, I just looked it up, and after taking a little sip of water, the AI told me that cotton candy grapes are not genetically modified, but are the result of traditional cross-breeding. So you can feel good about it when you go get some to try.
Another thing I looked up was TAEBO (Workout program that's a portmanteau of two different sports). Turns out it was invented by a guy named Billy Blanks, and is a mash-up of Taekwondo and Boxing. Later, it was acronymized, and then it also stood for "Total Awareness Excellence Body Obedience." I'm not sure it was worth coming up with that.
I feel like this review is getting long, and I only really adressed things in the top half! Well, I will quickly add that I liked PICANTE (Very spicy) and PRBUZZ (Marketing team's goal with a new product launch, informally), and I didn't know that Paul SIMON had been inducted twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Fun puzzle.
- Horace
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