![]() 42A: 7/11 product? (QUOTIENT) - I got tricked recently by the clue "1/2" for DATE.29A: Book that needs to be read word for word? (ROGET'S) - Cute clue for the thesaurus.22A: Asian wild ass (ONAGER) - I'm just not going to say a thing about that clue.1A: White's partner (SAJAK) - Raise your hand if, like me, you wanted STRUNK here.And that's all I'm going to say about that. Have any of your ever seen this word in your life? I know I haven't. But before we do that, I just want to say really quickly and with as little vitriol as possible that I initially thought RESEE (101D: Watch over) was the worst entry in the grid and then I came across FOVEA (69D: Point of sharpest vision). Let's talk about what's good about the puzzle. You know what? Let's not talk about what's weird about the puzzle. LINCOLN USA (75D: Metaphorical example from poetry).CRUNCH GUPPY (63D: Example from advertising).SMITH TITANIC (60D: Example from 20th-century history).HOOK JOLLY ROGER (52D: Example from fantasy literature).BLIGH BOUNTY (14D: Example from 18th-century history).NEMO NAUTILUS (10D: Example from sci-fi literature).KIRK ENTERPRISE (5D: Example from television).AHAB PEQUOD (2D: Example from classic American literature). ![]() The words are related to each other, but they don't actually make up a phrase. They're just two (or three) words put together for effect. The theme answers aren't real phrases and they're not even made-up phrases. Let's just make the best of it, shall we? Rex is traveling again so you're stuck with me. PuzzleGirl here with you on this beautiful day. THEME: The Captain Goes Down With the Ship - Theme answers (which are all downs) consist of the names of captains and their ships. ![]()
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