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Thursday, March 13, 2025, Catherine Cetta

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    The Sounds of Music   Today our constructor Catherine Cetta presents us with a reveal that tells us all we need to know about her clever, elegant, musical theme ... 56. "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters: ON A SIDE NOTE .  That is, the circles each contain a NOTE  of the musical scale in descending order along on the left then right SIDE  of the grid -- represented by the syllables TI , DO , SOL , LA , MI , FA , DO , and RE .   This system has been around since the 11th Century and is called Solfège  -- the use of mnemonics in teaching the sounds in a musical scale.  Here's the grid ...   Here's the rest ... Across:  1. "Casablanca" heroine: ILSA .  Here she cajoles Sam into playing As Time Goes By ... Judy Dench and Geoffrey Palmer cajoled that tune into a delightful 10 series romcom -- I think this is episode 1 . 5. Is generally positive...
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Thursday, March 6, 2025, Adam Simpson

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 Is There an Echo in Here? Today's constructor is Adam Simpson who has appeared in the New York Times , and here on Saturday November 5, 2022 , reviewed by Husker Gary.  His simple theme answers today sound the same at the beginning and the end ... 20A. Arm of the North Atlantic Ocean:  CARIBBEAN SEA .  I'm sorry I couldn't find an up-to-date version of this map.😀   28A Chakra associated with higher consciousness:  INNER EYE .    Chakra is a Sanskrit term denoting one of the various focal points used in a variety of ancient Hindu or Buddhist meditation practices. The INNER EYE is also called the "Mind's eye" or the "Third eye".     Here's a Western-oriented beginner's guide from Healthline .   The Seven Chakras  36A Perfect for no one else:  UNIQUELY YOU .  This might have been clued as "Bespoke"  48A Crude nickname:  TEXAS TEA .  "Crude" as in crude oil.  It may also refer t...
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Thursday, February 27, 2025, Doug Peterson

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  Loosely Come Dancing Constructor Doug Peterson brings the muse Terpsichore to our puzzle today with a theme about dancing, one of the most widely practiced of the arts.  We opened with a tango competition from the British show Strictly Come Dancing and we'll end up with looser version of the genre with a good 'ole Rock and Roll dance. Here are our themers ... 18A. *Chimp aboard a rocket, say:  SPACE MONKEY . 24A. *Entertainment systems sold with controllers:  GAME CONSOLES . 40A. *Storage area in a dashboard:  GLOVE COMPARTMENT . 55. *Garage employee:  AUTO MECHANIC . ... and what these clues have in common is revealed by a ... 65A. Kinks hit about the local palais, and what can be found in the answers to the starred clues?:  COME DANCING.  ... ... and as we can see from the grid, unlike our dance contest in the splash video, Doug has the word  COME   loosely   DANCING through the 4 theme clues ... Here's the rest ... Acr...
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