But CARTER/ CARVER! The sheer cleverness! President Jimmy CARTER, who sold his peanut farm to avoid the possibility of maybe someday appearing to be in violation of the emoluments clause, and George Washington CARVER, the scientist and inventor known for his work with peanuts, are both s. I think TARNISH/ VARNISH is probably the weakest pair, just because they are so closely related, and yet received such an underwhelming clue. I revisited the first circled square I had confidently stuck REMOTE into and realized, aha! If you parse "Separate" as a verb in, then REMOVE works here too!Īnd so, much against my will, I began to love this puzzle. And then I became slightly cranky again, because I doubt that -ISH qualifier is necessary a party after the Oscars is straight-up LATE! But the cleverness of the gimmick had begun to sink in. Oscars parties ARE (presumably, though I have never been to one to confirm) LAVISH. And, almost against my will, I chuckled. "Oh, it's one of *those* puzzles," I thought, crankily deciding to use the T for ANTI-TAX instead of having the delusional ANTI-VAXshow up on my screen. I think it's entirely possible that some solvers will finish this puzzle without detecting the theme at all, even with the revealer! And when I finally did notice the theme, I felt pretty lukewarm about it. As can sometimes be the case with Schrödinger grids, I straight-up didn't notice that there was anything going on with the circled squares until I got to the very last theme entry. Starting out, I was confused by this puzzle.
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