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I can't stop thinking that the better name for today's puzzle should have been "Dadvertising."
My only regret is that this joy of a puzzle did not drop in two more weeks, when my two grown former hockey players will be with us for the holidays. We always put up the puzzle on a smart TV and solve it as a (mildly) competitive family. The reveal would have been the best holiday gift ever. Nonetheless, thanks for a very sweet Sunday morning, if minus my right wing and center!
@Ed H. My first thought was that should have been called "DADvertising"
@Angela Actually, it's the TARTINI in S2E4 (a worthwhile rewatch on Christmas Day), and the FLIRTINI appears in S3E18 ("Cock A Doodle Do"). Perhaps a themed holiday watch for HBO Max subscribers with time on their hands after a fairly quick Thursday solve!
@AySz88 My read was that they "swung" as a pair of state abbreviations in rebus from horizontal to vertical; and in my read "Western Union" clued me into the fact that we were uniting two western states in each rebus square. I'm surprised so many people are so fussy about this one! I thought it was fun and accessible. But I'm solving on a Mac in Chrome, where it's very easy to work rebus squares.
@Matt Shohei Ohtani! Which would make an excellent triple-stack 12 option for Sam next time...
@Pilvion @divas ivlivs Wow you're both right. In the light of Sunday afternoon I thought on it more and realized what Pilvion has kindly confirmed. That may be why I'm a writer, not a physicist. Or a crossword puzzle editor!
@Brad @frank @matt I thought the same! But evidently Blanc voiced WIle E Coyote in Bugs Bunny cartoons, at least. In character and even pronouncing, as in this clip, his own name! <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PufFA8kDWFk" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PufFA8kDWFk</a>
@Jon The only reason I knew "wapiti" was an elk was from reading an illustrated animal alphabet book to my kids hundreds of time. Not a lot of "W's" out there, evidently.
I've not read all the comments to see if someone has already noted this, but each fusion pair connects--meaning NE and NW fusion pairs both have down answers (not rebuses, but still) that link to the center fusion pair, which then connects to the SE and SW fusion pairs. A CHAIN REACTION! That's what made it Nuclear Fusion.
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