![]() The people involved aren't even all people. The non-people words are all different parts of speech, and one of them comes first ( HERR KERR), where every other time they come second. People don't have anything in common besides being reasonably well known (again, for the third time, HERR KERR is an outlier-I had no idea what that guy's name was. I think he's from a generation before mine. All I want to say is "Jerome" … it's "Graham"). Grid is strangely built, with giant corners and ultra-choppy middle. No harm done there, as those big corners are cleanly filled. ![]() They did add some difficulty to the solve. The first themer that fell for me was BELLE HEIR, and I loved it. THOREAU FAIR was next, and as the magnitude of the conceit slowly became apparent, I was floored. ![]() Just think about what, ahem, Herre, has done. Find last names of famous people that are homophones for regular words. Find common phrases that work with above words. Change the second word of the phrase to create a wacky new phrase. Find a fifth themer that runs down the middle and crosses with two other themers. Think about how hard this had to have been. While I got ready for work and drove in, I racked my brain for other possibilities. Heck, just to find *any* famous name and manipulate it like this is hard just to complete the first two steps. DOGG DAZE is a keeper, if I do say so myself. This theme and its execution is, in my opinion, brilliant.ħ:55 Thanks for explaining the theme. ![]() After I read your post I warmed up to the puzzle a lot more than immediately after completing it. ![]()
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