Tarun Krishnamurthy finds a few sweet spots.
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TUESDAY PUZZLE — If not for its appearance in a crossword puzzle, any theme might be dismissed as mere happenstance. Three or four distinct phrases contain a similar letter pattern or word sequence; so what? Crosswords elevate these patterns from happy accidents to linguistic marvels. They make facts seem stranger than fiction.
It’s clear, from solving Tarun Krishnamurthy’s puzzle and from reading his constructor notes, that there’s more than coincidence afoot. This theme requires skill to identify, smarts to appreciate and a constructor’s unique eye to execute.
Today’s Theme
40- and 41-Across combine to reveal the theme of the puzzle, which plays on the name of a [popular candy] by representing it visually in entries at 17-, 26- and 57-Across.
The same six letters are circled in sequence in these entries: RE / ES / ES. That gives us REESES (40A). And the letters of the word are split up — i.e., they’re in PIECES (41A).
You’ll find the candy scattered in the [Classic Beatles song written and sung by George Harrison] at 17A, HERE COMES THE SUN, and again at 26A in [Mathematician/philosopher who wrote “I think, therefore I am”], RENÉ DESCARTES.
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