Joe Deeney shows us where we’re going (to.)
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THURSDAY PUZZLE — That Joe Deeney is a trickster. In today’s puzzle, which he constructed, the answers you are expecting may not lie where you expect them.
This will come as no surprise to experienced solvers, as today is Thursday, the day of crossword twists and turns. Particularly turns. Don’t ignore the turns.
Today’s Theme
There are four pairs of shaded squares in Mr. Deeney’s grid. Those are there to yoink you off your intended path, mess with you a bit and then drop you back onto it. Good stuff, and at least it’s not a rebus.
The letters that belong inside the pairs of shaded squares are T and O. Each TO pair is part of a distinct entry but is also instrumental to solving a theme entry that lies nearby. That means you will have to briefly diverge from your path to find the answer.
The TOs are directional as well. There’s an “up TO,” a “left TO,” a “right TO” and a “down TO.” Our job is to understand where the TO sits in conjunction with the theme answer and then use that knowledge to complete the long entry.
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