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Looney Tunes has once again stood me in good stead. "Dish such as Germany's hasenpfeffer" (RABBITSTEW), at 1-Across, was made easier by having seen the animated short "Shishkabugs," in which Yosemite Sam tries to get Bugs Bunny into a large stewpot. As I remember things, Bugs survived. (I hope that doesn't cause you to yell NOSPOILERS!)

Is a MEATBALLSUB really the same as an Italian hero? Perhaps the question mark in this case means "not exactly right, but we thought it was SODARNCUTE."

I'm done with following major league sports, so LAMELO Ball was unknown to me, and I couldn't even remember RYANCOOGLER's name, so th...

If you've been doing crosswords for a while, you've come across one where there's something a little off about the clues, and eventually you need to figure out what that is. Well, this is one of those crosswords. The Downs are all normal, but the Across clues must be PUTINREVERSE to work correctly for the answers. Oddly, though, 1-Across "Sound like heaven (H...

Let me not be known as one who BURIESTHELEDE. At least not today. Today's puzzle hides berries in the leading word of the theme answers. Gooseberries, elderberries, strawberries, blackberries, and even burberries (also known as "barberry"). Getting that last one in is a real coup, in my opinion, and might well have been the impe...

Today's MUSICOFTHENIGHT theme collects four SONGS, all having something to do with the night in their title. MOONLIGHTSONATA (Classic Beethoven piano piece) (and a song of a sort), CITYOFSTARS (Academy Award-winning tune from "La La Land"), SWEETDREAMS (1983 Eurythmics hit whose full title includes "(Are Made of This)"), and the revealer/tit...