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Title: Theme feedback
Post by: ZachBG on December 28, 2018, 02:40:34 PM

Hi folks. Brand new to constructing so I thought I'd ask if this theme idea is worth pursuing.

BORDERPOST (10) [Place to build a wall in the nation's capital?] (alternative: PARCELPOST)
SNOWGLOBE (9) [Bad weather in Beantown?]
MEALTIMES (9) [A bite in the Big Apple?]
SETTINGSUN (10) [(tk) in Charm City?] (alternative: NOONDAYSUN)

and the center revealer:
PAPERTRAILS (11)

I can also simplify it by taking out SETTINGSUN and putting PAPERTRAIL (10) as a revealer in the SE.

Any thoughts are welcome, and thanks!

Title: Re: Theme feedback
Post by: mmcbs on December 28, 2018, 02:59:42 PM

Cluing the theme in this fashion doesn't work for me. As puns they just don't seem to make any sense. PARCEL POST definitely better than BORDER POST (which I don't think is "in the language"). PAPER TRAIL would be a fun reveal with the entries clued literally and the clue "Line that intersects the second part of the >>>> entries"

Title: Re: Theme feedback
Post by: ZachBG on December 31, 2018, 10:33:59 AM

Thank you, that makes a lot of sense, and your comments sent me to a more productive set of clues and answers.

Here’s a new revision, clued for a Monday, probably:

PARCELPOST (10) [Budget delivery, in Washington]
MEALTIMES (9) [Lunch hours, in New York]
HERECOMESTHESUN (15) [Beatles tune, in Baltimore]
SNOWGLOBE (9) [Wintry knickknack, in Boston]
PAPERTRAIL (10) [What a financial detective might follow... or a line that leads through the ends of (tk)]

What do you think?