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Theme idea, but not sure about it.

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aklingensmith:
I'm trying to come up with more complicated themes and am wondering if this theme would land without a revealer:

Title: I Before E, Except...

QUIETNORTHREIGN
SPIESBLACKBEING
TIEARABIANSHEIK

mmcbs:
Are those real things? They have no meaning to me.

aklingensmith:
They are not real things, no. Well, not together.

mmcbs:
Well to illustrate that the I before E rule doesn't always apply, you need to have "in the language" phrases or things for your clue answers, otherwise it doesn't make much sense. The only exception would be if they are  puns with clues that make them funny.

aklingensmith:
There is in fact a little pun/wordplay involved, but, as I suspected, it's not immediately obvious. I went ahead and reworked the grid to include two 15-word themers and a three part revealer (that results in some word play). I'm not sure if it's too busy, but it certainly does make the themers make sense.

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