Pressure Cooking
About the Puzzle
I wrote this puzzle back in 2017. The New York Times rejected it at the time, but I can't remember why...maybe they felt like some of the theme answers were a bit too "unnatural" sounding. Nonetheless, I love the theme of this puzzle--it still puts a smile on my face! I hope you enjoy it also.
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Across
- 1 "She," to a seadog
- 5 Major Pittsburgh employer
- 10 Bad people are taken to this
- 14 "I can't watch!"
- 15 Radio-based navigation system
- 16 Venue with many booths
- 17 Montenegro joined it in 2017
- 18 Two-time Country Grammy winner
- 19 "But what more could I do"
- 20 Pumped the Gouda Gang for info?
- 23 Galoot
- 24 Ottawa Senators captain Karlsson
- 25 Quaff at "The Prancing Pony"
- 26 Interrogated the Butterball Bandits?
- 32 Type of season
- 34 ___ the rubber (pitcher's action)
- 35 Self-styled "non-musician" Brian
- 36 Copper, so to speak
- 40 "No hard feelings?"
- 42 Lays competitor
- 43 ___ man about a horse
- 45 Beyond that
- 46 Worked over the Starbucks Syndicate?
- 51 Be a friend to
- 52 Something briefly dropped?
- 53 Flow impeder
- 56 Gave the Pearl Pack the third degree?
- 59 Beyond the horizon, say
- 61 Banded together (with)
- 62 Horace contemporary
- 63 Keyboard row or key
- 64 2600 maker
- 65 Title clownfish of film
- 66 Chopped
- 67 Homies
- 68 Historian's divisions
Down
- 1 Drum in a salsa club
- 2 Maureen who was "The Queen of Technicolor"
- 3 Fluid for cold mornings
- 4 Piece of work?
- 5 Tailors
- 6 Have a haughty air
- 7 Whence the phrase "sticky wicket"
- 8 Something sworn
- 9 Animal in the suborder Vermilingua ("worm tongue")
- 10 Quick clip
- 11 Bar on the road
- 12 Cruise ship amenity
- 13 Puts down
- 21 Grazer's place
- 22 Not get spotted by
- 27 Pursuer of Frodo
- 28 Like a non-starter, for short
- 29 Passed out
- 30 Genesis offspring
- 31 One may join a team
- 32 Style, at a salon
- 33 ___'acte (intermission)
- 37 Weingarten of nail polish fame
- 38 Rush order words
- 39 Apt name for a talkative guy?
- 41 Bitty
- 44 Served in the role of
- 47 Was livid
- 48 They're taken at diners
- 49 "Bon Appétit" reader
- 50 It's a joy to have
- 54 One's inner self
- 55 Windows replaced it
- 56 "___ difference"
- 57 Ortiz of martial arts
- 58 Skye of "Say Anything..."
- 59 "The Living Daylights" band
- 60 Sly or sexy one