I also misremembered the second phrase as KNOCK (back) DRAG OUT, which significantly confused me. SHOT (across) THE BOW is totally new to me, so I was trying to use BACK somehow (read it backwards maybe?).
Two of the terms were foreign to me, which meant parsing them took ages. (Correct me if I’ve missed something here, kind commenters, I might be missing the role of “1” in the clue!) 
The crossword grammar is slightly wrong, no? The way the clues are phrased (“With across, xyz”) I believe the final answer should be ACROSS SHOT THE BOW rather than SHOT ACROSS THE BOW. This didn’t quite stick the landing for me for three reasons: It got a “nice!!!” out of me, which is basically all I want from a puzzle. I like the vibe of this theme for sure! I looove when constructors sassily break crossword rules, especially on a Thursday. 
With 1 Down, dessert sometimes made with pineapple is UPSIDE (down) CAKE. With 1 Across, charity event involving a coast-to-coast human chain is HANDS (across) AMERICA. #Synonyms for obscurity full
Here, we are not referring to the entry at 1-down (which is BEST), we are using the word “down” to create the full entry KNOCK (down) DRAG OUT.
With 1 Down, like a free-for-all fight is KNOCK DRAG OUT. With 1 Across, warning at sea is SHOT (across) THE BOW- so we aren’t referring to the word at 1-across (which is BACK), we are referring to the literal word “across”. Hey folks! In this puzzle we’ve got four “cross-reference-y” dupe-y answers: Michael Lieberman’s New York Times puzzle– malaika’s write-up I know Jeff has a geeky streak in him, I wonder if that was his original clue. If you never read The Grapes of Wrath, that was probably another tough crossing. I wanted ICE DAM for the clue, but the crossing of JOAD made it clear it should be ICE JAM. An I seemed like a possibility in that square, but the A definitely seemed more likely. I didn’t know the rapper FAT JOE and with it crossing another proper name LENA at the A, that might give people pause. Looking at the long fill, we have “ DON’T BE RUDE,” RUNS FOR IT, BOSSA NOVA, and TEAPOT DOME. It didn’t help not knowing some of the names, but I view that as more of a gap in my knowledge base than a fault with the puzzle.īut don’t you think it’s a bit weird that we need a CLUE to find the detectives? Shouldn’t we use clues to find the criminals?Īside from that, this was fun and definitely different than the usual rehashed fare. Nice to have this one included even though DRY WEATHER sounds a bit green paintish and “Carolyn Keane” was a pseudonym for a number of writers who wrote Drew stories (though the initial and primary writer was a woman by the name of Mildred Wirt Benson). The circled Y becomes an E to give us Nancy DREW. He reappears in The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter.) Auguste Dupin, who first appeared in The Murders in the Rue Morgue which is also considered the very first detective story. (Shame on me for not knowing this, but “Dupin” is C. The circled O becomes a U to give us DUPIN(?) I’m guessing here because I simply don’t know the detective created by Poe. This was the first one I sorted out, and it was crucial to understanding the theme. The circled W becomes an L to give us HOLMES. 
(Yup, just verified it with an Internet search.) I don’t recognize the name Chester Gould, but I’m going to assume we’re talking about Dick Tracy here. Change the circled N to a C to find TRACY. Said revealer is in two parts: CLUE / ME IN (66a. Change that letter according to the revealer’s hint, and you’ll find the surname of a detective created by the author identified parenthetically. Theme answers are familiar(ish) words and phrases that feature a single circled letter. We’re looking for fictional detectives today as hinted at by the Holmesian title. Jeff Chen’s Wall Street Journal crossword, “The Game Is Afoot!”-Jim P’s review Or maybe you have an epistolary relationship with a biker. TSA agents may be laden with plastic bins. Oh, that kind of calf! Took me a while and some crossings to find my way here. Not sure I’ve seen this term before, but it was inferrable. As in Forest Whitaker playing the part of IDI Amin. The resulting phrases are clued accordingly: Fireball crossword solution, 6 2 22, “Heads Back”Īs the title suggests, the heads of each word in the base phrases move to the back, forming new words.
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