The theme never really gets off the ground, and neither does the puzzle as a whole. And then you've just got a lot of overfamiliar short stuff ( SSNS and RPMS and ETAS and what not). The other themers are fine as standalone answers, but they don't add nearly enough color to the grid. ![]() the letters "UN." Since the revealer itself is not exciting at all, and "UN"-ness doesn't really have anything entertaining to offer, we're left with one nice themer (in an appropriately marquee position) ( AS DRUNK AS A SKUNK), and that's pretty much it. There are certainly "UN"s in each of the two words in the theme answers, but with AROUND and BOUNTY the "UN" sound is submerged / hidden / changed, so you don't even get a nice rhyming thing going. ![]() What's the difference? DECOUPLES would be a good ("good") revealer if you had theme answers like DOUBLE DOORS, DR. ![]() I actually thought the word was DECOUPLES.
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