(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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