THEME: none, but 29 blocks
GOOD ONES: Go figure? DO THE MATH
Makes bad calls? MISDIALS [I thought along the lines of umps]
Poetic rapper RAVEN ["suddenly there came a tapping as of someone gently rapping, rapping…"]
BTW: Material for Caesar GAGS [well, Sid wasn't a gagster as was say Henny Youngman; he was a comic actor, but I guess he did gags in some of his skits with Carl Reiner]
Coming-out party BELLE [
party correctly refers to an individual in the legal sense; a BELLE comes out in the social sense --- but it's still clever]
Quality of a good math proof RIGOR [Rigor has nothing to do with a mathematical proof, only validity;
ease would be as valid in describing a proof]
Best
in a mess OUT EAT [perhaps if the clue were "Best at mess" it would make better sense]
Uncreative threat OR ELSE [uncreative seems an odd way to describe the threat; perhaps "familiar" would sit right]
Vier and
zwei, maybe, but
ACHT is just not ever said or written in English.
Despite my quibbles, I enjoyed the challenge.
RATING:
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
