Where There Never Was a Puzzle
◆◆ · By acommonrose
Constructor's Note
Collaboration with Norah Sharpe. Find more of her puzzles at www.norahsharpe.com!
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Company behind "Street Fighter" and "Resident Evil"
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- 1ACompany behind "Street Fighter" and "Resident Evil"
- 7AQuick jam with the band
- 11ADC player
- 14ASkin care brand advertised by Renee Elise Goldsberry (too bad she doesn't sing in the commercials!)
- 15AStore selling "Sunday II Sunday" hair care products
- 16A16 going on 17, for one
- 17AFruit ___ (snack that might give you a tattoo)
- 18ALike Benny's style, unlike his tenants in "Rent"
- 20APays to play
- 21A"Render ___ Caesar..."
- 22AWord repeated four times in the last verse of "Not Getting Married Today"
- 23ACollectible series that included Flash the Dolphin and Splash the Whale
- 26AWhere Sharks and Jets sharpen their blades
- 29AJulieta but not Mirabel, in "Encanto," briefly
- 30A"Wind up an ___" (original title for the play "Merrily We Roll Along")
- 31A"You ___ you loved me, or were you just being kind?"
- 33ATech. used to disastrous effect in the "Cats" movie
- 35AWhat Audrey 2 does in "Little Shop of Horrors"
- 39ASondheim book subtitled "Collected Lyrics with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes" or a hint to 1-Across, 23-Across, 51-Across, and 71-Across
- 43ATake (control)
- 44AMaker of Carnival and Stinger
- 45AOne of eight won by Stephen Sondheim
- 46ABatteries in many body mics
- 48A___ace
- 50ATransfigure someone into a scarecrow (while ironically singing about how no good deed goes unpunished), say
- 51AMacbeth II and Always Dreaming, e.g.
- 57A"Isn't it nice to know that good will conquer ___?"
- 58ARevise, as your collaborator's clues
- 59AJoins (up)
- 63AGo on pretending that you were best friends with Connor, forging email conversations and all, if you're Evan Hansen
- 65AMuppet that yodeled with Julie Andrews in "The Lonely Goatherd"
- 66ASampled "a little priest" at Mrs. Lovett's shop
- 67ABlack Caucus, e.g.
- 68ALizard with a prehensile tongue
- 69A"Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion, eminently practical and ___ appropriate as always"
- 70AName in "She Loves Me"
- 71AScottish ballad partially set on Halloween
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- 1DSinger Irene or Alessia
- 2DRiver mentioned in "Kiss Me Kate"
- 3DLob tomatoes at, maybe
- 4DStunt casting choice, for short
- 5DBurdens
- 6DBucket-carrying character in "Fantasia"
- 7DLargest branch of Islam
- 8DComplex headline: "TDE on Kendrick Lamar Eating ___ In a Palm Tree: 'What's the Most LA-est Sh*t We Can Do?'"
- 9DLighting effect that should have a warning
- 10DKid playing Gavroche, usually
- 11DFemale lead in Lin-Manuel Miranda's "21 Chump Street"
- 12DBe in harmony
- 13DToby in "Sweeney Todd" and Jack in "Into the Woods," for two
- 19DLife, according to Liza
- 21DEel on sushi menus
- 24DWashington Square Park monument (setting of an annual Christmas carol festival)
- 25D"Goddammit!"
- 26DLike a famous scene (and several songs) in 27-Down
- 27DMusical containing an extended drug trip sequence
- 28D"The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure," for one
- 32DTurn off
- 34D"Petra, such elegant writing, so chic you hardly can read it. What do you think? Who can it be? Even the ___. No, here, let me."
- 36D"Pick me!"
- 37DWind down
- 38DRiver mentioned in "Hadestown"
- 40D"___ With Me" (Rapunzel's mother's song of warning in "Into the Woods")
- 41D"Big, tall, terrible" creature found in the sky in "Into the Woods"
- 42DReset, as a scale
- 47DWhat music often does before an emotional song
- 49D"Newsies" director Kenny
- 51D"Into the woods without ___, but careful not to lose the way"
- 52DWatch party announcement
- 53DAwe
- 54D"Losing my mind," for one
- 55DDorothy, to Em and Henry
- 56DPurchase at a 15-Across
- 60DLawyer Clooney who with husband George donated $13M to save the Mill at Sonning Theater
- 61D7xwords puzzle, e.g.
- 62DOne who might arrive early at the stagedoor to meet their favorite actor
- 64D"Guys and Dolls" book writer Burrows
- 65DSet of drums