Fuzzy Forecast

You're welcome, Tom. I guess "Phil" saw his SHADOW this morning, so it looks like 6 more weeks of winter. Oh well, more time to make puzzles.

Thanks, Eric. Yep, at least another 6 weeks.

Thanks, Dave. I was working on this one around the same time you were doing your Beatles puzzle with FROM LIVER POOL.

Thanks, Chris. Glad to see you're still somewhere warm!

Glad you enjoyed it, imontoo!

Thanks, Bob. It probably looked a bit different from the original version you tested.

Ha! You know, I hadn't thought of that, Matthew. Great observation! I did deliberately locate 20A SNEAKY and 59A REPEAT, though.

Thanks, Al. Glad you liked it!

Thank you, kurtalert! I will pass along your birthday wishes to 60D.

Thanks, DrTom. Glad you enjoyed the meta, and yes, you may "burrow" anything you'd like.

I should explain the "umbrage" perhaps? Obviously it was a homonym of sorts for homage, but since many know UMBRAGE means "offense" I'm sure you were wondering, "Why would he say that Cap took offense to his wife's birthday". Well I was also doing a French pun since UMBRE in French means shadow and UMBRAGE means shading....so appropriate for Feb 2. Hope nobody thought otherwise.

"Only the Shadow knows...", Jay. Did you see the movie "Groundhog Day"? That was the inspiration for the repetition.

Thanks again for test solving and feedback, Alan!

Glad you enjoyed it, Carolyn!

Thanks, Darth. Glad you enjoyed the puzzle and the shout-out at 6A.

Thanks, Lance. I grew up close to Punxsutawney - so close that my high school sometimes played them in sports.

Thanks for solving, woozy!

Thanks, Sharkicicles. Who knew???

Thanks, Jay. No other Easter eggs besides 39A, 41A, 43A, 20A, 59A, 64A and 60D.

Thank you, Claudia. Glad you enjoyed it!

Ha! "Superb Phil"! Love it! Sorry you had to return to the frigid NE from what sounds like a nice Caribbean get-away, Mike.

Thanks, Meta! Glad you got a chance to solve this one.