![]() Natick only saved by guessing the Z (for obvious reasons.) Particularly wonderful that they crossed each other. ![]() I happen to not speak French or know Popeye's creator's first name. For example, YIPE and SCAD can kiss my S.ĮVZONE was a WOE because I guess I needed to brush up on either my Greek military or my kilt-wearers, let alone the union of the two. While most of the fill was ridiculously EZ because of all the Zs, some of it was either maddeningly arcane or just annoying SOCs. So the theme is a bunch of Zs, and I'm not counting them to see if there are 40 for each %$%#T WINK. But the rule of thumb is, if your puzzle is a huge nothing, themewise, make it real easy, because then, people will be high on a feeling of triumph and forget, or not mind as much, that your theme was garbage. More room for Z's! Just stunned that this is anyone's idea of a good time. No one's day is going to be improved or brightened by NANTZ over ORTIZ or ONZE or ZAC or ADZ, but if your mission is to Scrabble-f*** your way across a 21x21 expanse, you can do it. So then you just have to cram in another 13 ("cram" being the operative word), and if you don't care about the overall quality of your fill, the cramming is not hard. The (well spaced-out) themers contain 27/40 of the Z's. It's not hard to get 40 Z's into a puzzle if you make it your theme. For a while I was really hoping that the theme would be something besides a bunch of Z's, and I see that the revealer seems to want to give the whole thing a raison d'etre, tie a bow on it, what not, but a "Z" is not a "wink," exactly, and honestly who cares about any of this. Yeah, it's a funny name, I got it without help, but this puzzle is still a dud. Intended!" The entire puzzle rides on your being nostalgically charmed by ZIZZER ZAZZER ZUZZ. yeah, we're definitely in on the joke, and if you call it boring, you're just being redundant now, and obviously don't get irony, which is what we meant to do here, irony, yes, that is definitely part of the theme. It's a defensive title: "see, we already called it boring, so. I guess the title, "Snoozefest," is supposed to be a winky bit of self-deprecating humor, but as I read it, everyone involved knew this was super boring and thought maybe they could just play it for laughs. Their distinctive dress turned them into a popular image for the Greek soldier, especially among foreigners. The most visible item of this uniform is the fustanella, a kilt -like garment. Evzones are known for their distinctive uniform, which evolved from the clothes worn by the klephts who fought the Ottoman occupation of Greece. ![]() An Evzone ( Greek : Εύζωνας ) is also known, colloquially, as a Tsoliás ( Greek : Τσολιάς pl. Today, they are the members of the Presidential Guard ( Greek : Προεδρική Φρουρά, romanized: Proedrikí Frourá ), a ceremonial unit that guards the Greek Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ( Greek : Μνημείο του Άγνωστου Στρατιώτη, romanized: Mnimeío tou Άgnostou Stratiόti ) and the Presidential Mansion in Athens. ![]() The Evzones or Evzonoi ( Greek : Εύζωνες, Εύζωνοι, pronounced ) were several historical elite light infantry and mountain units of the Greek Army. Word of the Day: EVZONE ( 34D: Kilt-wearing Greek infantryman). BUZZFEED QUIZZES (101A: "Which Disney princess are you?" and the like).PRIZE PUZZLES (86A: Opportunities to win a vacation on "Wheel of Fortune").ZIZZER ZAZZER ZUZZ (63A: Final creature encountered in "Dr.RAZZLE DAZZLE (45A: Ostentatious display).FREEZING DRIZZLE (28A: Winter weather hazard).FUZZY WUZZY (22A: Inaptly named bear of a tongue twister).or a playful description of the 64-Down here) ( 64-Down = ZEES): At least that's the what the puzzle is telling me no way I'm actually counting ( 111A: Quick nap.
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