If youвЂ™ve ever used I-480, odds are youвЂ™ve passed B.A.

SweetieвЂ™s onВ BrookparkВ Road in Cleveland, conveniently located right off of I-480 East. With fragrance, dahlias would truly be the perfect flower.OctoberвЂ™sВ Magical History Tour will get you all set for trick-or-treating, at North AmericaвЂ™s largest candy store: B.A. Solved, you get DAHLIAs, some of which are blooming lavishly in my small garden right now - they come into their own in the early fall. That L in BROI LERS is part of this little circle, and itвЂ™s also the first letter in that difficult entry, LIA.

At 19A, we have N ACHO at 22A, ET D 24A, HON, short for honey and at 27A, of course, we have BROI LERS.

My favorite bloom in the world, probably, is the next one we encounter. V-I-O-L surround the blossomвЂ™s center then L runs down with E and T, vertically, to form its stem. Work your way around from the left, clockwise - V-I-O-LET - and notice that these letters are arranged to form a flower. Then un peux de franГ§ais, fortunately pretty basic: вЂњHerвЂќ is E LLE that bold L is also the first letter in 26D, LET (did anyone watch the French Open finals?). Below it, at 20A: EN V, short for envelope at 21A: вЂњHave debtsвЂќ is to OWE. At 17A, the only deep voice that fits in this entry, we have BAR ITONES. LetвЂ™s look at the northwest side of the grid for our first example, circled letters in bold. Some of us have another four sets of circles, while others have four sets of gray boxes these are all arranged in vertical pairs running down from those sets of four circles, almost like lollipop sticks, or stalks holding up snailвЂ™s eyes вЂ¦ or something else, which weвЂ™ll come to.ДЄs we solve the puzzle, we gradually fill in those circled and shaded squares. We have four sets of circled boxes, themselves arranged in circles around a single black square. The theme layout is a bit different depending on where youвЂ™re solving. A lot of MвЂ™s around here, with AMINO and AMALGAM nearby. (And don't mind the difference between ovens and stoves as far as I can tell, most people use them interchangeably, although I would be interested to hear if this is a regional thing.)ДЈ8A: I thought of вЂњyum!вЂќ first - MMM is one of those bits you kind of have to solve backward - once I had RAMP and AMMO, I had to settle for MMM. Instead, go for the BROILERS inside the stove, not on top. Since I hadnвЂ™t determined what the circles around the boxes meant yet, I thought there might be a blank space that would allow this answer to work. Tricky CluesДў7A: I got stuck on вЂњburnersвЂќ here (no pun intended). Some toughies in the fill, and some interesting and creative entries, contribute to the gratification of figuring everything out. Even though there is a two-part revealer that provides a hint, you have to do some visual and literal deduction to find your hidden set of theme entries. This is an intricate-looking grid that presents a good challenge, mainly because the key to вЂњgettingвЂќ it isnвЂ™t laid out for you in the clues. MONDAY PUZZLE - Joe Hansen is a 2020 addition to the constructor pack his only other Times puzzle until now was back in April and similarly offbeat.

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