There’s a rebus in this weekend’s Consequence Crossword, “Phish Food.” Inspired by Phish, who expand on the studio versions of songs in their live shows, a rebus expands a small number of crossword squares to contain more than one letter.
Here’s an example chosen in honor of Ben Kaye, who came up with the pencil mascot and illustrates different scenarios for it every week. A square with a circle around it () contains a rebus. So a six-letter answer might be (BEN)DOVER, and a five-letter answer might be UN(BEN)D, and they could intersect at the rebus square, (BEN).
You’ll see three rebuses with circles around them in the puzzle below. Press the ESC key to enter a rebus on your computer or tablet, and on phones, go to “more” and then “rebus.” (Also if you’re on mobile, hang tight! We’re working on improving our mobile experience and we hope to share updates soon!)
This puzzle came about after I saw Phish at Sphere in Las Vegas, which I wrote about here. My takeaways are that Phish are an amazing live act, and Sphere is a fun but very weird venue that scatters the audience’s attention and literally outshines the band.
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