
93D Humphrey Bogart role : SAM SPADE (using the SPADE). 82D Fireplaces : HEARTHS (using the HEART). 64D Rave attendees, for example : CLUBBERS (using the CLUB). 63D Literature, theater, filmmaking and others : T HE ARTS (using the HEART).
49D “America” singer, 1981 : NEIL DIAMOND (using the DIAMOND). 44D How words may be recited : BY HEART (using the HEART). 29D Resort chain since 1950 : CLUB MED (using the CLUB). 12D Like a geocentric orbit in which the orbital period is more than 24 hours : HIG H EARTH (using the HEART). 8D Aplenty : IN SPADES (using the SPADE). 1D Pop culture sister site of The Onion : AV CLUB (using the CLUB). 131A 1998 Matt Damon film featuring this puzzle’s game : ROUNDERS. 42D Indicator on a clock … or one of four in this puzzle? : MINUTE HAND (the TWO/KING hole cards might be considered a “MINUTE” HAND). 39D 123-Across’s holding that wins this puzzle’s game : ROYAL FLUSH (the KING/JACK hole cards with the TEN, QUEEN & ACE community cards, all HEARTS). 81A Anne Hathaway’s role in 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland” : WHITE QUEEN (using the QUEEN community card). 78A Waters of the world, figuratively : SEVEN SEAS (using the SEVEN community card). 71A Control element in medical trials : PL ACEBO (using the ACE community card). 62A Taken (with) : SMIT TEN (using the TEN community card). 58A Works as a mixologist : TENDS BAR (using the TEN community card). 123A Some loungewear : SMO KING JACKETS (using the KING/ JACK hole cards).
112A What can keep a bubble from bursting : SURF ACE TENSION (using the ACE/ TEN hole cards).
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28A Opportunity for making professional connections : NE TWOR KING EVENT (using the TWO/ KING hole cards).22A Plant with clusters of tiny white flowers : QUEEN ANNE’S L ACE (using the QUEEN/ ACE hole cards).Themed down-answers use the suits of the same cards: Themed across-answers use the values of the included cards. We can see that the player in the southeast corner can use the three hearts in the center, along with his or her two hearts, to make a winning ROYAL FLUSH. The five cards in the center of the grid are the “community cards”, three of which each player uses to make their own poker hand. The pairs of cards in the four corners of the grid are “hole cards” of four players of a game of Text Hold ‘Em. So, several squares in the puzzle are rebus squares, each containing a playing card. We start off with a note:Ī note on Texas hold’em: Players seek to combine one or more of the cards they hold with cards laid out on the table to make the best possible five-card poker hand. There is a lot going on in today’s puzzle.