Sentence examples for theme answer from inspiring English sources

It's definitely more of a cryptic-style answer, with RET placed "IN" AE for the theme answer ARETE.

In fact, Will Shortz commented, "My favorite theme answer here is THE THREE R'S, especially as R'S are a fun thing to roll.

For each theme answer, the BAR is placed within a word that indicates a type of bar: SALAD BAR, CANDY BAR, PIANO BAR, etc.

It took some time to see my error — actually, it took until realizing that the Denzel Washington movie role at 7 Down was a theme answer.

A good sign that you've stumbled onto a theme answer is that the letters that fit will feel incomplete and frustrating.

The first theme answer I got was ROYAL FLUSH, and at first I wasn't sure what to make of that (A nobility theme? Plumbing?) It didn't take long, however, for the puzzle to sing its secrets to me and before long, I had THE BLUES, too.

In addition, the theme answers are pretty fresh.

He also came up with some alternative theme answers that offered more flexibility in the fill.

We had a lot of fun coming up with theme answers for this puzzle.

The purist in me wanted all the theme answers to be hyphenated.

The idea was to embed different types of doors within theme answers – exTRAPoint, for example.