There are, of course, different kinds of themed puzzle: light themes, heavy themes, subliminal themes that make the solver feel clever to have spotted it, but which do not have to be identified to make it possible to complete the puzzle.
"These are the themes that make Italians laugh, anyway".
Mr. Thirlwell has several large themes that make their way insistently through his shoves and hops.
"The themes that make one laugh always stem from poverty, hunger, misery, old age, sickness, and death," he said.
"It is a very sexy love story, but it's the other underlying themes that make it.
They have chosen to run campaigns that feature warm, almost apolitical themes that make a direct appeal to women and elderly voters.
It has felt like Oldtimers Week at City Hall, with Rudolph W. Giuliani dipping into the past to bring back the people and themes that made him famous.
In recent months, he has been reaching out to progressives in the early primary states, and echoing many of the themes that made Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren popular, such as calling for the break-up of big banks.
At times the songs are drifting and melodic, making use of harmonics and easy-going vocals from singer Irma Ratazanina, and showing the curious echoes of western folk themes that make Malagasy melodies so accessible to a wider audience.
Of the intertwining themes that make up this deliberately discordant cinematic ballad, the cat is perhaps the most significant, its recurrent presence suggesting a talismanic key (or note) that will open the door to the film's wilfully withheld purpose.
