

The Super NES is Nintendo's second programmable home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Although each version is essentially the same, several forms of regional lockout prevent cartridges for one version from being used in other versions. In Japan, it is called the Super Famicom ( SFC). In South Korea, it is called the Super Comboy and was distributed by Hyundai Electronics. The system was released in Brazil on August 30, 1993, by Playtronic. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System ( SNES), commonly shortened to Super NES or Super Nintendo, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea,1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania, and 1993 in South America. Word of the Day: SNES ( 120A: Old video game console inits.). a "picture") is literally inside "DOCTOR DOLITTLE" (i.e. or what 61-Across depicts literally) ("doodle" (i.e.

PICTURE IN PICTURE (110A: Screen feature that facilitates multitasking.or what 50-Across depicts literally) ("mates" (slang for "friends") is literally inside MOUNTAIN STATES (i.e. FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES (98A: Useful people to know.synonym of "break out") is literally inside "LOVE WILL TEAR US APART" (i.e. or what 31-Across depicts literally) ("erupt" (i.e. BREAK OUT IN SONG (82A: What characters in musicals often do.a word meaning "get back") is literally inside RECTANGULAR PRISM (a "shape") or what 23-Across depicts literally) ("reclaim" (i.e. GET BACK IN SHAPE (71A: Recommit to one's fitness." DOCT OR DO LITTL E" (61A: Hit 1998 Eddie Murphy comedy based on books by Hugh Lofting).MOUNT AIN S TAT ES (50A: Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming, among others)."LOV E WILL TEA R US A PAR T" (31A: Seminal 1980 hit by Joy Division).RECTANGU LAR PR IS M (23A: Stick of butter geometrically).Circled squares in the first four themers contain words that become the basis for understanding the last four themers that is, in the top half of the grid, the circled-square words are "In" the longer answers, providing "literal depictions" of the corresponding theme answers in the bottom half of the grid (where all answers follow the pattern _ IN _). THEME: "In Play" - playing around with (the meaning of) "IN".
