i also started with POEM at 1A, and i even stuck in PARM at 1D to match. thank goodness my little PONY set me straight, because it was an inauspicious beginning.nice puzzle overall. i liked ATMFEE and DADDYO, as things that were sort of new to me. the theme was awfully cute. and here is CRAWS again, for those who objected to it last time.the crossword acting pantheon would have to include ALDA (tho