That sinking feeling

Happy Thursday! Sometimes it takes a while for the Tightrope hidden theme to sink in. Not this time! Many people quickly wrote in with the correct response: the RMS Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912! One of yesterday's questions asked about the Pekingese dog breed. How does it relate to the Titanic? A Pekingese named Sun Yat Sen was one of three dogs that survived the sinking. Its owner was first-class passenger Henry S. Harper, who reportedly said afterward about bringing his dog on a lifeboat, “There seemed to be lots of room, and nobody made any objection.” Thank you to everyone who wrote in—you’re all first-class in our book! Special shout-outs to the following unsinkable guessers for their prompt replies: Jen Clifton in Park City, UT; Kathleen Conlon in Flanders, NJ; and Gail Goetz in Gold Bar, WA.

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April 16, 2026

Happy Thursday! Sometimes it takes a while for the Tightrope hidden theme to sink in. Not this time! Many people quickly wrote in with the correct response: the RMS Titanic sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912!

One of yesterday's questions asked about the Pekingese dog breed. How does it relate to the Titanic? A Pekingese named Sun Yat Sen was one of three dogs that survived the sinking. Its owner was first-class passenger Henry S. Harper, who reportedly said afterward about bringing his dog on a lifeboat, “There seemed to be lots of room, and nobody made any objection.”

Thank you to everyone who wrote in—you’re all first-class in our book! Special shout-outs to the following unsinkable guessers for their prompt replies: Jen Clifton in Park City, UT; Kathleen Conlon in Flanders, NJ; and Gail Goetz in Gold Bar, WA.