creatures of various colors -- PINK PANTHER (17A. Inspector Clouseau movie, with “The”); PURPLE COW (35A. Poet Gelett Burgess wrote that he never saw one); WHITE RABBIT (56A. Lewis Carroll character who’s late); GOLD -BUG (11D. Edgar Allan Poe story, with “The”); RED PONY (40D. John Steinbeck book, with “The”). ...and