Tropical fruit with highly nutritious seeds / MON 10-10-22 / Tuna type in sushi restaurants / White dogs or bluish-gray cats / Credential for a painter or sculptor / The Wire character portrayed by Michael K. Williams

Maltese dog refers both to an ancient variety of dwarf canine generally associated with the island of Malta and to a modern breed of dog in the toy group. [...] The modern variety traditionally has a silky, pure-white coat, hanging ears and a tail that curves over its back, and weighs up to 3–4 kg (7–9 lb). The Maltese does not shed. /// A Maltese (Italian: [malˈteːze]) is any cat whose fur is either completely, or primarily, gray or blue and is of indeterminate breed. (wikipedia)

As for the theme, I don't know ... I love that the themers are all 15s; gives a pleasing visual consistency to the set. But I can't say that any of the answers on their own is that exciting, and the two "PAR"s concept just doesn't have much inherent interest. You gotta go to mini-golf for the concept, which is fine, but ... I'm just not feeling much thematic PEP here today. As for the grid as a whole, I really like it. Played like a (very) easy Monday themeless. A whopping eight (!) 9-letter answers in addition to the three 15s from the theme. That's eleven long answers total, all of which are somehow crammed into a regular 15x15 grid that actually plays like a Monday. Not sure when I've seen so many long answers in an early-week grid. The answer count is slightly low for a Monday (74, instead of the usu. 78 or 76), but not that low. I feel like there's some kind of weird clown-car magic going on here. I just don't see how he got all those long answers in there, and still managed to keep the grid butter-smooth. It's really quite a constructing feat, and one that's so low-key that I doubt many people will notice or appreciate it. So I'm tepid on the theme itself, but kind of in awe of the grid as a whole. Think of it like a themeless and I think you've got a fine Monday solving experience on your hands. I'm not that hard to please on Mondays. Gimme some CHEAP WINE and some BOY GEORGE, maybe a TACO or two, and I'm good.