Hang with the boys, slangily / TUE 1-21-25 / Playground pathogen / Body personified by the Greek Titan Selene / Sit non-ergonomically / Marine photographer's aid

Constructor: Dan Caprera

Relative difficulty: Medium, maybe a little north of Medium

THEME: SCAVENGER HUNT (37A: Popular camp activity ... or, literally, what the circles are creating four times in this puzzle)— the circled squares in each theme answer spell out a type of "scavenger"

Theme answers:

• CORNER DRUGSTORE (17A: Convenient source of tinctures and tonics)
• LUIS FONSI (29A: Singer of "Despacito," which has more than eight billion views on YouTube)
• CARD TABLE (49A: Item with hinged legs)
• "OH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA..." (61A: "That's not even the half of it...")

Word of the Day: Selene (66A: Body personified by the Greek Titan Selene = MOON) —

In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (/sɪˈliːniː/; Ancient Greek: Σελήνη pronounced [selɛ̌ːnɛː] seh-LEH-neh, meaning "Moon") is the goddess and personification of the Moon. Also known as Mene, she is traditionally the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun god Helios and the dawn goddess Eos. She drives her moon chariot across the heavens. Several lovers are attributed to her in various myths, including Zeus, Pan, and the mortal Endymion. In post-classical times, Selene was often identified with Artemis, much as her brother, Helios, was identified with Apollo. Selene and Artemis were also associated with Hecate and all three were regarded as moon and lunar goddesses, but only Selene was regarded as the personification of the Moon itself.

Her equivalent in Roman religion and mythology is the goddess Luna. (wikipedia)

Non-consecutive circled squares, spelling things. There are probably less appealing theme types, but not many. There are a few problems here. First, the revealer is SCAVENGER HUNT, but ... there's no "HUNT." I don't have to "hunt" for anything. The circled squares tell me where the scavenger is. It's the opposite of a hunt. It's a found. "Found it, it's right here, in these circled squares." Second, only two of these "scavengers" really scream "scavenger!" CONDOR and HYENA, sure. CRAB, I guess. I mean, yes, OK, but that's not my first crab thought, or even my third or twelfth (please don't demand to see eleven other crab thoughts). The least "scavenger" of these, though, in my mind, is the LION. I've watched "Wild Kingdom," I know that LIONs hunt. And then the HYENAs come along and try to get a piece. The fact that LIONs *will* scavenge doesn't really put them in the same category as animals like the HYENA and CONDOR who are primarily scavengers. So, it's called SCAVENGER HUNT, but only half the animals seem like full-fledged scavengers ... and there's no hunt. Non-consecutive circled squares always seem like a low thematic bar. The letters "L""I""O""N" must appear (in order) in tons of answers. LUIS FONSI? Sure. Also LITTLE ONES and FLIP PHONE and VIDALIA ONION and so on ad infinitum. Does not feel special at all to have found "L""I""O""N" in any answer. The only themer here that feels like "ooh, nice find," is "OH, YOU HAVE NO IDEA." The "OH" feels a little tacked on, but it gets you the "H," and thus gets you a five-word answer, with one "HYENA" letter in each word. There's something special about that. There's nothing special about any of the rest of it.