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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on April 05, 2015, 09:43:00 AM
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THEME: First word of phrase or portmanteau is a superlative
GOOD ONES:
Five-star flugelhorns? TOP BRASS
Five-star headgear? SUPERVISOR
Remedy from a doctor? SPIN [spin doctor]
Whistler, for one ARTIST [but only his Mother knew him]
Five-O booking agent DANO ["Book him, Dano"]
Break for Mom NAP TIME[theirs or hers]
Remedy for a freeze RESTART [computer freeze, that is]
United divider AISLE [the airline]
BTW:
Where___ ITS AT [substandard English, but even so it needs quotation marks]
CORONET & ROBUSTO are cigar shapes
This, in Toulouse CET [but not in London or even on Toulouse St. in New Orleans]
Deutschland donkey ESEL [an asinine entry]
Magi origin EAST [yes --- in my case, the East Coast]
RATING: ;D ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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Hebrew for "skyward" = ELAL (airline)
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Must've had my head in the clouds. Told you I need an editor. Anyway, it's fixed. Thanks, rbe.
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Merl Reagle's crossword in today's Los Angeles Times is one that was used in last year's American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. It's 19x19, smaller than the typical Sunday puzzle. Shouldn't tournaments use 21x21 grids? Anyway, the theme is "Silence Of The Lampreys." It took me a while to figure it out. The theme answers are familiar phrases with the EEL-sounding syllable, regardless of spelling, removed. Eel. Lamprey. Silence. Get it? Examples:
Way to avoid kittens? FIXTHECAT
Saw a rock star in concert? CAUGHTSTING
All 11 members of a football team? THECAPTAINANDTEN
Sister city of Thigh, New York? WINGWESTVIRGINIA
I have one quibble, though---whatever a "quibble" is. The WINGWESTVIRGINIA answer dropped HEEL, not EEL.