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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on July 19, 2015, 09:05:27 AM
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THEME: The long O sound is added to familiar phrases
GOOD ONES:
"oh, I get it" for the title
Glass insulation consideration? WINDOW CHILL FACTOR [wind chill factor]
Skits at teatime? PECOE PERFORMANCES [peak performances]
One known for high living? TIBETAN [two miles high!]
Nice view MER [the city is pronounced with a short I]
Lab attendants VETS ["black lab attendants" might be more fun]
Place for sweaters SPA
BTW:
"80's IBM flop nicknamed "Peanut" PC JR [never knew till now that my first computer was a flop; to me it was a miracle]
ALMAS no es englais.
Soup in "That's Amore" PASTA FAZOOL [FAZOOL is not a word here or in Italy; it's fagioli --- in the song it is pronounced /fazool/, so the clue should indicate it is the sound, not the word. Sfachime!]
MASH UP crossed with APU is too tough for the un-TV generation unlikely to fans of "The Simpsons" or especially "Glee."
RATING: ;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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PEKOE PERFORMANCES
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In today's "Pun Clearance" crossword, Merl Reagle uses some puns which he said were "piling up around the house." The puns were fairly elaborate:
Most popular car in India? DODGEMAHAL
King with a wicked sense of fairness? SOLOMONGOMORRAH
Utterly unable to eat breakfast without bread? LACKTOASTINTOLERANT
What a certain car insurance company is considering for its next commercial? GECKOROMANWRESTLING
The story of a priest? AGENTLEMANANDHISCOLLAR
(Get it? Like "a gentleman and a scholar.")
The puzzle also included the Roman numerals III and the over-used words ADO, AGE, AIL, ALE, ALI, ARGO, EGAD, OBIT and OREO but there was one word which I had never seen in a crossword.....until today: REDAN ("V-shaped fortification").
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/redan