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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on November 21, 2009, 09:15:25 AM
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"Deck the Halls" ending LALALA
Switch magazines, maybe RELOAD [magazines are often mistakenly called clips]
One often follows a bullet ITEM [in a bulleted list]
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Three less than once OCHO [in Spanish once means eleven and ocho means eight]
Despite my distaste for foreign words in English puzzles, given the cleverness of the clue, I'd go with it, especially given that OCHO is crossed with easy words. I appreciate that DOS was clued not as "Two in Mexico" but the more clever "Suggested actions."
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I have a hunch there is a covert theme, but it is beyond me. I see SPERM..., DNA..., and BLOOD...; they're related, but AUTO... it's a prefix for an antibody produced in one's own bloodstream.
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SITPAT, even if it can be found in some reference or other, is at best outre. The idiom is "stand pat."
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I just realized that there is a tomato in automaton.
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I'm surprised the puzzle was accepted with "sperm" in the grid.
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Hi, Rick---
I'm not. Kids learn about sperms and eggs in school. I'm reminded of the Victorian practice of putting skirts on furniture to keep the leg (ball and claw feet) from showing.