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Post by balzaccom on Jan 14, 2024 8:03:58 GMT -8
OK. Part of the challenge with these is the punctuation. So look at this:
Weird: Holy man near mountains.
In this case weird is a synonym for the answer.
Holy man is a Saint=St.
And mountains are a range.
St+range=strange=weird.
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 14, 2024 8:09:13 GMT -8
Here's an easier one:
River is meandering line (4 letters)
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 14, 2024 8:11:04 GMT -8
And slightly harder one:
Cook gently put in white fish (7 letters)
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 14, 2024 9:57:32 GMT -8
I sort of know who the things work Eh? Say what? What things are working who? :D Man, typos all over the place.
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Post by marmotstew on Jan 14, 2024 10:56:31 GMT -8
OK. Part of the challenge with these is the punctuation. So look at this: Weird: Holy man near mountains. In this case weird is a synonym for the answer. Holy man is a Saint=St. And mountains are a range. St+range=strange=weird. San Joaquin river?
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Jan 14, 2024 12:18:20 GMT -8
OK. Part of the challenge with these is the punctuation. So look at this: Weird: Holy man near mountains. In this case weird is a synonym for the answer. Holy man is a Saint=St. And mountains are a range. St+range=strange=weird. But……a “range” IS mountains, not NEAR mountains. Misleading.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Jan 14, 2024 12:21:10 GMT -8
Here's an easier one: River is meandering line (4 letters) NILE?
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Jan 14, 2024 12:24:04 GMT -8
And slightly harder one: Cook gently put in white fish (7 letters) CODDLED?
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 14, 2024 19:28:07 GMT -8
OK. Part of the challenge with these is the punctuation. So look at this: Weird: Holy man near mountains. In this case weird is a synonym for the answer. Holy man is a Saint=St. And mountains are a range. St+range=strange=weird. But……a “range” IS mountains, not NEAR mountains. Misleading. No, no. The SAINT is near the mountains. The ST is near the RANGE and that all adds up to STRANGE.
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Jan 14, 2024 19:48:37 GMT -8
No, no. The SAINT is near the mountains. The ST is near the RANGE and that all adds up to STRANGE. That's silly. All of these letters are going to be NEAR each other. Why have a Department of Redundancy Department? Misleading.
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 15, 2024 7:43:23 GMT -8
I’m pretty sure that misleading is the point.
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 15, 2024 8:56:35 GMT -8
Nile is correct!
Coddled is not.
I'm in Death Valley. I'll check back when I have service, at the end of day
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 16, 2024 19:49:19 GMT -8
And slightly harder one: Cook gently put in white fish (7 letters) Cook gently is to simmer Put in white (w) Swimmer=fish
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 16, 2024 19:53:02 GMT -8
And slightly harder one: Cook gently put in white fish (7 letters) Cook gently is to simmer Put in white (w) Swimmer=fish
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Post by balzaccom on Jan 16, 2024 19:53:57 GMT -8
One more to ponder
Putin's ridiculous contribution (5)
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