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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on August 14, 2012, 08:44:28 AM
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Possible Title: The I’s Have It
Theme: phrases containing rhymes of /I/
Some Nits to Pick:
Idiom with “as” in the middle SIMILE [As far as I’m concerned, the entry is too presumptive, as both you and I know.]
Penultimate planet URANUS [why this clue when there is doubt about Pluto’s being a planet?]
Full of baloney LYING [not necessarily. The idiom connotes “incorrectness.” Lying adds an element of deceit. Someone is full of baloney not because he is deceitful but because he is in error. So is a lying person full of baloney? I say no because liars are not innocent whereas those who are full of baloney are just wrong. But in the end it is subjective: if I'm wrong it's not because I'm lying; it's because I'm full of baloney.]
Triangular sail JIB [Yes, it’s triangular as is the mainsail, the storm sail, and a host of others. This is like cluing “Walking mammal” for COATI; most mammals walk.]
RATING: ;D Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun