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Wed., 7/22 Tom McCoy

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magus:
THEME:   phrases beginning with a prime number followed immediately by a word that can be defined as a TIME
   
GOOD ONES:     
…prized programming slot {and theme}  PRIME TIME [two entries]   
Joint where kids are welcome?  KNEE   
Newspaper figs.   EDS [editors are figures and so are numbers]   
   
   
RATING:    ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun   

Thomps2525:
I am so smart! I very quickly realized that the answer PRIMETIME referred to prime numbers and units of time.

Okay, okay, I have to be honest: I didn't even think about prime numbers. I thought PRIMETIME was a reference to the nightly 8-to-11 blocks of television programs and the four theme answers were simply phrases containing a word that designates time. During my school years, I liked television much more than I liked math. Can you tell? :)

"Introduction" was PROEM, a word I was unfamiliar with. It means "an introductory discourse; preface; preamble" and comes from the Latin prooemium, adapted from the Greek prooímion, which means "prelude": pro + oím[ē] ("song") + the diminutive suffix ion.

magus:
Thus it is possible to read a prose proem.

Thomps2525:
Very clever. I bet you're feeling pretty poud of yourself right now. :)

magus:
Indeed.  Of what could I possibly be more proud?   8)

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