Spare underwear THONG [spare = meager]
Chop-chop APACE [I like the symantic divergence]
Board for nails EMERY [I was thinking wood shop stuff]
Hub near the Loop OHARE [sounds like a lasso]
Lets the fur fly? SHEDS [not "fights"]
The theme words with misspellings (extra vowels together) was tough for me. When I see thee
e's in a row in a grid, I know I'm on the wrong track. Same is true with two
i's and two
a's. So I was forced to reconsider what was already correct. It was fun.
Aleph follower BETH [not sure why we get a letter from a foreign alphabet as a clue for a word that is a woman's name]
(NYET is common enough in our language to fit in.)
When will be the next time that a grid will feature four contiguous
i's?
