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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on April 11, 2015, 09:57:21 AM
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THEME: none, but only 28 blocks!
GOOD ONES:
Minor issue? AGE LIMIT
Links acronym IHOP [suasage links at pancake house]
Shoe attachment? MAKER
Trunk structures RIB CAGES [I thought everything but my body]
Scaly reproductive organ PINE CONE [one of the best ever clues]
Sacks of diamonds? BASES [on baseball diamonds sacks = bases]
Tale of a whitetail BAMBI
It has a ring to it PHONE
Dame of mystery AGATHA [tougher if "Mystery dame"]
BTW:
"Soon" IN A FEW ["in a sec" or "in a minute" are real; this one "not so…"]
RATING: ;D ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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This crossword had a name I was unfamiliar with. "Krombacher output" was BIER. I assumed that Krombacher is a company which makes the stands on which coffins lie prior to burial. It isn't. In this case, BIER is the German word for "beer" and Krombacher Brauerei is a brewery in Kreuztal-Krombach, Germany.
And speaking of foreign words, in today's Daily News puzzle I saw something I had never before seen in a crossword: a foreign word used as a clue to a foreign word in a different language. "Beaucoup" was the clue for MUCHO. Oy vey!