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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on April 09, 2015, 09:50:40 AM
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THEME: DOPE is inside random phrases (I have already alerted the authorities)
GOOD ONES:
Skinny, so to speak, and {theme} INSIDE DOPE
King output NOVELS
BTW:
ESA =NG
Pressure for payment DUNS [in my neighborhood it was guns; "dun" meant only finished as in, "I'm DUN wit dis!" :-[
RATING: ;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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"Popular chip" is FRITO. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, because "Fritos" is a brand name, I maintain that a single Fritos corn chip must be referred to as a "chip" and not as a "frito." After all, a single Lays potato chip is never called a "lay," is it? I rest my case.
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The New York Times crossword appearing in today's Daily News has four theme answers which begin horizontally and then continue downwards. "Lagging" is the clue to the theme: FALLINGBEHIND. Get it?
But there are 46 black squares. Forty-six! That is the most I have ever seen in a 15x15 puzzle.
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For the Defense:
"We need stuff for the dip."
"Like chips?"
"I guess."
"Fritos?"
"Whatever. Yeah, Fritos? are fine."
But the Prosecutor would have us believe that the conversation would go this way:
"We need stuff for the dip."
"Like chips?"
"I guess."
"Fritos?"
"What are you crazy?! You said chips; now you're saying Fritos. A Frito isn't a chip! What a fool!"
"Well, how about a Lay?"
"As if..."
The Defense rests --- like the Walrus sitting on a potato chip.