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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on July 05, 2015, 08:50:44 AM
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THEME: groups of men with the same first name
GOOD ONES:
All theme clues using a collective noun that matches the first name: Gene pool, Bills piling up [bill pile], Art gallery, Robin's nest, Buddy list.
Paper pieces OP EDS [not origami]
Square with roots SOD [not "sqaure roots"]
Components of a very long month? SUNDAYS [from the bygone expression "a month of Sundays"]
Eaves dropper? ICICLE
Widely read article THE [definitely! :) ]
It has two of itself in it ESS [the spelling of the letter S {ESS} itself has two S's]
BTW:
Warning from a small house GRR [guess the house is a doghouse, but mansions have guard dogs; I'd go with "House warning"]
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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Merl Reagle obviously put a lot of thought into today's Los Angeles Times crossword titled "R Moving Day." The theme answers are familiar phrases with the letter R moved to a different spot.
"Contact sports" became CONTRACTSPOTS ("Come down with measles?"). "Red as a beet" became EDASABERET ("Actor Harris in Special Forces attire?"). "Turned up the heat" became TUNEDUPTHEHEART ("Did cardio workouts?"). "Such a pretty face" became SUCHAPETTYFARCE ("Putdown of a broad comedy?"). "It's Greek to me" became ITSGEEKTORME ("Mel's least favorite way to be greeted when he was a kid?").
Reagle also used Spanish (OSO), French (COR, AIGRE), Latin (QUA), Italian (SOAVE) and Hebrew (NISAN). *Sigh*