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		Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on January 06, 2011, 08:40:31 AM
		
			
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				Some Nerve
 
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 Latin quarters?   CASA
 Artful dodges   RUSES [“the artful dodger”]
 One of a jazz duo?   ZEE
 Eldest Younger…   COLE [Cole Younger was an Old West leader of the Younger Bros. gang]
 Commit a service infraction   GOAWOL [I thought tennis or tea]
 Spread on the table   OLEO
 What the mouse did clockwise?   RANUP [“the mouse ran up the clock”]
 
 :-[
 Had a devil of a time figuring out the theme so I may have to dis-appoint myself as LAT Xword critic.  SAUCE, BRASS, and CHEEK are synonyms for nerve.
 
 French possessive   SES
 
 RATING: ;D ;D Three grins = Excellent: Loved it; Two grins = Good: Enjoyed it; One grin = Satisfactory: A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Unsatisfying: No fun
 
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