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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on January 02, 2014, 08:53:25 AM

Title: Thu., 1/2 Jeffrey Wechsler
Post by: magus on January 02, 2014, 08:53:25 AM
THEME:   first part of a phrase is a contraction
   
GOOD ONES:    
Beginning of labor {& theme}   CONTRACTION   
It comes down hard   HAIL   
   
BTW:   
Soul, in Somme   AME [but not in the U.S. --- I'd go with the Methodist A.M.E. church]   
   
Short shortcut   RTE [possible, but so is ST or RD or LN or AVE or even PVMT --- any means of travel would be as valid, e.g., BUS (ominbus) or AUTO (automobile) --- and more often than not a RTE is not a shortcut]   
   
RATING: ;D   
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun