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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on February 08, 2014, 09:27:53 AM

Title: Sat., 2/8 David Steinberg
Post by: magus on February 08, 2014, 09:27:53 AM
THEME:   none, but four 15-letter entries abutting!
   
GOOD ONES:     
Peter Pan rival   JIF [peanut butter]   
Picked locks   AFRO [here "picked" is an adjective, not a verb]   
Stock problem   STAMPEDE   
Black and blue, say   TWO TONE   
   
BTW:   
The duck in Disney's "Peter and the Wolf"   SONIA [I'd go with "Raskolnikov's friend in Crime and Punishment," but that's me.  Sonia is a significant literary character.  The duck?]   
   
Bon mot   JEST [a bon mot is a "clever remark"; a jest is a comment made to cause laughter; the two are rather far apart]   
   
   
RATING:    ;D ;D
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun