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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on July 05, 2014, 10:29:24 AM

Title: Sat., 7/5 Melanie Miller
Post by: magus on July 05, 2014, 10:29:24 AM
THEME:   none, but 28 blocks
   
GOOD ONES:     
They may hook you up, briefly   RNS   
Added a little to the pot   ANTED   
Took in takeout   ATE   
Events after shootings   WRAP PARTIES   
Sweeps the set   PANS [goes with movies clue above]   
Start to date?   PRE   
Cavity opening?   NASAL   
Pump house?   SHOE STORE   
Hold on a mat   NELSON [not the verb but the noun]   
   
BTW:   
Zoom   HOT ROD [not the noun but the verb]   
   
It's uncomfortable to be on it   EDGE [needs "often" since being on the edge of victory is comfortable]   
   
Otherwordly greeting   NANU NANU [amazing how that has lasted in our collective consciousnesses: see below]   
   
"That's ____!": "Funny"   A RIOT  [awkward clue; I'd go with "You're ___, Alice!"]   
   
   
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