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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on October 31, 2014, 09:12:59 AM
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THEME: two A's surround a word of a phrase altering its meaning
GOOD ONES:
Smallish batteries {& theme} AA'S
Word with barn or storm DOOR ["barnstorm"]
In-land link? LALA ["inland"]
Trip to see the big game SAFARI [not Game 7 of the World Series, etc.]
BTW:
Medea and Athena in the same puzzle? No rap stars, Star Wars allusions, or video games --- a happy turn of the tide.
RATING: ;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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26 down - a Puck goes into the empty net. The empty net is the goal. ARGHHH!
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When a puck goes into the net---actually it goes between the goal posts, not into the actual netting---a goal is scored and one point is awarded. I suppose, by a very loose linguistic interpretation, that the puck in that case could be considered to be a goal. "Puck" and "goal" are used synonymously in this crossword. In basketball, when LeBron James (for example) successfully makes a three-point shot, the announcer will often say "James shot a three" when we all know that what James actually shot was the basketball. (On a related note, why do people say they walked through a door when they actually walked through a doorway?)