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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on February 24, 2012, 08:54:15 AM
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Suggested Title: Crisscrossed Crosswords
Good Ones:
Artist’s pad LOFT
It covers all the bases TARP [baseball tarpaulin]
It has banks in Germany and Poland ODER
Bavarian carp ACH [not the fish but the bellyache]
Theme: Two pairs of two-word phrases that must be read crisscrossed, e.g.,
Dieter’s snack? THREECHIPS [three cheers]
Crop production toast? CORNCHEERS [corn chips]
By the Way:
Ability to detect certain orientation GAYDAR [who knew the orientation was sexual and that there is such a term, which I think is most clever]
Stray chasers SCATS [not a noun but a verb: we say scat to shoo away unwanted animals]
Who knew?:
ECTO was the name of a car in a silly twenty-year-old flick.
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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But why is "TRADE SHOWS" hint to the switches in the 10 letter answers? I get the "trading of the letters", but "shows"??? Or is it simply that the "trade" "shows"(up)?
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The words being traded are the names of TV shows... Cheers, Coach, House, etc.