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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on March 11, 2012, 10:25:33 AM
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Clever title: Le Puzzle
Good Ones:
Mayo to mayo, e.g. ANO [note lower case for the Spanish month --- it’s foreign but good]
Guy in front of an orchestra LOMBARDO
High rises UPSURGES [note it’s not risers]
Dynamic leader? AERO
Big cheese linked with Big Macs? KROC [he developed McDonalds]
Every opther second? TOCK
Duds for the downwardly mobile? SKIPARKAS [they’re literally so]
Vet’s charges PETS
Theme: LE added to phrases
Plumber’s inquiry about a drippy faucet? TRICKLEQUESTION
By the Way:
Manhattan-to-Far Rockaway service ATRAIN [I grew up in NYC and didn’t know it ends in Far Rockaway, but millions know Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train.”]
Some Nits to Pick:
OTRO
Soul, to Satre AME [not sure he believed in one, but that’s a different issue --- A.M.E. is a Methodist designation --- and it’s in our language]
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