Continental Breakfast 4

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• JeffsPuzzles 2:49 · about 1 month ago

  Thanks - really liked 4A!

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  • Melanie Branton constructor · about 1 month ago

    Thank you <3 If there's one thing I love better than a terrible pun, it's a terrible multilingual pun!

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• john reed 🤓1:43 · about 1 month ago

  4A was really good!

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  • Melanie Branton constructor · about 1 month ago

    Thank you <3

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• bsharp 🤓55s · about 1 month ago

  only got the pun in 4A in retroparse, but loved it. very nice!

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  • Melanie Branton constructor · about 1 month ago

    Thank you <3

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• Sendhil Revuluri 🤓1:10 · about 1 month ago

  Thanks so much!

  I understand how I got most of these, and see all the definitions, but still a bit fuzzy on the wordplay in 1A (ICI = here), 1D (with Yankee = the ending Y), and 2D (I see SIRI backwards and the H… but why?).

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  • Melanie Branton constructor · about 1 month ago

    Thank you :)

    1A Yes, ICI = here in France ER = Elizabeth Regina = Latin for Queen Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II often used to sign documents Elizabeth or ER and King Charles is often Charles R or CR, and these are common clues in crosswords, as is King George [GR] etc.) ICIER = much colder, obvs 1D ICH = I in Germany T = time (again, a common crossword abbreviation, taken from Maths formulae) ICH is KEEPING (i.e. holding) T and, yes, Yankee = Y in the NATO phonetic alphabet

    2D It's not reliant on SIRI backwards - "Nationality OF Siri's husband" clues that the answer is found INSIDE "sIRI'S Husband"

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    • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓1:10 · about 1 month ago

      Thank you! I feel like I'm taking a course with problem sets and feedback — in a good way!

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