Fun! and a little more challenging than others… I was thrown by 2D, there’s an old chair called an Ant Chair - I spent way too long trying to squeeze that in! (…now seeing is not quite 100 yrs old tho)
The first three give a legume, the first four give a fruit. / The whole? A pricy bit of a necklace, as might be found in a burglar's loot.
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The first three give a legume, the first four give a fruit. / The whole? A pricy bit of a necklace, as might be found in a burglar's loot.
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It means "observed" -- when you saw something, your mind remarked upon it. / Read as two words, it describes a cake that has no frosting on it.
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A seven-letter word with the five main vowels -- all the vowels except Y. / If you want to gaze at the top of this tree, you'll have to gaze pretty high...
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For this melancholic ode written for the dead, here's a major clue: / Spell out the name for one of your limbs and "squint your ears" as you do!
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There's some rampant speculation going around in regard to our dog Spot. / Therein you'll find what ol' Spot does when ol' Spot is running hot.
2D
Take a century-old chair and shout out what it is -- shout it good and loud. / Someone might think that you're scared of a bug, too scared to be too proud!
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“I’m this kind of intolerant, just so you know." "What? A toeless person gives you a chill?" / "No, no -- you misheard me. I simply meant that the sugars in milk make me ill.”
5D
It’s a journal of sorts, and someone named Frank wrote the one that is the most famous. / A solver who only asks “But Frank Who?” might be channeling an ignoramus!