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Riddle-cryptic 55 (Year-End Edition!)

· By Hydrologist Guy · Published 2024-11-30T13:24:29.457Z

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  • Just 4 Laffs 🤓2:03 · 2024-12-01T00:13:38.477Z
    You've provided us hours of fun / with your riddle-cryptics all so well done / now as you take a well-earned holiday rest / Here's wishing that you be joyous and blessed 😊
    • Hydrologist Guy constructor · 2024-12-02T01:39:23.971Z
      Thank you so much; I appreciate the thought! / That was a great poem, and forget it I will not!
    • rjy 🤓2:44 · 2024-12-01T03:00:25.279Z
      Thanks for sharing your creativity! Enjoy the holidays, hope to see you resurface in the new year. Cheers!
      • Hydrologist Guy constructor · 2024-12-02T01:39:52.167Z
        Thanks right back for the solve!
      • Sendhil Revuluri 🤓25s · 2024-12-01T14:59:47.535Z
        Enjoy your break!
        • Hydrologist Guy constructor · 2024-12-02T01:40:26.766Z
          I will. Thanks!
        • Zack Johnson 🤓37s · 2024-12-05T16:53:26.756Z
          These are always fun. Happy holidays!
          1A
          It means "Assume for the sake of argument". (Just one answer will do, / And you'll positively see it if you carefully study this clue.)
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          Across
          1. 1A
            It means "Assume for the sake of argument". (Just one answer will do, / And you'll positively see it if you carefully study this clue.)
          2. 4A
            It's the short name for a fancy ride, / A ride that does this when on the road. / They're also freebies that some restaurants provide -- / All in a basket, neatly stowed.
          3. 5A
            "Egad! They called me this large working animal!" "No, no -- you misheard. They don't mean to offend. / They're only talking 'bout the sound of your voice. I mean, you have been shouting for hours on end."
          Down
          1. 1D
            It's living room furniture for a pair of canaries, or it's a fish that some bird might hunt down and eat. / The bird, either way, will cling to this thing -- cling to it with talony feet.
          2. 2D
            It describes the object that for planets is central, for planets might be called a nexus. / It's a kind of power and a kind of panel. It's even a kind of plexus!
          3. 3D
            "Eat a steak!" As you eat it, you'll naturally do this to the meat. / Quite literally, to get a sense for the answer, examine the phrase, which holds the answer complete.
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