Riddle-cryptic 28
■ · By Hydrologist Guy · Published 2024-04-18T23:38:51.785Z
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It's that bloomin' time of year / When baseballers first appear. / Meteorologists call it MAM in the Northern Hemisphere.
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- 1AIt's that bloomin' time of year / When baseballers first appear. / Meteorologists call it MAM in the Northern Hemisphere.
- 6AJoplinesque music, sometimes mixed with the blues, / Or the hour of the day for a bad newspaper's news?
- 7AI asked the Russian to write up this clue. He wrote, "Fifteen years old when it fell from the sky!" / I shook my head and devised my own: "A refraction in the desert that hoodwinks the eye."
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- 2DI wore one of these when my wife was expecting; cell phones weren't that common, back in the day. / It was a beeping noise, then, that would cause me to panic -- not a text that said, "Hey! The baby's on its way!"
- 3DSlicing and dicing are jobs in the kitchen, depending on what kind of dish you might make. / This, in turn, is part of both jobs -- and a nice way to finish a baked birthday cake!
- 4DIf you join this club in high school, you're gonna find out (soon!) / That they'll throw you out if you're not a good fit, if you sing a different tune.
- 5D"The promo shows promise, and I promise to be prompt in prominently promoting the promo today!" / The speaker's subconscious seemed strangely fixated on this formal dance. (As to why, I can't say...)