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Hooked on Phonics

◆ · By Bird Lives · Published 2023-09-17T10:08:54.618Z

Meta Prompt
The answer is the basis of phonics.
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  • Capn Rick 🤓4:33 · 2023-09-17T12:49:33.524Z
    Fun one, Jay!
    • SamKat9 🤓3:18 · 2023-09-17T13:23:40.123Z
      Fun puzzle!
      • Meg 4s · 2023-09-17T13:19:02.542Z
        Excellent!! Thanks!
        • boharr 2s · 2023-09-17T12:57:38.872Z
          Nice one. Thanks, Jay
          • Hector 🤓5:47 · 2023-09-17T13:19:42.713Z
            XLNt
            • I K Snamhcok 2s · 2023-09-17T14:05:30.299Z
              Gneiss! I hope the Sunday metas do indeed continue. Thanks, Jay!
              • Bird Lives constructor · 2023-09-17T14:43:28.035Z
                You rock, Chris (Not: you Chris Rock). This was the same comment Hector made on my Geological Rings puzzle
              • Darth 9:24 · 2023-09-17T14:11:25.655Z
                J, I C U F BN BZ 4 A YL! I NV U, N I 1-2 B A 6S FN S U R! =)
                • Bird Lives constructor · 2023-09-17T14:39:24.808Z
                  Maybe you should have been the one to compose it.
                  • Tom Burnakis 1:44 · 2023-09-17T19:41:18.144Z
                    Nice!
                  • michaelm 8:47 · 2023-09-17T15:03:05.230Z
                    Fit well after seeing Peter Gabriel on his i/o concert tour last night. Thanks J!
                    • hoover 3s · 2023-09-17T20:36:12.428Z
                      What the what?! Peter Gabriel is on tour?!
                    • Carolyn 3s · 2023-09-17T15:39:40.864Z
                      Excellent. Now back to MGWCC!
                      • woozy 11:32 · 2023-09-17T15:53:49.345Z
                        Fun!
                        But curious as to how most pronounce EEYORE14AFriend of Pooh and Roo (3)[------] (It wasn't until I was in my 30 or 40s that I realized it was supposed to be the sound of a donkeys bray)
                        • hoover 3s · 2023-09-17T20:36:35.391Z
                          I pronounce it E, or...
                          • woozy 11:32 · 2023-09-18T05:41:49.182Z
                            As do I.
                            The question is also how do you pronounce E-R. And while we're at it how do you pronounce 'EE-'AW.
                            I think Milne might have pronounced all three the same...
                        • KayW 🤓4:00 · 2023-09-17T15:35:03.419Z
                          OH! EZ PZ with the numbers to guide me. And fun. Thanks!
                          • Tyrpmom 2s · 2023-09-17T16:17:01.132Z
                            Really great answer.
                            • ajk 5:02 · 2023-09-17T17:24:23.203Z
                              Very nice. Brief stumble when I was just using the first letter of each, but quickly recovered. Rhodium was apparently named after the rose-colored complex in which it was initially isolated (which I did not know until today). I like your origin story better. :)
                              • HeadinHome 🤓2:12 · 2023-09-17T18:31:43.640Z
                                Perfect length and ease for a Serene Sleepy Sunday afternoon. Thanks for the fun!
                                • ReB 3s · 2023-09-17T18:51:05.760Z
                                  Pleasant solve over brunch.
                                  • BethA 3s · 2023-09-17T19:14:27.592Z
                                    Fun! Got a good laugh at the 20A20ALike oboe music (or "Walk on the Wild Side"?)[-----] clue. Thx for the puzzle!
                                    • Tom Burnakis 1:44 · 2023-09-17T19:38:51.297Z
                                      LUCKS GOD TWO MI - enjoyed it. Took me a second to see it because I was limiting to one letter: ELLY37ABeverly Hillbilly ___ May (1)[----] = L, TITI33AMonkey found sometimes in South America but mostly in crosswords (2)[----] = T, then it hit me, "no that's not it at all". Fun Sunday diversion!
                                      • hoover 3s · 2023-09-17T20:38:15.539Z
                                        Nice! 14A14AFriend of Pooh and Roo (3)[------] reminded me of my former CEO, who pronounces "our" to sound not like "hour" or "are," but like "oar."
                                        • Qmark 2s · 2023-09-18T02:45:40.312Z
                                          Enjoyed it...thanks Jay!
                                          • Laura M 7:11 · 2023-09-18T17:19:55.148Z
                                            Fun! I was interrupted and forgot to finish solving yesterday, glad I came back!
                                            • kurtalert 🤓3:19 · 2023-09-18T23:36:42.529Z
                                              Fun, thanks!
                                              Play today's daily mini crossword
                                              1A
                                              McGregor who was not a carrot farmer but was in "American Pastoral" (5)
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                                                McGregor who was not a carrot farmer but was in "American Pastoral" (5)
                                              2. 5A
                                                "If we're lucky.. ."
                                              3. 11A
                                                ___ of tears
                                              4. 12A
                                                Tank engine of note
                                              5. 13A
                                                Fossil fuel no longer found in the US (4)
                                              6. 14A
                                                Friend of Pooh and Roo (3)
                                              7. 15A
                                                Metallic element (was it named after Mary Richards' friend?)
                                              8. 17A
                                                Pre-K enrolee
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                                                Mont Blanc for one
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                                                Fisheye or zoom
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                                                Like oboe music (or "Walk on the Wild Side"?)
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                                                Papyrus source material
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                                                "___ noche" (tonight, to the Sharks)
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                                                Word for part of the new economy
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                                                Foreign policy grp.
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                                                Rampart part
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                                                Divine French female (6)
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                                                Monkey found sometimes in South America but mostly in crosswords (2)
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                                                Necessitate
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                                                Panache
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                                                Playground time
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                                                Beverly Hillbilly ___ May (1)
                                              Down
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                                                At least once
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                                                Get clean
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                                                Too
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                                                Jasper Johns art movement
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                                                Delighted in
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                                                1954 ant movie
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                                                Soulja ___, rapper
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                                                Overacted
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                                                As Dorothy Lamour said, "It's a wrap"
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                                                Dangerous fly
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                                                Adverb ending
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                                                Heir
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                                                What to do unto Caesar
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                                                Early ascetic
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                                                And so on and so forth
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                                                Knight's address
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                                                Celts but not 76ers
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                                                Greek letters that might be small, medium, or large
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                                                Medicinal tablet
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                                                List ender
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                                                Minuscule
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                                                Encl. w. a MS
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